хрен (хер) его знает!
Russian swear words
phrase
How to read (transcription)
[hryen (hyer) ye-VO ZNA-yet]
Translation
(I’ll be) damned if I know!
I have no idea!
The use of this expression depends of the gender of what you are talking about:
- хрен его знает! - masculine or neuter
- хрен её знает! - feminine
- хрен их знает! - plural
You can also say simply: хрен знает! or хер знает!
Examples
- Какая погода завтра? - Да хрен ее знает.[ka-KA-ya pa-GO-da ZAFT-ra? - da hryen ye-YO ZNA-yet]What is the weather like tomorrow? - I have no idea.
- Дима придет сегодня? - Хрен знает...[DEE-ma pree-DYOT see-VOD-nya? - hryen ZNA-yet]Dima will come today? - Who knows...