Re: To know and to understand

Konrad Den Ende wrote:
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(B> Listening to Pimsleur i discovered that apparently
(B> "I don't know"   =   "$B$o$+$j$^$;$s(B"
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(BAnd I use, $BCN$j$^$;$s(B for "I don't know" and "I have no idea".
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(B> "I don't understand"   =   "$B$o$+$j$^$;$s(B"
(B> What i wonder is how to distinuish between those two 
(B> meanings if (when?) they come to colide in the sentence.
(B> Let's engineer a sentence here:
(B> "I don't know and i don't understand".
(B> I have trouble believeing it would be:
(B> "$BJ,$+$j$^$;$s!!$H!!J,$+$j$^$;$s(B".
(B> 
(B> How is that solved in Japanese? The example in the file was
(B> -"$B$9$_$^$;$s!"$R$S$dF;M}$O!!$I$3$G$9$+(B?"
(B> -"$BJ,$+$j$^$;$s(B."
(B> How does the questioner know that the questionee:
(B> a) understood the question but didn't know the answer
(B> alternatively
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(BThat's it.
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(B> b) didn't understand the question
(B> ?
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(BIn that situation, the person is more likely to say $B!V$O$"!)!W!"!V$((B
$B$(!)!W!"!V2?$G$9$C$F!)!W(B type reactions.  I don't think you will hear
(Bstraight $B!V!J$"[EMAIL PROTECTED];$s!W(Bfrom average Japanese
(Bpeople because it's pretty rude.
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(BGood question!  By the way, $B$R$S$d$I$&$j(B is $BF|HfC+DL$j(B