Interjections

Learning English Conversations

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Education, Language Learning

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🗓️ 4 August 2014

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Wow! Ouch! Yippee! The useful little sounds which mean a lot.

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0:00.0	This is a feature from BBC Learning English.
0:03.0	For more information and our terms of use go to BBC World Service.com
0:09.0	forward slash podcasts
0:11.0	The English We Speak broadcasts. Hello Finn, you are very talkative, so I want to make a bet with you.
0:28.0	Hi Fay Fay, okay, what's the bet then?
0:32.0	Well, we're going to have a chat for the next few minutes, and I bet you can't
0:37.2	express your feelings without using proper words. Hmm, okay, so no proper words, but I can use interjections, can't I? Interjections? Yeah, these are mostly
0:49.4	sounds we make to express sudden emotions such as surprise, delight, displeasure, disappointment, pain, things like that.
0:58.0	We use them more when we speak than when we write.
1:02.0	Okay, here we go. I have just bought this dress.
1:08.0	Wow! Yes, I know you are pleasantly surprised.
1:14.0	It's by a very famous designer.
1:17.0	It was the last one in the shop and cost a lot of money.
1:21.0	There was this woman in the shop who wanted the dress too. She tried to snatch it
1:26.2	from me and she pinched my arm like this. I'll do it to you. Ouch! You felt a sudden pain, didn't you?
1:34.0	She did that to me.
1:36.0	It was really painful.
1:38.0	Look at my bruise, look!
1:40.0	Ugh!
1:41.0	It's not a pretty sight, is it? It's unpleasant to look at. Well, I think you won the bet, Finn.
1:48.0	You pee! You're obviously delighted, happy with the outcome of our bet. You can speak normally now, I know you're
1:56.4	bursting to use proper words.
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