what

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. belirteç Which, especially which of an open-ended set of possibilities.

   “What colour are you going to use?”

2. belirteç Which.

   “I wonder what colour he is going to use.”

3. belirteç Any ... that; all ... that; whatever.

   “He seems to have lost what sense he had.”

4. belirteç Emphasises that something is noteworthy or remarkable in quality or degree, in either a good or bad way; may be used in combination with certain other determiners, especially 'a', less often 'some'.

   “This shows what beauty there is in nature.”

5. belirteç Used to form exclamations indicating that something is remarkable, in either a good or bad way.

   “What nonsense!”

6. zamir Which thing, event, circumstance, etc.: used in asking for the specification of an identity, quantity, quality, etc.

   “Hammer in that nail —What with? I didn't bring my set of tools.”

7. zamir That which; those that; the thing(s) that.

   “He knows what he wants and what to do to get it.”

8. zamir Anything that; all that; whatever.

   “I will do what I can to help you.”

9. zamir That; which; who.

   “Look! It's that bloke again what was 'ere yesterday!”

10. zarf In what way; to what extent.

    “What does it matter?”

11. zarf Used before a prepositional phrase to emphasise that something is taken into consideration as a cause or reason; usually used in combination with 'with' (see what with), and much less commonly with other prepositions.

    “In short; what by the indiscretion of people here, what by the rebound which came often back from London, what by the private interests and ambitious views of persons in the French court, and what by other causes unnecessary to be examined now, the most private transactions came to light [...]”

12. ünlem An expression of surprise or disbelief.

    “What! That’s amazing!”

13. ünlem What do you want? An abrupt, usually unfriendly enquiry as to what a person desires.

    “What? I'm busy.”

14. ünlem Clipping of what do you say?, used as a type of tag question to emphasise a statement and invite agreement, often rhetorically.

    “It’s a nice day, what?”

15. ünlem What did you say? I beg your pardon? This usage is often considered impolite, with the more polite "Pardon?" or "Excuse me?" preferred.

    “— Could I have some of those aarrrrrr mmmm ... — What?”

16. ünlem Indicating a guess or approximation, or a pause to try to recall information.

    “I must have been, what, about five years old.”

17. isim Something; thing; stuff.

    “They prayd him sit, and gave him for to feed / Such homely what as serves the simple clowne, / That doth despise the dainties of the towne[…]”

18. isim The identity of a thing, as an answer to a question of what.

    “The emphasis on the interplay between the hows and whats of interpretive practice is paramount.”

19. isim Something that is addressed by what, as opposed to a person, addressed by who.

    “2012, "We Are Both", season 2, episode 2 of Once Upon a Time Regina: What are you? Rumplestiltskin: What? What? What? My, my, what a rude question! I am not a what.”

20. ilgeç Emphasizes the truth of an assertion made to contradict an evidently false assumption held by the listener.

    “— Sian sia, nearby here don’t have library. — The National Library is a five-minute walk from here what, no meh?”

21. ilgeç Used to invite agreement or acknowledgment when something is assumed to be straightforward or already obvious to begin with; similar in function to “right?” and “as you know”.

    “If it doesn’t get sunlight, it won’t grow what, so you should consider moving it closer to the window.”

22. ilgeç Used after a direct assertion to reinforce a disagreeing opinion.

    “The lava cakes are not that bad what.”