“I don’t know” in Lebanese Arabic

In Lebanese Arabic, “I don’t know” (the common phrase indicating the speaker doesn’t know the answer to something) is written using the Latin script as:

Ma ba3rif

Using the Arabic script, it is written as:

ما بعرف

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Examples in sentences or statements

 
“I don’t know. But I can find out.”

Ma ba3rif. Bas be2dar 2a3rif.

.ما بعرف. بس بقدر أعرف

 
“I don’t know what he said.”

Ma ba3rif shou 2al.

.ما بعرف شو قال

 
“I don’t know the gate number.”

Ma ba3rif ra2em 2al bouwebe.

.ما بعرف رقم البوابة

 
“I don’t know. I’ll ask.”

Ma ba3rif. Rah 2es2al.

.ما بعرف. رح اسأل

 
“I don’t know where it is.”

Ma ba3rif wayno.

.ما بعرف وينو

This phrase in other Arabic dialects

“I didn’t know” in Tunisian Arabic