dunn oとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

Written form of an informal pronunciation of don't know that is a reduction of do not know or does not know.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈdʌnəʊ/, /dəˈnəʊ/
• (General American) IPA: /dəˈnoʊ/; (after a stressed pronoun) /dn̩oʊ/ (e.g. I dunno is /ˈaɪdn̩oʊ/)
• 韻: -ʌnəʊ, -əʊ

短縮形

dunno

1. (informal) Pronunciation spelling of do not know; pronunciation spelling of does not know.

   I dunno the answers to any of those questions, and you dunno and he dunno either.

   "Where'd he go?" / "Dunno."

   • 1915, C.J. Dennis, The Songs of a Sentimental Bloke, published 1916, page 13:

     Fer, as the poit sez, me 'eart 'as got / The pip wiv yearnin' fer - I dunno wot.

使用する際の注意点

As with several other verbs in English that regularly do not require a pronoun, when the pronoun is not given, it is assumed to be I; all other pronouns must be given. It is never mandatory to drop I, although it is most common to do so when dunno is the only word in the sentence.

派生語

• iunno

名詞

dunno (plural dunnos)

1. An utterance of the word dunno.

参照

• “dunno”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.