what in English: Used to ask about a thing

Translation

Used to ask about a thing, or to mean the thing that.

Examples

?

"What" asks for a piece of information.

?

Here "what" asks about the time.

.

"What" here means the thing that you mean.

who

Used to ask about a person, or to mean the person that.

which

Used to ask or say which one thing from a known group you mean.

how

A word used to ask in what way something happens or is done.

that

Points to a person or thing further away, or the one already mentioned, and can also join two parts of a sentence.

this

Points to a person or thing that is near, or the one you are talking about right now.

eh

A short sound you make to ask someone to say something again, or to check that they agree.

whose

A question word that asks which person something belongs to. It also joins two ideas about the same person.

huh

A short sound you make when you did not hear or understand, or to ask someone to agree.

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