Meaning & use
sommat
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Meanings
pronoundialectregionalinformal
Something; a thing that is not known or not named.
Grammar: Used like 'something' but only in regional speech; it does not take an article or plural form.
Patterns
- sommat else
- sommat like that
- sommat to eat
I've got sommat to tell you, but not here.
There's sommat funny about this letter.
He's always after sommat for nothing.
adverbdialectregionalinformal
Somewhat; to a certain degree, but not much.
Grammar: Used before adjectives or adverbs, like 'somewhat' or 'a bit', but only in regional dialects.
Patterns
- sommat tired
- sommat strange
- sommat better
She looked sommat tired after the long walk.
The soup tastes sommat salty to me.
It's sommat cold out there today.
Common combinations
- sommat else
- Do you want sommat else from the shop?
- sommat like that
- He said it was a wrench or sommat like that.
- sommat to eat
- We should get sommat to eat before the film.
- sommat funny
- There's sommat funny going on next door.
- sommat better
- I hope you've got sommat better to do than that.
Synonyms and how they differ
Commonly confused: sommat or something?
sommat vs something
Standard English; 'sommat' is regional and informal, so use 'something' in writing.
Practice
Which sentence uses 'sommat' in a way that matches its dialect meaning?
Choose one answer.
'Sommat' means 'something' and is used like a pronoun or adverb, so 'sommat to drink' fits. The other options use it as a verb, which is not correct.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “sommat”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.