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> なんて言えばいいのか分からない

Means "I don't know what to say" but why does it mean that?

Is there an explanation into why this means that.
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Why does this sentence mean what it means?
Firstly "分からない（I don't know）"

then I don't know what?

"なんて言えばいいのか"

"言えばいいのか" could be directly translated into "how to say."

but this Japanese sntence "なんて言えばいいのか" menas "何を言えばいいのか."

We Japanese understand "なんて言えばいいのか" not as "how to say" but "what to say."
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