do you know what I'm saying

English

Alternative forms

• you know what I'm saying?
• nomsayin'?

Pronunciation

Often the composite of the constituent words, but see also the usage note.

Phrase

do you know what I'm saying?

1. (informal) Used as a rhetorical question to confirm attention, understanding, or agreement at the end of an utterance or each segment thereof.

Usage notes

In sociolects that use this term frequently as an interjection with function equivalent to that of right or eh (including but not limited to African American Vernacular English), it is often substantially contracted and clipped, even to the point that EFL learners might have difficulty recognizing it when they first encounter it, such as /ˌnɒmˈseɪn/ or similar.

Synonyms

• you know?
• if you know what I mean (in one of its senses)
• nomsayin'