Interjections en anglais que vous devez savoir

"Ow!" "Ack!" "Yikes!" Nul doute que toute personne familière avec les bandes dessinées connaît bien ces petits énoncés lapidaires. Interjections  (ou, comme on les appelle parfois, de manière quelque peu trompeuse, exclamations) sont des mots ou de courtes phrases qui se distinguent grammaticalement du reste d'une phrase ou qui apparaissent seuls sans sujet ni verbe. Interjections  peuvent également être des holophrases. Parce qu'elles sont souvent utilisées pour s'exclamer, les interjections ont souvent un impact émotionnel qui peut rendre le dialogue fictif plus réaliste.

101 Interjections

En lisant cette liste, voyez si vous pouvez choisir les interjections qui ont plus d'un sens ou qui peuvent être utilisées de plusieurs manières. Les orthographes ou usages supplémentaires sont indiqués entre parenthèses.

1. Ah: Ah, I don't know if that's true.

2. Aha: Aha! I figured it out!

3. Ahem: Ahem, could you boys stop talking so we could get on with class, please?

4. Alas: Alas, it was not to be.

5. Amen: Amen, hallelujah, amen!

6. Aw: Aw, do we have to?

7. Awesome: You two are dating? Awesome!

8. Aww: Aww, that's so cute!

9. Bada-bing (bada-bing, bada-bing, bada-boom): "You've gotta get up close like this and—bada-BING!—you blow their brains all over your nice Ivy League suit." (From "The Godfather," 1972)

10. Bah: Bah, humbug!

11. Baloney: Oh, baloney. I don't believe that.

12. Big deal: Big deal. Who cares?

13. Bingo: Bingo! Right on target!

14. Boo: Boo! Scared you!

15. Boo-hoo: That makes me sad. Boo-hoo.

16. Booyah (boo-yah): Yeah, I aced this test. Booyah!

17. Boy (boy oh boy): Oh boy. Oh boy, oh boy. That's heavy, man.

18. Bravo: Bravo! That was fantastic!

19. Brilliant: Brilliant, luv, absolutely brilliant! (British English.)

20. Brrr: Brr! Minus 30 degrees? Yuk.

21. Bull: Bull. It's not 30 below zero, not really.

22. Bye (bye-bye): Bye! See you later!

23. Cheers: Cheers, mate! You're welcome. (British English); Cheers! Raise a toast! (American English.)

24. Come on (c'mon): Come on. Hurry up.

25. Cool: Oh, wow, that is so cool!

26. Cowabunga: "Cowabunga, dude." ("Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles")

27. Dang: Dang it! Where'd I put that?

28. Darn (darn it): Darn it! I can't find the other one either!

29. Dear me: Oh, dear me. What are we going to do?

30. Duck: Duck! No, really! Get down!

31. Duh: Well, duh. I can't believe you didn't know that.

32. Eh: Eh? What?

33. Enjoy: Enjoy! I hope you like it!

34. Excellent: "Party time, excellent!" ("Wayne's World")

35. Fabulous: Fabulous! That's just wonderful!

36. Fantastic: Fantastic! I just love it!

37. Fiddledeedee (fiddle-dee-dee): "Fiddle-dee-dee! War, war, war; this war talk's spoiling all the fun at every party this spring. I get so bored I could scream." ("Gone With the Wind")

