A Simplified Grammar of the Danish Language/Part I/Interjections
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INTERJECTIONS. (Udråbsord.)
Interjections are, (1) imitative sounds, expressive of impressions they are intended to convey; as, Puf! knak! top! (2) Natural expletives; as, Ah! Ak! O! Fy! (3) The imperatives of verbs; as, velkommen! 'be welcome;' bort! 'go away.' (4) Vitiated forms of invocation; as, Hillemænd! (O, hellige Mænd!) "Oh! blessed Saints;" Såmænd! (Så sandt som det hellige Evangelium, så hjælpe mig de hellige Mænd!) "As true as holy Gospel, so help me the Blessed Saints!"