أَدْرِيI know in Arabic

Example sentences

• قَالَ بِمَكَّةِ قَالَ لَا أَدْرِي

  He said, "In Mecca he said, 'I do not know.'"

  أَدْرِي — I know. A first-person present verb of knowing, with 'I' inside; its long final vowel marks the form. Under the 'not' before it, it states plain ignorance: 'I have no idea'.

  From: Warning Before the Battle of Badr →

• فَقُلْتُ لَهُ بِمَكَّةِ قَالَ لَا أَدْرِي

  So I said to him in Mecca. He said, "I do not know."

  أَدْرِي — I know. A first-person present verb of knowing, with 'I' inside. Under the 'not' before it, it states plain ignorance.

  From: Warning Before the Battle of Badr →