38. Finally: Finally! I never thought that'd be done.

39. For heaven's sake(s): "Oh, for heaven's sake, don't you know your Bible?" ("Little House on the Prairie")

40. Fore: Fore! (Look out! in golf)

41. Foul: Foul! In baseball, the ball went out of bounds, otherwise an infraction.

42. Freeze: Freeze! Stop right there!

43. Gee (gee whiz, gee willikers): Well gee whiz, Pa, why do I have to do that?

44. Giddyap (giddyup): Giddyup, Silver! Go, horse, go!

45. Golly (good golly, golly gee willikers): Golly, that sure was tasty.

46. Goodbye (good-bye): Goodbye, see you again soon!

47. Good grief: "Good grief, Charlie Brown." ("Peanuts")

48. Good heavens: Good heavens! How did that happen?

49. Gosh: “Whatever I feel like I wanna do, gosh!” ("Napoleon Dynamite")

50. Great: Great! I'm so excited you'll come along!

51. Great balls of fire: "Goodness gracious, great balls of fire!" ("Great Balls of Fire," Jerry Lee Lewis)

52. Ha: Ha-ha! That's funny!

53. Hallelujah: Glory be to God, hallelujah!

54. Heavens (heavens above, heavens to Betsy): Oh, heavens! How could you think that?

55. Heigh-ho: Heigh-ho neighbor! How are you?

56. Hello: Hello! How are things with you?

57. Help: Help! I need somebody ("Help!" The Beatles)

58. Hey (hey there): Hey! Look over there!

59. Hi (hiya): Hi! What's up?

60. Hip, hip, hooray: We won! On the count of three, everyone: Hip, hip hooray! Hip, hip, hooray!

61. Hmm (hrm): Hmm. Let me think about that for a bit.

62. Ho-ho-ho: Ho-ho-ho, Merry Christmas!

63. Holy mackerel (holy cow, holy moly, holy Moses, holy smokes): Holy mackerel! I can't believe it!

64. Ho-hum: Ho-hum, how boring.

65. Hooray (hurrah, hurray): Hooray! That's awesome!

66. Howdy (howdy do): Howdy, pardner.

67. Huh: Huh. I have no idea.

68. Ick: Ick! How gross!

69. Indeed: Indeed! I'll bet you didn't know that!

70. Jeez: Jeez, do we really have to go through this now?

71. Kaboom: Kaboom! It blew up!

72. Kapow: And Batman hit the evildoer, kapow!

73. Lordy (lordy, lordy): Oh lordy, lordy, look who's 40!

74. Mama mia: Mama mia, let me go. ("Bohemian Rhapsody," Queen)

75. Man: Man, that's unbelievable.

76. Marvelous: Marvelous! Oh, honey, that's just wonderful.

77. My: "My! I never once thought of it, Huck!" ("The Adventures of Tom Sawyer")

78. My goodness (my heavens, my stars, my word): My goodness, isn't that just grand?

79. Nah: Nah, it'll never work.

80. No problem: Thank you. No problem.

81. No way (no way José): No way! I can't believe it.

82. Nope: Nope. I can't do that.

83. Nuts: Nuts! I wish I didn't have to.

84. Oh (oh boy, oh dear, oh my, oh my gosh, oh my goodness, oh no, oh well): Oh! That's shocking!

85. OK (okay): OK, sounds great. Thank you.

86. Ouch: Ouch! That hurt!

87. Ow: Ow! That stung!

88. Please: Would you help me, please?

89. Poof: Poof! She just disappeared.

90. Shh: Shh! Quiet in the library!

91. Super: Super! That's fantastic!

92. Swell: Swell! How great!

93. Welcome: Welcome! Come in!; (You're) Welcome!

94. Well: Well, I just don't know about that.

95. Whoop-de-doo: Well whoop-de-doo. (sarcasm) I so don't care.

96. Woo-hoo: Woo-hoo! That's fantastic!

97. Wow: Wow! I love it!

98. Yabba dabba doo: "Yabba dabba doo!" ("The Flinstones")

99. Yadda, yadda, yadda: "Well, we were engaged to be married, uh, we bought the wedding invitations, and, uh, yada, yada, yada, I'm still single." ("Seinfeld")

100. Yippee: Yippie! That's exciting!

101. Yummy: Yummy! I love chocolate cake!

Parties du discours à un ou deux devoirs

Les interjections ont traditionnellement été traitées comme l'une des huit parties du discours (ou classes de mots). Mais il convient de garder à l'esprit que de nombreuses interjections peuvent faire double ou triple fonction comme d'autres parties du discours. Par exemple, lorsqu'un mot tel que «boy» ou «awesome» apparaît seul (souvent suivi d'un point d'exclamation par écrit), il fonctionne comme une interjection:

• Boy! You have an answer for everything.

• The crew chief handed me my first paycheck. "Awesome!" I said.

But when that same word shows up syntactically integrated into a sentence, it usually operates as a different part of speech. In the following examples, boy is a noun, and awesome is an adjective:

Mais lorsque ce même mot apparaît syntaxiquement intégré dans une phrase, il fonctionne généralement comme une partie différente du discours. Dans les exemples suivants, «boy» est un nom et «awesome» est un adjectif :

• The boy ate a Snickers bar.

• Seeing the northern lights for the first time was an awesome experience.

Les mots qui ne sont utilisés que comme interjections sont appelés primary interjections, tandis que les mots qui appartiennent également à d'autres classes de mots sont appelés secondary interjections.

Oh! Voici autre chose à surveiller. Les significations des interjections changent parfois selon le contexte dans lequel elles sont utilisées. Le mot oh, par exemple, peut indiquer une surprise, une déception ou un plaisir :

• Oh! I didn't see you sitting there.

• Oh...I was hoping you could stay for a while.

• Oh! I'm so glad you came!