1.1.10 Interjections, in L'Huillier, Advanced French Grammar

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Monique L'Huillier

Advanced French Grammar

1. Framework

1.1 Parts of Speech

1.1.10 Interjections

Sometimes the speaker herself abruptly expresses a feeling or emotion, usually in an exclamatory way. We calls these parts of speech interjections.

Ex,

Attention! (look-out!)

Au secours! (help!)

L'Huillier, Monique. Advanced French Grammar. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1999.

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