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English [ edit ]
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Etymology [ edit ]
From you + know + who .
Pronunciation [ edit ]
Pronoun [ edit ]
you -know -who
Person or entity whose name one does not want to mention but which is known to the person to whom one is speaking.
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Translations [ edit ]
known and unmentioned person
Arabic: تَعْرِفُ مَن ( taʕrifu man ) ( said to m sg ) , تَعْرِفِينَ مَن ( taʕrifīna man ) ( said to f sg ) , تَعْرِفَانِ مَن ( taʕrifāni man ) ( said to c du ) , تَعْرِفُونَ مَن ( taʕrifūna man ) ( said to m pl ) , تَعْرِفْنَ مَن ( taʕrifna man ) ( said to f pl )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 那谁 ( nàshéi ) , 那个人 (zh) ( nàgè rén )
Dutch: jeweetwel
Estonian: tead küll kes
Finnish: tiedät-kyllä-kuka ( said to sg, of one person ) , tiedätte-kyllä-ketkä ( formal to sg or said to pl, of several persons )
French: tu sais qui , qui tu sais (fr) ( said to c sg ) , vous savez qui , qui vous savez (fr) ( formal to c sg or said to c pl )
Georgian: გვარს არ დავასახელებ ( gvars ar davasaxeleb )
German: du-weißt-schon-wer
Hebrew: אתה-יודע-מי ( ata-yodea-mi ) ( said to m sg ) , את-יודעת-מי ( at-yoda'at-mi ) ( said to f sg ) , אתם-יודעי-מי ( atem-yod'ei-mi ) ( said to m pl ) , אתן-יודעות-מי ( aten-yod'ot-mi ) ( said to f pl )
Icelandic: þú-veist-hver
Italian: lei-sa-chi ( formal, to c sg ) , tu-sai-chi ( said to c sg )
Japanese: ( phrase ) 例の ( れいの, rei no ) , くだんの ( kudan no )
Korean: 예의 (ko) ( yeui ) , 건의 ( geonui )
Polish: wiesz kto , wiesz o kim mówię
Portuguese: você-sabe-quem , quem-nós-sabemos
Romanian: știi tu cine
Russian: сам зна́ешь кто ( sam znáješʹ kto ) ( said to c sg, familiarly ) , са́ми зна́ете кто ( sámi znájete kto ) ( said to c sg, courteously, or to c pl ) , изве́стно кто ( izvéstno kto )
Spanish: Fulano , Quien-usted-sabe , Mengano y Zutano , ya sabes quién , individuo de marras
Swedish: du-vet-vem ( said to c sg, about one person ) , ni-vet-vem ( said to c pl, about one person ) , du-vet-vilka ( said to c sg, about multiple persons ) , ni-vet-vilka ( said to c pl, about multiple persons )
Turkish: falan , falan kişi
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