until you´ve spent years learning iþte you´re almost guaranteed to misuse it. There´s no dýrect translation, but you´re right it´s very close to the french viola (sp?)

One of it´s many meanings is as boþ ver, "don´t ask, who cares anyway?"

-iþte yaptým, o kadar

Another is as ne olsun,"isn´t is obvious?" or "What could it be?"

-hayatým iþte, okula git gel git gel

Actually I dont totally agree. It is so frequently used, that you get used to different usages easily. It may be hard to use it for yourself in your own produced sentences at first, but you get acquainted with certains forms of it really fast and start adopting them in your own speech quickly too.