مجھے معلوم ہے
mujhe maloom hai
The phrase "I know" is translated into Urdu as مجھے معلوم ہے (mujhe maloom hai).
Use this phrase when you are asserting that you possess a specific piece of information, a fact or an answer to a question.
Meaning: assertion that speaker has answer or idea (phrase)
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase is literally constructed as "to me [it is] known", where mujhe means "to me" and maloom means "known" or "information".
Which one should you use?
There is a distinction between knowing information and knowing something else: use مجھے معلوم ہے for facts or information, but use میں جانتا ہوں when you know a person, a place or a skill.
How do you pronounce it?
mujhe maloom hai
Did you know?
- In some cultural contexts, repeatedly saying مجھے معلوم ہے during a conversation can be perceived as dismissive or arrogant, as if telling the speaker 'I already know this'.
- The word ہے meaning 'is' is a distant relative of the English word 'is' and the Spanish word 'es'. Both come from a prehistoric common ancestor known as Proto-Indo-European.
- In Urdu, the word معلوم is related to the word عالم, meaning 'scholar' or 'learned person', because they both share the same Arabic root consonants.
Examples in context
- جو مجھے معلوم ہے نارویجن کے بارے میں، میں نے خود سیکھا۔What I know of Norwegian I have learned on my own.This sentence demonstrates how to use مجھے معلوم ہے when referring to knowledge of a specific subject like a language.Tatoeba #5398085 by eeyinn, translation #3763432 by cromwellt
- جی ہاں، مجھے پتہ ہے۔Yes, I know.
- مجھے معلوم ہے کہ وہ کہاں ہے۔mujhe maloom hai ke woh kahan hai.I know where he is.
Example conversation
Ali is asking Sarah about a missing key.
- سارہ Saraکیا آپ کو معلوم ہے کہ چابی کہاں ہے؟kya aap ko maloom hai ke chabi kahan hai?Do you know where the key is?
- علی Aliہاں، مجھے معلوم ہے کہ وہ میز پر ہے۔han, mujhe maloom hai ke woh mez par hai.Yes, I know it is on the table.
- سارہ Saraشکریہ، علی!shukriya, Ali!Thank you, Ali!
- علی Aliکوئی بات نہیں۔koi baat nahi.You're welcome.
Sources
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries معلوم, ہے, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
