Faroese interjections

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Interjections are little words that people sometimes insert in their speech, and show what kind of mood they are in: angry, irritated, excited, glad etc.

adú, áh, ája, áje, ájú, ass, buldó, bums, dekan, dums, eya meg, eyeya meg, fý, ha, há, hey, hó, hygga, hygga síggj, illanstíð, íðan, íss, jú menn, júsa, o, ólukkutíð, sí, skál, takk, tramanstíð, trumm trumm tralalei, tví, uff, vei.

The words people use when calling on animals or trying to immitate their sounds are also interjections:

gvagg (duck), huts, kakkulárakó (cock), karibb, klipp (oystercatcher), karr, kipp, kirri-kirri, kisk-kisk (cat), kíst, kúst, kjú-kjú, kli, klipp, krá (crow), kri (tern), kro, krumm (raven), mjavv (cat), sirri-sirri-sirri, tirri-tirri-tirri, tu, skrukk (hen), voff (dog)

Interjections are NOT conjugated.

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