Interjections
The interjection is a kind of statement that expresses a sudden, exclamatory impression or a feeling deep as astonishment, surprise, pain, discomfort, love, etc. They also serve to appeal to the interlocutor, or as a formula for greeting, farewell, compliance, etc. Interjections examples
The interjections are words that have no lexical or grammatical organization. That is why they are considered pre grammatical signs. Syntactically, they function as independent sentences with their own meaning. As for their morphology, they are invariable. In written language, they are usually marked by signs of admiration or questioning. Interjections themselves (or their own interjections) are individual words that can only be used as interjections.
Depending on their origin
They consist of a single word between signs of admiration or questioning:
Depending on their origin, the Interjections can be classified as:
1. Own (or primary ) interjections Are those that do not derive from other words:
Ah! : amazement, surprise pleasure
oh! : amazement, admiration
, alas! : pain
cool! : acceptance
huh! : rejection, disapproval, surprise
hey! : warning, greeting
oops! : amazement, surprise
yuck! : disgust disgust
hello! : greeting, welcome
, hopefully! : desire
huh? : surprise query
uf! : tiredness
bah! disdain
2. Improper interjections These are the interjections that come from other grammatical categories such as nouns, verbs, adjectives, etc. Interjections examples
Beware !, beware !, bravo !, magnificent !, hey !, wow !, noses !, great !, formidable !, snails !, damn !, heck !, recorcholis !, Bravo !, man !, go !, go!
3. Interjective phraseologies Groups of words that function as interjections:
My God! Holy Heaven! My Mother! Woe to me!
According to their form
They consist of a single word between signs of admiration or questioning:
According to their form the interjections are classified into:
1. Imitative interjections Are those that are formed onomatopoeically to mimic the sounds of our environment.
Zas !, pum !, chas !, meow!
2. Expressive interjections Express a speaker‘s feeling or emotion.
Ah!
3. Appeal interjections Used to initiate communication , to establish contact with the interlocutor.
Chist! Hey!
3. Formulation interjections Are those that we use in our social relationships such as greetings or farewells.
See you soon!
3. Translation interjections Are those words or groups of words that are not interjections themselves but can be used as such in isolation. Interjections examples
Man! Go!
More examples of interjections
- Goodbye! (own interjection, say goodbye)
- AHA! (own interjection, approval)
- Garlic (own interjection, stimulate babies)
- Go! (verb, surprise)
- Attention! (noun, warn)
- ¡Aúpa! (own interjection, encouragement)
- Oh my! (locution)
- Bah! (own interjection, contempt)
- Barbarian! (adjective, approval)
- Enough! (verb, stop an action)
- Bingo! (noun, solution)
- Buah! (own interjection, discomfort)
- Buuu! (own interjection, reprobation)
- Cachis! (own interjection, contrariety)
- Snails! (noun, surprise Interjections examples
Sample sentences with interjections
- Wow The business is closed.
- Shhh ! The boy is sleeping.
- ¡Epa! Not so fast!
- Hey? What do you mean?
- Shut up at once, so
- Are you ready to go out? Perfect!
- Rediez! I can’t believe I’ve been wrong on the exam again.
- Pouf ! What a weariness!
- God bless me ! What are you doing up the tree?
- Huh ? What do you say?
- We were having very quiet lunch when pum! , the table collapsed in front of us.
- I had already lost hope when bingo! , I found my dream house.
- Bah, don’t pay attention.
- Go! Where did you get that elegant suit?
- Enough! Stay still at once.
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