Hello. My name is Emma, and in today's video we are going to teach you some things that
can help your conversation. Today I am going to teach you about interjections. Interjections
are short words in English that show feelings. We use interjections a lot in everyday conversation,
so they are very important to learn. So, in this video I will teach you some common interjections
that are often used by native speakers.
The first interjection I wanted to talk about is this one, "Oops". "Oops" means that...
We say this when we made a mistake or an accident happens. "Oops, I spilt the milk.", "Oops,
I dropped the cup." So, these are just examples of how we might use "oops". "Oops, I forgot
your birthday." So, whenever we make a mistake or we do something by accident, we often say
the word "oops". Okay?
Now, a similar interjection to "oops" is "Oh, no". "Oh, no" means there's a problem, there's
a mistake, or maybe there is an error of some sort. I say "Oh, no" a lot because I make
a lot of mistakes in my life. So, this is a very common word for me. "Oh, no, I forgot
your birthday.", "Oh, no, I forgot to bring my umbrella and it's raining.", "Oh, no, I
left my papers at school." So, those are just some examples of how we might use "Oh, no".
And notice the voice I use when I say these. You need to show the emotion using your voice.
So, there's a difference between "Oh, no" or "Oh, no". Okay? Notice the difference?
We show the emotion with the voice we use. So, we've covered "oops", we've covered "Oh,
no". Here's another one I use a lot, "ew". "Ew", what does "ew" mean? We use "ew" when
we are disgusted by something. We think something is gross or very yucky. So, for example, imagine
you're walking down the street and you step in dog poo. That's a situation where you might
say, "Ew, I stepped in dog poo." Or maybe you try to eat some food, maybe some cheese,
and it's old, you might say, "Ew, this cheese is old." So, "ew" is a very common interjection
we use in conversation to show we are disgusted by something.
Now, let's learn some more interjections we use in our everyday English. All right, so
let's look at some more interjections we use in conversation. "Yuck" is similar to "ew".
"Yuck". So, what does it mean when you say "yuck"? It rhymes with "duck". That might
help you remember the pronunciation. "Yuck" means something is disgusting. So, earlier
I said, "Ew, you stepped in poo." You could use "yuck" in this situation, too. "Yuck,
the man stepped in poo." Or another situation might be, "Yuck, the man picked his nose."
So, we use this when we see something that we think is gross and quite disgusting.
Here's another word that means the same thing as "yuck", "ew", "gross". So, "gross" again
means the same as all these other words, it means disgusting. Here's a real life example
that happened a couple weeks ago. I said, "Gross, my brother farted." So, if you don't
know the word "farted", look it up, it's an interesting word. "Gross, my brother farted."
Real life example.
You might notice that I have an exclamation mark here. So, this in English is called an
exclamation mark. We often use these with interjections. So, "Oops, I forgot to put
an exclamation mark here." And, "Oops, I forgot to put an exclamation mark here as well."
So, there you go, that's how you can use "oops" from earlier.
Okay, here's another interjection, "Yikes". "Yikes" means you are scared. Anytime I go
on a roller coaster, as we go up, up, up, up, up, right before we go down, I say, "Yikes,
that's really scary." So, "Yikes" means you are scared. Sometimes when I have traveled,
I have seen some very big spiders, and when I see a big spider, I say, "Yikes, that spider
is huge. That spider is big. Yikes." So, we use this when we are afraid.
Now, let's learn some other interjections. There are so many in English, but today I'm
going to teach you some of the main ones. Okay, so what is the next interjection? The
next one is "ah", so that means you're scared of something or you're afraid. "Ah, there's
a ghost. Ah, there's a big spider." If you ever watch the movie Home Alone, the boy says
"ah" when he has some pain and he's surprised by it. So, we use "ah" when we're scared or
when there's a bad surprise. Now, a lot of these interjections have many different meanings,
and it depends on how we use them. One way to make sure you're showing the meaning you
mean to is with your voice. Okay? So, you want to be sure that when you say "ah", it
sounds like you're actually scared.
Here's the next interjection, "ooh". "Ooh" means a good surprise. So, here's an example.
"Ooh, I love your dress." "Ooh, you look really good today." "Ooh, that's a really nice photo."
So, this usually means a good surprise. It's very similar to the next interjection, which
is probably the most common interjection that I'm teaching today, and the interjection is
"wow". This is one of my favourite words in English because I like what happens with your
mouth when you say it. "Wow". So, "wow" is a good surprise. "Wow, you look amazing today."
"Wow, I love your haircut." "Wow, you did amazing on your English test." So, we often
use "wow" when we are impressed by something, when we are amazed by something, or when something
is a good surprise.
So, here is the last interjection for today, and that is "sh". So, this is how we spell
it, "sh", and we often have this sound with our finger in front of our mouth. This means
be quiet. "Sh", be quiet. So, this is something teachers like to say to their students a lot,
or librarians might say to people in the library. So, again, it means be quiet. Here's our example.
"Sh, I'm sleeping. Please be quiet." So, again, interjections are very common in English.
You may have interjections in your language, and they might be very different from English
interjections. When I lived in China, I found that the Chinese interjections were totally
different words than the English interjections. So, I highly recommend learning interjections
in English to improve your conversation skills. Wow, I feel like I said a lot of information
today.
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