why
/wʌɪ/
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Stress
- One strong syllable
- Vowel
- Short i vowel
- Ending
- Final y vowel sound
US voice -> why
(adv) ဘာကြောင့်။ (conj) ဘာ့ကြောင့်။အဘယ်ကြောင့်။
၁။ အဘယ်ကြောင့်။ ဘာကြောင့်။ Why were you late? ❍ Why did you buy those shoes? ❍ Tell me why you did it. ❍ Do you know why the door is locked? ❍ ‘I want you to tidy the kitchen. ’ ‘Why me?’
၂။ ဘာဖြစ်လို့ …ရမှာလဲ။ Why get upset just because you got a bad mark? ❍ Why bother to write? We'll see him tomorrow.
rel adv (အထူးသဖြင့် reason နောက်တွင်တွဲသုံးသည်။ ) (အကြောင်း) ကတော့။ the reason why he left her ❍ That is (the reason) why I came early.
interj (dated or US ) (အံ့ဩခြင်း၊ စိတ်မရှည်ခြင်း စသည်ပြသော အာမေဍ္ဍိတ်)။ ဪ။ Why, Jane, it's you! ❍ Why, it's easy — a child could do it!
❏ why ever [IDM ] (အံ့အားတသင့်နှင့် သုံးသော စကား)။ ဘာကြောင့်များ။ ဘာဖြစ်လို့များ။ Why ever didn't you tell us before?
❏ why not [IDM ] (အကြံပြုသည့်သဘော၊ လက်ခံသည့် သဘောကိုပြသောစကား)။ …ရမှာပေါ့။ Why not write to her? ❍ ‘Let's go to the cinema. ’ ‘Why not?’
❏ the whys and (the) wherefores [IDM ] ဘာဘာညာညာ အကြောင်းပြချက်များ။ ဆင်ခြေဆင်လက်များ။ I don't need to hear all the whys and the wherefores, just tell me what happened.
- Why are you so angry?
- He asked me why I was leaving so early, and I didn’t know what to say.
- [why is it that...?] : Why is it that the country imports so much of its food?
- [why ever] : ‘She says she’s not coming to the wedding.’ ‘Why ever not?’
- I don’t know why, but there’s something I don’t like about that woman.
- There are a lot of things we need to discuss, which is why I’m here.
- [reason why] : I can only think of one reason why Frank should be jealous.
- ‘Henry’s arriving on the twenty-eighth.’ ‘Why, that’s tomorrow!’
- Why, I bet you never had the slightest intention of keeping your promise.
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