| Angol | Orosz |
|---|---|
| why (exclamation of surprise) interjection [UK: waɪ] [US: ˈwaɪ] | какinterjection оinterjection огоinterjection |
| why (for what reason) adverb [UK: waɪ] [US: ˈwaɪ] | зачемadverb отчегоadverb почемуadverb |
| why [whies] (the reason) noun [UK: waɪ] [US: ˈwaɪ] | причинаnoun |
| why not (introduce a proposal) adverb [UK: waɪ nɒt] [US: ˈwaɪ ˈnɑːt] | почему бы неadverb |
| why not (state one has no objection) adverb [UK: waɪ nɒt] [US: ˈwaɪ ˈnɑːt] | почему бы и нетadverb |
| why not (why is that not true) adverb [UK: waɪ nɒt] [US: ˈwaɪ ˈnɑːt] | а почемуadverb а что такadverb |
| somewhy (for some reason) adverb | почему-тоadverb |