mitä — meaning in English
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English meaning
Senses
mitä is used for these senses in English:
- huh (with rising pitch) Used to reinforce a question.
- huh (slang, with falling pitch) Used either to belittle the issuer of a statement/question, or sarcastically to indicate utter agreement, and that the statement being responded to is an extreme understatement. The intonation is changed to distinguish between the two meanings - implied dullness for belittlement, and feigned surprise for utter agreement.
- pardon Often used when someone does not understand what another person says.
- what (interrogative) In what way; to what extent.
- what (indirect interrogative) Which.
- what 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'.
- what (exclamative) Used to form exclamations indicating that something is remarkable, in either a good or bad way.
huh — full definition
- interjection Used to show confusion, surprise, or to ask someone to repeat what they said.
- interjection Added to the end of a sentence to turn it into a casual question, inviting agreement.
pardon — full definition
- noun Forgiveness for an offence.
- noun An official act that releases someone from further punishment for a crime.
- verb To forgive someone, or to excuse an offence officially.
- intj Used to politely ask someone to repeat what they said, or as an apology for a minor slip.