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I dunno

AhQ ['a: kiu]
User since 2006
Posts: 2715

13 March 2012

I dunno for I do not know.
That's a cursory way to tell it.
I'd like to know if dunno can be used at other persons singular or plural than the first one.
Tks.

3 comments

  • User since 2006
    Posts: 2715

    15 March 2012

    Look at the nearby post "you should be able find your thing" instead of "be able to find", a word has been dropped.
    In the same way of casual speech, the subject of dunno is sometimes left out.
    "Dunno" for "I dunno".
    About your question, I can't tell anything but what I can imagine.
    Ex.
    - Will it be raining this afternoon?
    - Dunno.
    - You dunno? Though you got the weather forewast.
  • User since 2010
    Posts: 115

    17 March 2012

    Hi, Juline,


    As AhQ says, "dunno" is only for informal speech.


    "Don't" can be used after every grammatical person except 3rd person singular. The same applies to "dunno". (For 3rd person singular, we say "doesn't know").


    I hope that helps!
  • User since 2006
    Posts: 2715

    18 March 2012

    Thank you, Sammy. I should have been aware that it didn't fit for the 3rd person in the singular.
    Your hopes were met. That helped me.

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