hindi ko alam

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• 'di ko alam
• hindi ko po alam, hindi ko alam po — respectful

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /hinˌdiʔ ko ʔaˈlam/ [hɪn̪ˌd̪iʔ ko ʔɐˈlam]
  • IPA^(key): (with glottal stop elision) /hinˌdi(ʔ) ko ʔaˈlam/ [hɪn̪ˌd̪iː xo ʔɐˈlam]
• Rhymes: -am
• Syllabification: hin‧di ko a‧lam

Phrase

hindî ko alám (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜈ᜔ᜇᜒ ᜃᜓ ᜀᜎᜋ᜔)

1. I don't know

   Synonym: aywan

   • 1891, Jose Rizal, Noli me tangere, Translated into Tagalog by Pascual Poblete, published 1906, page 41:

     Sa pagca't kinacailang̃an niyáng mabuhay, at hindi pahintulot sa canyá ang magtrabajo ng̃ mabigát na macasisirà ng̃ aming capurihan, nagtamó siyá, hindî co alám cung sino ang sa canyá'y nagbigáy, ng̃ catungculang pagca manining̃il ng̃ buwís ng̃ mg̃a carruaje, calesa at ibá pang sasacyán.

     Because [he] needed to live, and it is not a roadblock for [him] to work hard that it'll destroy our purity, [he] acquired, I don't know who gave, a job collecting taxes on the carriages, kalesas, and other vehicles.