hindi ko po alam

Tagalog

Alternative forms

  • hindi ko alam po

Pronunciation

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

Phrase

hindî ko pô alám (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜒᜈ᜔ᜇᜒ ᜃᜓ ᜉᜓ ᜀᜎᜋ᜔)

  1. respectfully, I don't know
    • 1891, Jose Rizal, Noli me tangere, Translated into Tagalog by Pascual Poblete, published 1906, page 117:
      ¡Hindî co po alám, guinoong babae, cung anó ang gágawin sa akin ng̃ Dios!—ang isinagót ni matandáng Tasio na nag-iísip-ísip.
      Respectfully, I don't know, miss, on what God will do to me!—answered the old Tasio that is double-thinking.
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