Interjection :: āĻ āύā§āϤāĻāĻā§āώā§āĻĒ
Interjection :: āĻ āύā§āϤāĻāĻā§āώā§āĻĒ
Definition
An interjection is a word or short phrase used to express sudden or strong emotions, feelings, or reactions.
It shows emotion, not information.
It is usually followed by an exclamation mark (!), but sometimes by a comma (,) if the feeling is mild.
Characteristics of Interjections
- Standalone Words or Short Phrases: Interjections are not grammatically connected to the sentence.
Ex: Oh! Wow! Oops! Yikes! - Express Emotions or Reactions: They show feelings like joy, pain, surprise, fear, etc.
Ex: Hooray! → happiness, Ouch! → pain, Uh-oh! → worry - Mostly Informal: Used more in spoken English, informal writing, dialogues, and stories.
Types of Interjections
- Interjections for Greeting: Used to greet someone.
Ex: Hello!, Hi!, Hey! - Interjections for Joy: Express happiness or excitement.
Ex: Hooray! We won the match!, Yay! That's great news! - Interjections for Surprise: Show shock or amazement.
Ex: Oh! I didn’t see you there., Wow! What a view! - Interjections for Sadness or Pain: Express sorrow, regret, or physical pain.
Ex: Alas! The hero has fallen., Ouch! That hurt. - Interjections for Anger or Frustration: Show anger or irritation.
Ex: Darn! I missed the bus., Ugh! This is annoying. - Interjections for Hesitation or Thinking: Used while thinking or feeling unsure.
Ex: Uh, I’m not sure., Hmm, let me think.
Key Points:
- Interjections do not affect sentence grammar.
- They can be placed at the beginning, middle, or end of a sentence.
- Ex: Oh, I understand now.
āĻ āύā§āϤāĻāĻā§āώā§āĻĒ (Interjection)
āϏāĻāĻā§āĻāĻž: Interjection (āĻ āύā§āϤāĻāĻā§āώā§āĻĒ) āĻšā§āĻā§ āĻāύ⧠āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻŦāĻž āϏ⧰⧠āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻžāĻāĻļ āϝāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻšāĻ āĻžā§ āĻ āύā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋ, āĻāĻžāĻŦ, āĻŦāĻž āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāĻā§ā§°āĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻĒā§ā§°āĻāĻžāĻļ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤āĻ āĻ āύā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻāĻžāĻļ āĻā§°ā§, āϤāĻĨā§āϝ āύāĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
āϏāĻžāϧāĻžā§°āĻŖāϤ⧠(!) āĻāĻŋāĻšā§āύ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻā§°āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ, āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤ⧠āĻ āύā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻāĻŽ āĻš’āϞ⧠(,) āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻā§°āĻŋāĻŦ āĻĒāĻžā§°āĻŋāĨ¤
āĻ āύā§āϤāĻāĻā§āώā§āĻĒā§° āĻŦā§āĻļāĻŋāώā§āĻā§āϝ
- āϏā§āĻŦāϤāύā§āϤā§ā§° āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āĻŦāĻž āϏ⧰⧠āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝāĻžāĻāĻļ: āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝ⧰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§°āĻŖā§° āϞāĻāϤ āϏāĻāϝā§āĻā§āϤ āύāĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: āĻāĻš! āĻŦāĻžāĻš! āĻāĻšāĻž! - āĻ
āύā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻŦāĻž āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāĻā§ā§°āĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻĒā§ā§°āĻāĻžāĻļ āĻā§°ā§: āĻāύāύā§āĻĻ, āĻĻā§āĻ, āĻŦā§āϝāĻĨāĻž, āĻāĻļā§āĻā§°ā§āϝ āĻāĻĻāĻŋ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻāĻžāĻļ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: Hooray! → āĻāύāύā§āĻĻ, Ouch! → āĻŦā§āϝāĻĨāĻž, Uh-oh! → āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤāĻž - āĻ āϧāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻāĻļ āĻā§āώā§āϤā§ā§°āϤ āĻ āύāĻžāύā§āώā§āĻ āĻžāύāĻŋāĻ: āĻāĻĨā§āĻĒāĻāĻĨāύ, āĻāϞā§āĻĒ, āύāĻžāĻāĻ āĻāĻĻāĻŋāϤ āĻ āϧāĻŋāĻ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšā§āϤāĨ¤
