Sevinç, üzüntü, şaşkınlık, acıma, öfke gibi duyguları ifade eden seslerdir. Genellikle ünlem işareti ile kullanılırlar. Konuşma dilinde yazı dilindekine göre çok daha fazla kullanılırlar. İngilizce deki ünlemler ise şunlardır: Well, Duraksama Şaşkınlık Well, Im not sure! Well, really! Ouch! Can yanması Ouch, you are stepping on my toe! Wow! Büyük şaşkınlık, hayranlık Wow! You look terrific! Oh! Ağrı,ıstırap Şaşkınlık Oh! Ive got a toothache! Oh! How wonderful! Hey! Dikkat çekmek İlgi, şaşkınlık, kızgınlık Hey! Listen to me! Hey! Put that down! Er Duraksama Er, I dont know what to say. Oops! Bir kaza veya hata ile ilgili şaşkınlık veya pişmanlık Oops! You must be careful. Alas! Üzüntü, acıma Alas, poor young boy! Uh-huh Hemfikir, onaylama Do you understand me? Uh-huh, at all. Uh Tereddüt, anlamama Uh I dont get it. Hi Selamlama Hi! How are you doing? Dear Acıma, şaşkınlık, endişe Oh dear! What a shame! Ah! Memnuniyet, şaşkınlık, hayranlık, farkına varma Ah, it is nice to see you again. Ah, there you are. Eh! Karşı tarafın tekrar etmesini veya hem fikir olmasını istediğimiz Eh? Say it again. This is nice, eh? Hmm Tereddüt, şüphe, uyuşmazlık Hmm. I m not so sure.
Interjections Hi! That's an interjection Interjection is a big name for a little word. Interjections are short exclamations like Oh!, Um or Ah! They have no real grammatical value but we use them quite often, usually more in speaking than in writing. When interjections are inserted into a sentence, they have no grammatical connection to the sentence. An interjection is sometimes followed by an exclamation mark (!) when written. The table below shows some interjections with examples. interjection meaning example ah expressing pleasure "Ah, that feels good." expressing realization "Ah, now I understand." expressing resignation "Ah well, it can't be heped." expressing surprise "Ah! I've won!" alas expressing grief or pity "Alas, she's dead now." dear expressing pity "Oh dear! Does it hurt?" expressing surprise "Dear me! That's a surprise!" eh asking for repetition "It's hot today." "Eh?" "I said it's hot today." expressing enquiry "What do you think of that, eh?" expressing surprise "Eh! Really?" inviting agreement "Let's go, eh?" er expressing hesitation "Lima is the capital of...er...Peru." hello, hulloexpressing greeting "Hello John. How are you today?" expressing surprise "Hello! My car's gone!" hey calling attention "Hey! look at that!" expressing surprise, joy etc "Hey! What a good idea!" hi expressing greeting "Hi! What's new?" hmm expressing hesitation, doubt or disagreement "Hmm. I'm not so sure." oh, o expressing surprise "Oh! You're here!" expressing pain "Oh! I've got a toothache." expressing pleading "Oh, please say 'yes'!" ouch expressing pain "Ouch! That hurts!" uh expressing hesitation "Uh...I don't know the answer to that." uh-huh expressing agreement "Shall we go?" "Uh-huh." um, umm expressing hesitation "85 divided by 5 is...um...17." well expressing surprise "Well I never!" introducing a remark "Well, what did he say?" ************************************ ----------------------- Interjections are used to add little "spice" to a literary document, or to express in words various onomatopoeic sounds. It is best to exercise moderation in style, therefore interjections should better be used with great caution. Exaggerations of any kind are always an indication of little knowledge, and of poor literary manners. Interjections could be: 1. A shout, a cry, or an exclamation loaded with strong emotional content: Ah! Oh! Ouch! Pooh! Ugh! Eek! Yuck! Eh! 2. One or more onomatopoeic words: Hem! Ha, ha! Wow! Meow! Buzz! Rat-ta-ta! 3. An expression that loses its grammatical meaning: Nonsense! What! Good! Too bad! Fancy! Well! Well, well, well! Indeed! 4. An emphatic phrase having elliptic meaning: Look here! What a shame! Well, I never! How nice! Oh, My! Sometimes interjections are marked by the exclamation point to emphasize their rich emphatic content. In most instances interjections are isolated by one comma, or within a pair of commas, in order to identify them as being interjections.
