אני לא יודע אם האוטובוס יבוא בזמן.

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Breakdown of אני לא יודע אם האוטובוס יבוא בזמן.

• לא: not
• לדעת: to know
• לבוא: to come

Questions & Answers about אני לא יודע אם האוטובוס יבוא בזמן.

How do you pronounce אני לא יודע אם האוטובוס יבוא בזמן?

A common transliteration is:

Ani lo yodea im ha-otobus yavo bazman.

Approximate stress:

• a-NI
• lo
• yo-DE-a
• im
• ha-o-to-BUS
• ya-VO
• baz-MAN

If the speaker is female, יודע changes, so you would hear Ani lo yoda'at...

Why is there no separate word for do in I do not know?

Hebrew does not use English-style do-support. In English, we say I do not know. In Hebrew, you simply say:

אני לא יודע = I not know

That is the normal way to make a present-tense negative sentence. So even though it looks shorter than the English structure, it is completely natural Hebrew.

Why is it יודע and not יודעת?

Because יודע is the masculine singular form.

So:

• אני לא יודע = said by a male speaker
• אני לא יודעת = said by a female speaker

Hebrew present-tense forms often agree with the subject in gender and number.