āĻ āύā§āϤāĻāĻā§āώā§āĻĒā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻāĻžā§°
- āĻ
āĻāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻĻāύ⧰ āĻ
āύā§āϤāĻāĻā§āώā§āĻĒ: āĻāĻžāĻā§ āĻ
āĻāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻĻāύ āĻāύāĻžāĻŦāϞ⧠āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻā§°āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: Hello! Hi! - āĻāύāύā§āĻĻā§° āĻ
āύā§āϤāĻāĻā§āώā§āĻĒ: āϏā§āĻ āĻŦāĻž āĻāϤā§āϤā§āĻāύāĻž āĻĒā§ā§°āĻāĻžāĻļ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: Hooray! āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāϝāĻŧā§ āĻš’āϞā§āĻ! - āĻāĻļā§āĻā§°ā§āϝ⧰ āĻ
āύā§āϤāĻāĻā§āώā§āĻĒ: āĻāĻā§°āĻŋāϤ āĻŦāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāϏā§āĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻāĻžāĻļ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: Oh! āĻŽāĻ āϤā§āĻŽāĻžāĻ āύā§āĻĻā§āĻāĻŋāϞā§āĻāĨ¤ - āĻĻā§āĻ āĻŦāĻž āĻŦā§āϝāĻĨāĻžā§° āĻ
āύā§āϤāĻāĻā§āώā§āĻĒ: āĻļā§āĻ, āĻĻā§āĻ āĻŦāĻž āĻļāĻžā§°ā§ā§°āĻŋāĻ āĻŦā§āϝāĻĨāĻž āĻĒā§ā§°āĻāĻžāĻļ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: Alas! āĻŦā§ā§°āĻāύ āĻĒāϤāĻŋāϤ āĻš’āϞāĨ¤, Ouch! āĻŦāĻšā§āϤ āĻŦā§āĻĻāύāĻžāĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻāĨ¤ - āĻāĻ āĻŦāĻž āĻšāϤāĻžāĻļāĻžā§° āĻ
āύā§āϤāĻāĻā§āώā§āĻĒ: āĻ
āϏāύā§āϤā§āώ āĻŦāĻž āĻāĻ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻāĻžāĻļ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: Darn! āĻŽāĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻāύ āĻŽāĻŋāĻ āĻā§°āĻŋāϞā§āĻāĨ¤ - āϏāĻāĻā§āĻ āĻŦāĻž āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤāĻžā§° āĻ
āύā§āϤāĻāĻā§āώā§āĻĒ: āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤāĻž āĻĒā§ā§°āĻāĻžāĻļ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ: Uh, āĻŽāĻ āύāĻŋāĻļā§āĻāĻŋāϤ āύāĻšāĻāĻāĨ¤
āĻā§ā§°ā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻŖ āĻāĻĨāĻž
- āĻ āύā§āϤāĻāĻā§āώā§āĻĒā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝ⧰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§°āĻŖ āϏāϞāύāĻŋ āύāĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
- āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝ⧰ āĻāĻāϤ, āĻŽāĻžāĻāϤ āĻŦāĻž āĻļā§āώāϤ āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻŋāĻŦ āĻĒāĻžā§°ā§āĨ¤
- āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ:
- Oh, āĻŽāĻ āĻāϤāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻŦā§āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĨ¤
All About Interjections / āĻ āύā§āϤāĻāĻā§āώā§āĻĒ (Interjection)
Interjections are words used to express sudden feelings or emotions. āĻ āύā§āϤāĻāĻā§āώā§āĻĒ āĻšā§āĻā§ āĻāύ⧠āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ āϝāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻšāĻ āĻžā§ āĻ āύā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻŦāĻž āĻāĻžāĻŦ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻāĻžāĻļ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
They are usually followed by an exclamation mark (!) and sometimes by a comma (,). āĻ āϏāĻžāϧāĻžā§°āĻŖāϤ⧠(!) āĻāĻŋāĻšā§āύ⧰⧠āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻā§°āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ āĻā§°ā§ āĻā§āϤāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻŦāĻž (,) āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻā§°āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
Common Interjections and Uses / āϏāĻžāϧāĻžā§°āĻŖ āĻ āύā§āϤāĻāĻā§āώā§āĻĒ āĻā§°ā§ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§°
Wow! – Used to show surprise or amazement.
