(nie) umieć w…

A colloquial, humorous syntactic construction that suggests a lack of a particular skill. It can be contrasted with the grammatically correct version: nie umieć czegoś [‘not knowing how to do (something)’]. For example, a person who nie umie w internet has difficulty navigating the virtual space or hasn’t mastered communicating through this medium, and someone who says that he/she ‘nie umie w te klocki’ is simply not skilled in a certain field or lacks knowledge about it.

Examples of usage:

1. Chyba nie umiem w normalne tiktoki XD [Eng. I guess I don’t know how to create normal TikToks XD] /https://www.tiktok.com/@xkar00lina/video/7076517655817063685?is_from_webapp=v1&item_id=7076517655817063685/.
2. Twoja stara nie umie w promocje [Eng. Your mom doesn’t know how to take advantage of sales.] /https://kwejk.pl/obrazek/3436603/twoja-stara-nie-umie-w-promocje.html
3. Nie umiem w życie [Eng. I don’t know how to do life]

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4 -Zajmujesz się bratem? – Nie, coś ty, nie umiem w dzieci! /Z/ -[Eng. Are you taking care of your brother? – No way, I don’t know how to deal with kids! ]/Heard/