How do you say something like that?

“There’s a thing for which I don’t know what it is” “There’s a thing where I don’t know what it is” “There’s a thing that I don’t know what is”

or (the one which I hear people say a lot but sounds awkward:) “There’s a thing that/which I don’t know what it is”?

To be honest they all sound awkward to me to varying degrees

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The closest phrase I can think of is: “There is a thing of which I do not know.”

Awkward af phrasing, though, as others have stated.

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“There’s a thing I’m unfamiliar with”

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There’s a thing of which I know not what it is

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“There’s a thing which I can’t identify”

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“I don’t know what this is”

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I’m struggling to think of a context where you’d say this where you couldn’t just say “I don’t know (about) that thing” or “there’s a thing I don’t know”.

That there is a thing is kind of implied.

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