Translation
shame on you!, ugh!
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Examples
! ?
Shame on you! What have you done?
, a .
Ugh, that is an ugly word.
, o!
Shame on you, liar!
.
Her mother only said fie and went away.
! .
Ugh! Do not touch that with your hands.
As an interjection is the noise you make at something disgraceful or disgusting, roughly English "ugh" or the old-fashioned "fie". Directed at a person it takes : !. Its real importance, though, is as a prefix. - marks moral contempt on the part of the speaker, and it is one of Esperanto's sharpest tools: o a wretch, o a shady business, o a swear word, o a scoundrel. Compare -, which only reverses the meaning. - adds a curled lip.
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 9, lesson 9: fi, eviti, aĆdiÄi and 7 more words.