why not

Adverb

 * 1) Why is that not true?
 * I don't want to go out today. &mdash; Why not?
 * Let's have pizza for lunch. &mdash; Yes, why not?
 * Why not try turning the handle in the other direction to see if that opens the window?
 * Why not try turning the handle in the other direction to see if that opens the window?
 * Why not try turning the handle in the other direction to see if that opens the window?

Usage notes

 * Definitions 2 and 3 are more in the nature of assertions than questions, so they are often spoken as assertions and sometimes written without question marks.

Synonyms

 * ?, how come?

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, 為什麼不呢,
 * Danish: hvorfor ikke
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: kial ne
 * Faroese: hví ikki
 * Finnish: miksi ei, miksei
 * French:
 * German: warum nicht
 * Icelandic:, hví ekki
 * Italian: perché no
 * Japanese: 当たり前でしょ
 * Latin: cūr nōn, quidnī
 * Persian:
 * Portuguese: por que não
 * Russian: а почему́, а что́ так
 * Slovene: zakaj ne
 * Spanish: por qué no
 * Swedish: varför inte
 * Tagalog: bakit hindi
 * Thai: ทำไมไม่


 * Arabic: لِمَ لَا
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish: hvorfor ikke
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: kial ne
 * Faroese: hví ikki
 * Finnish: miksipä ei, mikä ettei, mikä jottei, mikäpäs siinä, vois
 * French:
 * German: warum nicht, wieso nicht
 * Hebrew: לָמָּה לֹא
 * Hungarian: miért ne
 * Icelandic:, hví ekki
 * Italian: perché no
 * Japanese:
 * Latin: quid ni
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: hvorfor ikke
 * Persian: چرا که نه؟
 * Polish: czemu nie
 * Portuguese: por que não
 * Russian:
 * Scottish Gaelic: carson nach + verb
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: зашто да не
 * Roman: zašto da ne
 * Slovene: zakaj pa ne
 * Spanish: por qué no
 * Swedish: varför inte
 * Tagalog: bakit hindi
 * Turkish: neden olmasın
 * Ukrainian: чому́ б і ні́


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Danish: hvorfor ikke
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: miksi ei
 * French: pourquoi ne pas
 * Icelandic:
 * Latin: quid ni
 * Navajo: dooísh léiʼ
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: hvorfor ikke
 * Polish: czemu nie, dlaczego nie, może by
 * Portuguese: por que não
 * Russian: почему́ бы не
 * Spanish: por qué no
 * Swedish: varför inte
 * Tagalog: bakit hindi