А ТО (
Invar 1. Also: (A) HE ТО
coord Conj, connective-contrastiveintroduces a clause with the verb in
fut or subjunctive) used to introduce a clause indicating what will happen (would happen, or would have happened) if the order, intention
etc contained in the preceding clause is not (were not, or had not been) carried outor used to introduce a clause indicating what would occur (would have occurred) if the situation in the preceding clause were (had been) different: or elseorotherwise(in limited contexts) if not.
2.
subord Conjintroduces a clause of reason) for the reason that: because(may be omitted in transl).
3. substand . Also: (A) HE T() substand
coord Conj, disjunctive) used to indicate an alternative
or
or even (maybe)).
4.
coord Conj, contrastive) used to indicate that the state of affairs expressed by the statement that follows is, in the speaker's opinion, abnormal, bad, or contrary to the way it should be, whereas the state of affairs expressed by the preceding context reflects the way things should be
but (instead (on the contrary))
rather thaninstead (of)while insteadas it is.
5. Also: A HE ТО coll (Particle
usu. foil. by imper or subjunctive) used to express mild inducement or an invitation to do
sth. : do (+ a positive
imperwhy notwhy don't you.
6. coll (Particle
usu. foil. by imperoften used with пожалуй) used to introduce an expression of agreement with some suggestion after an initial refusal or vacillation: (or) well, perhaps (maybe)or perhapswell, actually, maybewell, all right.
7. coll, impol (Particle) obviously, of course (used with interrogative pronouns or adverbs as an affirmative response to a question)
what (who, where etc) else
who else's.