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Exclamation in English
By: nataliestpete Date: May 2, 2018, 3:29 am
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Hello,
Could you please make a list with explanations you use and
explanations:)))
It's rather challenging for me to use them correctly and it
would be a great help because I always need more "colours" to
express my emotions:
-surprised badly/surprised pleasantly
-a bit upset/extremely upset
-happy/very happy
-grateful/so grateful
-delighted
-express a concern
-express worries
-say no (like Oh, no... )
For example, I used "Ooops" wrongly and still doubt about it.
Thank you very much.
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1) I've learnt some from Susanne's and Jerry's messages on
Skype. Is it correct understanding? = > The Big Bro is
watching you, guys:)))
Phew or even more emotionally Phewwww = to express
relief/happiness when something difficult/unpleasant/dangerous
has finished.
Ah = to express understanding or agreement.
Hmm = if you are concerned or not sure about something.
Well = agree in general but perhaps you will add some details
or agruments
2) I've heard these somewhere and googled for the meanings:
Oops
3) Informal
Yeah = "Yes"
Nope = "No"
Nah = "No"
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Re: Exclamation in English
By: Alharacas Date: May 2, 2018, 4:35 am
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So far, I'd say you'd got everything right, Natalia. :)
Oops! = (slight) embarrassment, after you've realized you've
made a mistake
Yikes! = This is/was an unpleasant surprise!
Bleurgh! = This is disgusting! I feel like throwing up!
All of these are informal, you definitely wouldn't use them in
an email to a client. ;)
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Re: Exclamation in English
By: nataliestpete Date: May 2, 2018, 4:49 am
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Thank you very much, Susanne; as well as for expressiong your
emotions in messages. You and Jerry are my heroes there:))
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Re: Exclamation in English
By: KingSlayer Date: May 3, 2018, 1:27 pm
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I'm not an expert in English but I think I can add a few more
exclamations and interjections to your list but I'll leave the
task of finding their meanings to you because I believe the only
way that one can learn something new is through researching on
one's own.
Ugh!
Eh?
Ha!
Err!
Tsk!
Yuck!
Huh?
Yay!
Aw!
Aww!
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Re: Exclamation in English
By: nataliestpete Date: May 3, 2018, 2:04 pm
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>:( ::) KingSlayer,
Russians say: Come on, be a friend:) share how you use them
please.
HTML http://sovposters.ru//2010/2/19/85947rm_39_2906.jpg
I've made a loooooot of mistakes even googling.
Thanks
PS Товарищ = a
comrade. Russian communists called people like this. Nowadays,
it sounds funny or sarcastic.
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Re: Exclamation in English
By: KingSlayer Date: May 3, 2018, 2:11 pm
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[quote author=Natalia St-Va link=topic=36.msg269#msg269
date=1525374281]
>:( ::) KingSlayer,
Russians say: Come on, be a friend:) share how you use them
please.
HTML http://sovposters.ru//2010/2/19/85947rm_39_2906.jpg
I've made a loooooot of mistakes even googling.
Thanks
PS Товарищ = a
comrade. Russian communists called people like this. Nowadays,
it sounds funny or sarcastic.
[/quote]
But if I gave you their meanings right away you would just read
them and maybe repeat them a few times in your head and then
you'd forget them soon. But if you try hard to find their
meanings and enjoy the challenge of going after the meaning of
each of them, your learning will be deeper. Don't you agree?
I can write their meanings if you want me to, but I highly
recommend you to spend some time googling each of them. Do you
know Urban Dictionary? If not, here's the address:
HTML https://www.urbandictionary.com/
If you still want me to write their meanings just let me know,
moya tovarish. :)) :D
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Re: Exclamation in English
By: nataliestpete Date: May 3, 2018, 2:25 pm
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If you still want me to write their meanings just let me know,
moya tovarish. :)) :D
[/quote]
:D Thanks, agree
Do you learn Russian or ...?))) - because of moya =
моя ::)
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Re: Exclamation in English
By: KingSlayer Date: May 3, 2018, 2:39 pm
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[quote author=Natalia St-Va link=topic=36.msg272#msg272
date=1525375510]
If you still want me to write their meanings just let me know,
moya tovarish. :)) :D
[/quote]
:D Thanks, agree
Do you learn Russian or ...?))) - because of moya =
моя ::)
[/quote]
I used to learn Russian but then when I learned about noun
declensions in Russian, I lost my hope. :)) It's a difficult
language and it's impossible to make meaningful progress in
Russian by self-studying it. Specially for someone like me who
has limited free time to spend on learning new languages.
Currently, I'm trying to improve my Italian. xD What about you?
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Re: Exclamation in English
By: nataliestpete Date: May 3, 2018, 2:54 pm
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English is my only love.
Such an interesting strategy :) It looks like your goal is to
find the easiest language for learning, right?!))
Anyway, you have a chance to succeed ::)
In case you change your mind about Russian, I’ll be happy to
help:)
There are a lot of people from post Soviet Republics which used
to be a part of the USSR until 1992 (a former Russia) who are
work as taxi drivers. It’s a norm to have GPS navigator but you
have to say addresses correctly in order to get the right place.
However, many those drivers can’t speak properly. The best thing
they can do is to ask passengers to pronounce the address
correctly. You can guess the end of the story:)
This is why I had a sign on my italki’s profile
:”Рублинште
;йна,24».
It’s from a song which perfectly illustrates this situation:
HTML https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ugivNRYfjc&app=desktop
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