ha
part of speech
interjection (ha, ha ha); abbreviation (ha = hectare)
meaning for a pupil
1) Ha is a sound people make when they laugh, or a word said when they are surprised or have won. tree →
2) «Ha ha» written down shows laughing. tree →
3) ha is a short way to write hectare, a unit of land area: 1 ha is 10000 square metres, a square 100 m by 100 m. tree →
sense in the lessons
Almost always a word of the story; rarely «ha» for hectares of land, used for farms, forests and parks. In stories and comics: «Ha!» shows a character laughing or being proud. Phrases: «ha ha», «aha» (when you suddenly understand).
examples
- «Ha! I have more marbles,» said Tom. tree →
- A farm of 5 ha. tree →
- Ha, she found 3 more shells. tree →
- «Ha ha, very funny,» said Mia. tree →
- Aha, now I know the answer! tree →
- The forest covers 200 ha. tree →
- «Ha! I win!» shouted my brother. tree →
- The park is about 2 ha, the size of two football fields and a bit more. tree →
- Ha! ha! ha!” he laughed again. tree →
note
A hectare is 10000 square metres. As a laugh it carries no clue. After a number it is hectares, a land area (1 ha = 10 000 square metres); 100 ha make 1 square kilometre. «Ha ha» said in a flat voice can mean the joke was not funny.
In the corpora
- And Joshua made him knives of flint, and circumcised the children of Israel at Gibeath-ha-araloth.
- For the Leader; upon Aijeleth ha-Shahar.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «ha» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.