Wow! – āĻāĻļā§āĻā§°ā§āϝ āĻŦāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāϏā§āĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻāĻžāĻļ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
Ouch! – Used to express pain.
Ouch! – āĻŦā§āϝāĻĨāĻž āĻĒā§ā§°āĻāĻžāĻļ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
Hooray! – Expresses joy or celebration.
Hooray! – āĻāύāύā§āĻĻ āĻŦāĻž āĻāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻĻāϝāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻāĻžāĻļ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
Oh no! – Shows shock, fear, or disappointment.
Oh no! – āĻāϝāĻŧ, āĻšāϤāĻžāĻļāĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻĻā§āĻ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻāĻžāĻļ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
Hey! – Used to get someone’s attention.
Hey! – āĻāĻžāĻā§ āĻĻā§āώā§āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻā§°ā§āώāĻŖ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻŦāϞ⧠āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻā§°āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
Alas! – Expresses sadness or pity.
Alas! – āĻĻā§āĻ āĻŦāĻž āĻā§°ā§āĻŖāĻž āĻĒā§ā§°āĻāĻžāĻļ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
Yikes! – Shows fear or sudden surprise.
Yikes! – āĻāϝāĻŧ āĻŦāĻž āĻšāĻ āĻžā§ āĻāĻļā§āĻā§°ā§āϝ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻāĻžāĻļ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
Yay! – Shows happiness or excitement.
Yay! – āϏā§āĻ āĻŦāĻž āĻāϤā§āϤā§āĻāύāĻž āĻĒā§ā§°āĻāĻžāĻļ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
Oops! – Used when making a mistake.
Oops! – āĻā§āϞ āĻš’āϞ⧠āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻā§°āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
Hmm, – Used when thinking or unsure.
Hmm, – āĻāĻŋāύā§āϤāĻž āĻŦāĻž āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻž āĻĒā§ā§°āĻāĻžāĻļ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
Key Points / āĻā§ā§°ā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻŖ āĻāĻĨāĻž
Interjections express feelings, not information. āĻ āύā§āϤāĻāĻā§āώā§āĻĒā§ āĻ āύā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻāĻžāĻļ āĻā§°ā§, āϤāĻĨā§āϝ āύāĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
They do not affect sentence grammar. āĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝ⧰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻā§°āĻŖ āϏāϞāύāĻŋ āύāĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
They are mostly used in spoken or informal English. āĻ āĻ āϧāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻāĻļ āĻā§āώā§āϤā§ā§°āϤ āĻāĻĨā§āĻĒāĻāĻĨāύ āĻŦāĻž āĻ āύāĻžāύā§āώā§āĻ āĻžāύāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāώāĻžāϤ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻā§°āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
They can be placed at the beginning, middle, or end of a sentence. āĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻā§āϝ⧰ āĻāĻāϤ, āĻŽāĻžāĻāϤ āĻŦāĻž āĻļā§āώāϤ āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻŋāĻŦ āĻĒāĻžā§°ā§āĨ¤
Ex / āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšā§°āĻŖ
Oops! I dropped my book. Oops! āĻŽāĻ āĻŽā§ā§° āĻāĻŋāϤāĻžāĻĒāĻāύ āĻĒā§āϞāĻžāϞā§āĻāĨ¤
Hmm, I am not sure. Hmm, āĻŽāĻ āύāĻŋāĻļā§āĻāĻŋāϤ āύāĻšāĻāĻāĨ¤