Questions tagged [interjection]

For me it's a surprise that babies articulate a double-syllable word do express pain, while pain is something spontaneous, and I guess it would be expressed by a single-syllable, or single vowel. So I asked somebody: I had a conversation with a…

The standard meaning for this word seems to be “well”, sometimes positive, sometimes negative, sometimes simply as a placeholder (as was also explained in answers here). But this seems to be only the case when it is at the start of a sentence.…

Aus einem Interview: – Es wird diskutiert, warum die Schule das Handyverbot in den Pausen aufhebt. – Sie sind dagegen? – Aber wie! Damit wäre das kindliche Spiel auf dem Schulhof beendet. Drückt »aber wie!« das Gleiche wie »und wie!« aus?…

How can I say so in German? Like when there is a small silence or maybe someone deviates from the original topic and you interject? E.g. So, where were we? or So, where are we going? or even So? (after a silence or expecting an answer).