What a pity ni inasikitisha au ni bahati mbaya. Ni itikio kwa jambo dogo linalokatisha tamaa au nafasi iliyopotea: tamasha limefutwa, rafiki hawezi kuja au makumbusho yamefungwa. Kwa msiba na hasara kubwa, usemi huu ni mwepesi kupita kiasi; hapo watu husema I'm so sorry.
Unataka kutumia what a pity katika mazungumzo?
Tunga sentensi; tutaonyesha makosa na kupendekeza namna ya kusema inayofaa zaidi.
Ukaguzi unachukua muda mrefu kuliko kawaida. Maoni yataonekana hapa yenyewe.
What a pity!; What a pity (that) + clause; What a pity + to + verb; it's a pity (that) + clause
- The museum is closed on Mondays? What a pity! We fly home on Tuesday morning.
- What a pity you missed the party. Everyone was asking where you were.
- It's such a lovely evening. What a pity to spend it indoors marking essays.
Kilichobadilika
Toleo la kwanzaThe concert has been cancelled? How pity!
Baada ya marekebishoThe concert has been cancelled? What a pity!
Ni rahisi kuchanganya miito yenye how na what. How huja kabla ya kivumishi: How sad! Pity ni nomino, kwa hiyo inahitaji what na a: What a pity!
What a shame ina maana ileile hapa, si aibu ya kukashifu: What a shame you can't stay longer! Aibu na kukataa tabia huonyeshwa tofauti: Shame on you! Katika mazungumzo, hasa Kiingereza cha Marekani, what a shame husikika hata mara nyingi zaidi kuliko what a pity.
Zamu yako
My grandfather passed away last week. — ___. Were you close to him?
Onyesha jibu
I'm so sorry — Msemaji anakueleza babu yake amefariki, kwa hiyo unahitaji kuonyesha huruma: I'm so sorry. What a pity hufaa kwa masikitiko madogo kama tamasha lililofutwa; kwa habari hii ingesikika bila kuzingatia uzito wa msiba.
Rafiki anaandika kwamba hawezi kuja kwenye sherehe yako ya kuzaliwa. Jibu kwa what a pity na upendekeze kukutana siku nyingine; itaje siku hiyo.
What a pity you can't come! Let's have dinner together next Saturday instead.
Jifunze kutumia maneno mapya kwa usahihi
Tunga sentensi kwa maneno unayojifunza. LetsWords inaonyesha makosa ya matumizi na sarufi, inapendekeza marekebisho na kuyaeleza kwa lugha yako ya mama; kurudia kunasaidia kukumbuka maneno.