3. MORPHOLOGY
3.8. Interjections
Interjections express some emotions such as pain, pleasure, anger,
surprise, and disgust. An interjection is in the vocative case and has
no grammatical relation with any other word in the sentence. In
Hindi, interjections are used as independent words or they can be
prefixed to nouns.
ho Bagavaana! he bhagva:n! O God!
Aao laD,ko! o larke! O boy!
Surprise is expressed by: Aaoh oh! Aroo are! Aaohao oho! @yaa kya:!
- Aaoh / Aroo / Aaohao / @yaa tuma Aa gae!
oh/are/oho/kya: tum a: gaye!
o/what you came
O you came!
Applause is expressed by: vaah va:h! KUba khu:b! SaabaaSa ša:ba:š!
- vaah / KUba / SaabaaSa baoTo tumanao AcCa kama ikyaa!
va:h/khu:b/ša:ba:š bete tumne accha: ka:m kiya:!
oh son-voc you-erg good work did
Oh (my) son, you have done good work!
Sorrow or grief is expressed by: haya ha:y! ha ha:! Aha a:h! ]f uph!
Afsaaosa afsos!
- haya / ha / Aah /]f /Afsaaosa yah @yaa huAa!
ha:y/ha:/a:h/uph/afsos yah kya: hua:!
alas this what happened
Alas what happened!
Joy is expressed by: Aaha a:ha:! Aha aha:! vaah vaah va:h - va:h!
- Aaha / Aha / vaah - vaah @yaa sauMdr jagah hO!
a:ha:/aha:/va:h-va:h kya: sundar jaga:h h ́!
oh what beautiful place is
Oh what a beautiful place!