Kilo Lingo

/a/

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Translation

ah, oh (expression of understanding or surprise)

Word origin

An interjection of natural, expressive origin, paralleled across many languages including Latin ah and English 'ah'. Such cries are not borrowed from one tongue to another but arise independently.

Origin
Imitative

Examples

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Ah, I understand what you mean now.

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Oh, how good that you have arrived, we needed you.

, original.

Oh no, that was not in the original deal.

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Oh, I almost forgot about the keys.

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Oh, are you really getting married next month?

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Oh, now I understand what you were trying to tell me.

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This word is part of lesson 6.