Betydelse av why på svenska

• 0 for what reason:

  • "I'm going home." "Why?"

  • Why did you choose to live in London?

  • Why wait? Let's leave now.

  • Why should I help him - he never helps me?

  • Why is it that I find chocolate so addictive?

  • The police asked me to explain why I hadn't reported the accident sooner.

  • I don't know why she isn't here.

  • Quite why he isn't here today is a mystery.

  • There is no reason why we shouldn't succeed.

• 1 used to express surprise or anger:

  • Why, if it isn't old Georgie Frazer!

  • Why, I've never seen anything like it!

• 2 the reasons for something:

  • I know very little about the whys and the wherefores of the situation.

• 3 for what reason:

  • Why do you like living in Paris?

  • She’ll ask why you don’t have your homework.