WHAT

Traducere în limba română

what I. pron. A. interog.

ce? cât? cum?;

what are you doing here? ce faci aici?;

what is she? ce e ea (ca profesiune)?;

(fam.) what will Mrs. Grundy say? ce-o să zică lumea?;

what's your name? cum te cheamă? cum îţi spune?;

what did he charge for it? cât a cerut (pentru asta)?;

what is this plant? ce fel de floare e?

what I. pron. B. relativ

1. (ceea) ce;

this is what I expected la asta mă şi aşteptam; (asta) e ceea ce bănuiam;

say what you please spune ce vrei; n-ai decât să spui ce vrei.

2. (după prop. neg.) but what care să nu;

there was not a student but what had read the play nu era nici un student care să nu fi citit piesa.

what II. adjectiv A. interog.

care? ce?;

what book? care / ce carte?

what II. adjectiv B. exclamativ

ce (fel de)!

what an idea! ce idee!

what II. adjectiv C. relativ.

1. ce, care;

I don't know what purpose you have nu ştiu ce scop urmăreşti.

2. ce, (atât...) cât..., (atâţia...) câţi... etc.;

take what books you want ia-ţi ce / câte cărţi vrei.

what III. adverb

1. ce;

what does it matter ce contează.

2. ce, cât de;

what a lucky man! ce om norocos!

3. în parte;

what with..., what with... ba cu..., ba cu ...;

what with the rain we were forced to stay în parte datorită ploii a trebuit / am fost siliţi să rămânem.

4. (înv.) în care / ce privinţă.

what IV. conjuncție

1. (după prop. neg., fam.) but what că;

never fear but what he'll come! o să vină el, n-avea (nici o) teamă!

2. (fam.) (pe) cât;

he helped us what he could ne-a ajutat cât a putut.

what V. interjecție

1. ce? cum?

2. nu? nu-i aşa?;

a good-looking girl, what? frumoasă fată, nu-i aşa?

Exemple de propoziții și/sau fraze:

Watch the phone calls and emails you receive, and watch what happens in the days that closely follow this new moon for clues of what you find exciting.

(AstrologyZone.com, de Susan Miller)

He worked hard from morning till night and did not know what joy was.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, de L. Frank Baum)

My little nurse stood on a low stool close to the table, to take care of me, and direct what I should do.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, de Jonathan Swift)

He was unaware of what he ate.

(Martin Eden, de Jack London)

Hark ye! said the ass, I am going to the great city to turn musician: suppose you go with me, and try what you can do in the same way?

(Fairy Tales, de The Brothers Grimm)

Far in the western hemisphere, scientists on NASA’s New Horizons mission have discovered what looks like a giant “bite mark” on Pluto’s surface.

(What’s Eating at Pluto?, NASA)

One of the most important findings of their study, the authors say, is that there is no one-size-fits-all explanation for what structures mammal biodiversity across the world.

(Connecting the prehistoric past to the global future, National Science Foundation)

Recalling a memory, then, opens a window of opportunity for that memory to be changed — what researchers call a "reconsolidation window."

(How Our Memory Works, NIH, US)

Additionally, brown dwarfs will help scientists study exoplanets, planets outside our solar system, as the atmosphere of cool brown dwarfs is similar to what astronomers expect to find at many exoplanets.

(Powerful Auroras Found at Brown Dwarf, NASA)

Yet, the birds made what seems almost impossible for a human look effortless.

(Researchers study birds to improve how robots land, National Science Foundation)

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