{"id":15108,"date":"2015-08-31T06:27:13","date_gmt":"2015-08-30T21:27:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/?p=15108"},"modified":"2021-08-25T06:03:34","modified_gmt":"2021-08-24T21:03:34","slug":"uffa-italian-interjections-a-fun-guide-to-italian-emotions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/uffa-italian-interjections-a-fun-guide-to-italian-emotions\/","title":{"rendered":"Uffa! Italian Interjections. A fun guide to Italian emotions."},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Italians are passionate and emotional, and so is our language.<\/h1>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">INTERIEZIONI<\/h3>\n<p>An interiezione (or esclamazione) is an inviariable part of a sentence (no masculine \/ feminine, singular \/ plural) expressing a sudden emotion. It comes from\u00a0the Latin <em>interiecere, <\/em>&#8220;to throw in the middle&#8221;, because it comes suddenly, in the middle of a conversation,\u00a0usually followed by an exclamation mark.<\/p>\n<p>It is quite difficult to associate\u00a0a particular emotion with\u00a0each <em>interiezione<\/em>, or even translate a single one. I&#8217;ll try anyway.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 36pt; font-family: impact, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Interiezioni proprie, improprie, locuzioni<\/span><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 36pt; font-family: impact, sans-serif; color: #000000;\">Vocabolario<\/span><\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: impact, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt; color: #000000;\">Livello: intermedio<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Register for free or Log in<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">This blog is for members only.\u00a0Please register <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>for free<\/strong><\/span> below.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">OR fill the students login form on this page if you already are a member.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Your personal information won&#8217;t be shared to third parties, in accordance with our <a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/privacy-policy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">privacy policy<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Interiezioni proprie<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">They are pure\u00a0exclamations.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">uffa! &#8211; disappointment, boredom<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">mah! &#8211; perplexity<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">ohi! &#8211; negative surprise \/ pain<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">ahi! &#8211; pain<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">ohim\u00e8! ahim\u00e8! &#8211; alas&#8230;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">ah! &#8211; surprise \/ before\u00a0adding something you forgot to say.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">mbeh!? &#8211; so what!?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">toh! take this<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">urr\u00e0! &#8211; hurrah!<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">ohib\u00f2! &#8211; surprise (quite formal)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">boh! &#8211; i don&#8217;t have a clue!<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">oh!<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Interiezioni improprie<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Nouns, adjectives, verbs used as exclamations.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">evviva! \u00a0&#8211; hurrah!<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">magari! I wish!<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">vergogna! shame on you!<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">oddio! oh my goodness!<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">cavoli! holy cow!<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">perbacco! heavens!<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">forza! &#8211; be strong!<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">peccato! what a shame!<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">via! &#8211; go away!<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">zitto! shut up!<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">mannaggia! darn!<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">auguri! &#8211; congrats! \/ all the best!<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">fuori! &#8211; get out!<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">coraggio! &#8211; be brave!<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">salute! &#8211; cheers!<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">accipicchia! gosh!<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">abbasso! &#8211; boo!<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">bravo! &#8211; well done!<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Locuzioni esclamative,<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Group of words used as exclamations.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">che palle! that sucks!<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">che roba! unbelievable!<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">che spavento! that was scary!<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">che barba! what a drag!<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">che scemo! how stupid (person)!<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">mamma mia! oh my!<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">povero me! oh poor me!<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Dio mio! my God!<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">per carit\u00e0! for God&#8217;s sake! (depending on the intonation, like in English)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>If you are interested in this topic, you may want to have a look at some <a href=\"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/2014\/10\/italian-soft-swearing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Italian &#8220;not too bad words&#8221;<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll stop here. There are more, of course. Please fee free to book a complimentary Skype class. Ciao.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/Michelangelo#\/media\/File:Michelangelo,_Cleopatra.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">photo credits<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Italians are passionate and emotional, and so is our language. INTERIEZIONI An interiezione (or esclamazione) is an inviariable part of a sentence (no masculine \/ feminine, singular \/ plural) expressing a sudden emotion. It comes from\u00a0the Latin interiecere, &#8220;to throw in the middle&#8221;, because it comes suddenly, in the middle of a conversation,\u00a0usually followed by &#8230; <a title=\"Uffa! Italian Interjections. A fun guide to Italian emotions.\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/dante-learning.com\/eng\/uffa-italian-interjections-a-fun-guide-to-italian-emotions\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Uffa! Italian Interjections. 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