"I do not know."

Translation: Jeg vet ikke.

[agnordby]

As a native, I'd like to point out that "aner ikke" is probably more used than "jeg vet ikke", especially in informal speach.

[Voicyza]

Or here in nord norge: Æ ve ikkje!

[Elissira]

Is there any reason why it's supposed to be "jeg VET ikke", but in other sentence its "jeg vil VITE"? Are those two different verbs with the same meaning or different forms of one?

[Kirurg_Kirk]

"vite" is the infinitive form that would follow a modal auxiliary verb such as "vil" or "kan." "Vet" is the present tense of the verb: "Jeg vet" = "I know" v. "Jeg vil vite" = "I want to know." It wasn't explained very well earlier on and it took me awhile to figure it out.

[Elissira]

Thank you. :)

[s1Lencee]

why is it jeg vet ikke and not jeg ikke vet

[Kirurg_Kirk]

adverbs like “ikke” follow verbs in Norwegian grammar. Except when they don’t, such as in dependent clauses

[pselkirk]

Also, the verb is always in the second position (not always the second word, but it is here).

[HenryRyzling]

And what about "Jeg kjenner ikke?" answer?

[Luke_5.1991]

That doesn't make sense. One uses "vet" for factual knowledge and "kjenner" for matters of familiarity.

[HenryRyzling]

Thank you. I got it. It has been explained in the next sentences afterwards... :)

[Luke_5.1991]

No worries!