At length, finding Maggie was not to be provoked into words, she pretended suddenly to observe her kirk clothes--"Whatna for hae you that fine merino on this night?
The minister is right; whatna for are we hurrying up the future?
If you love Maggie sae blindly as a' that, whatna for did you leave her then?
Then whatna for was I brought here, frae my ain bit o' heather roof?
There was a lad was born in Kyle, But whatnaday, o' whatna style, I doubt its hardly worth our while To be sae nice wi' Robin.
It was but this day at dinner time that Jock cried out, 'Whatna daft-like chuckie hen!
Whatna yin o' your rebel sons--chasing up hill and doon dale after your blackguard brither, was it that brocht him hame?
Whatna steer there is up there aboot the soul o' ae puir auld body.
Whatna better proof could ye hae o' the justice o' my demand, than that he should hae come down in terror at once wi' two hundred pounds?
There was a lad was born in Kyle, But whatna day o' whatna style I doubt it's hardly worth the while To be sae nice wi' Robin.
Whatna shilpit man's this that Leevie's gotten for her new jo?
But whatna wife's this, wi' her creel on her back?
Many living persons can remember Angus old ladies who would say to their nieces and daughters, "Whatna hummeldoddie o' a mutch hae ye gotten?
There was a lad was born in Kyle, But whatna day o' whatna style, I doubt it's hardly worth the while To be sae nice wi' Robin.
Whatna like man is that English veesitor ye've got, Hillocks?
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "whatna" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
