3 Ways that English Speakers Say, "I do not know."
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Hi Bob the Canadian here.
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There will be times when you are having an
English conversation where someone will ask
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you a question and you will not have the answer.
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And in that situation you will need to say,
"I do not know."
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They might ask a question like:
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"Why is the sky blue?"
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"I do not know."
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"Why did your cat run away?"
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"I do not know."
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"Why did you eat the last cookie?"
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"I do not know."
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Now that is the slow, clear, and well pronounced
version of that answer.
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There are two faster versions and the first
is proper English and it is contracting the
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words "do" and "not" into "don't".
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So you'll have an answer like, "I don't know."
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"Why did you get a speeding ticket?"
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"I don't know."
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"Why did you eat the last cookie?"
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"I don't know."
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And the next version which is even faster
is not really proper written English, but
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you will hear it quite often in English conversation.
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It looks like this and sounds like this, "I
dunno."”
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"I dunno."
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"Why did you lose your wallet?"
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"I dunno."
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"Why did you eat the last cookie?"
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"I dunno."
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"Why didn't you buy tickets to the baseball
game?"”
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"I dunno."
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"Why did you get a speeding ticket?"
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"I dunno."
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Well that's the response, "I don't know."
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"I don't know."
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"I dunno."
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Bob the Canadian here.
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Thanks for watching.
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Don't forget to subscribe and have a great
day.
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"I dunno."
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"I dunno."
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"I dunno."
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"Why did you run so fast?"
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"I dunno."
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"Why did you eat that stick?"
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"I dunno."
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"Why'd you let the dog out?"
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"I dunno."
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"Why'd you eat all the cookies?"
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"I dunno."
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"Why'd you get a speeding ticket?"
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"I dunno."
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"Why'd you jump outta that tree?"
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"I dunno."
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"Why'd you steal my candies?"
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"I dunno."
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"Why'd you….
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Why didn't you do you homework?"
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"I dunno."
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