miitä

miitä is a Finnish word that translates to "what" or "which" in English. It functions as an interrogative pronoun and an interrogative determiner. As an interrogative pronoun, it is used to ask about the identity of an object or person, such as in the sentence "Mitä sinä teet?" which means "What are you doing?". As an interrogative determiner, it modifies a noun to ask about its specific identity or type, for example, "Mitä kirjaa luet?" meaning "What book are you reading?".

The word miitä declines according to grammatical case, number, and possession, similar to other Finnish nouns and pronouns. Its declension is important for conveying the correct meaning in different sentence structures. For instance, in the genitive case, it becomes "Mitä" and in the partitive case, it also remains "Mitä". In other cases, it can change form.

Beyond its literal meaning, miitä can also be used in exclamations to express surprise or disbelief, somewhat akin to the English "What!" or "Really!". The context of the conversation is crucial in determining whether miitä is being used as a question or an exclamation. Its versatility makes it a fundamental word in the Finnish language for both inquiry and expression.