Kah has a set of interjections expressing a wide variety of moods and other additional information. Words like "yes" and "also, too" are part of this set, but also an exclamation with a vocative aspect. These interjections may occur anywhere in the sentence, but a common position would be directly preceding the main verb like in the following examples:
yu ho jam
he truly do
he truly did it!
oi jam
adhort do
do it, then!
But when things get emotional they -naturally- end up in front of the utterance, topicalized:
yiii! kwenga!
eek spider
eek, a spider!
yai! yai!
hurt hurt
ouch! that hurts!
hee, haya awau?
ugh, what this?
ugh, what is this?
nong wa jam
not i do
no I did not
Along with the intensity of the expressed emotion, these markers are stretched:
yooi minis
oh be unfortunate
how unfortunate!
heea ba! mole pabos!
hey mister lose wallet
hey mister! you've lost your wallet!
A very prominent interjection mainly denoting focus is lo. It can be used as a means of placing some very simple emphasis at the end of utterances like:
wa denu, lo
i go, then
I'm going then
hea lo!
pay attention foc
watch it, you!
Also, it can be used as a little step to further conversation:
lo, haya jam?
foc what do
well, what shall we do?
lo...
foc
so…
It can express contrast to an earlier statement as well:
eo lo!
yes then
am too!
nong lo!
no then
are not!
A very important interjection is ha, which is the basic question particle. It tends to show up at the end of a sentence, as it is not usually the topic of a question.
weyun ha?
see q.
did you see it?
Emil lu ha?
Emile be at q.
Is Emile in?
When ha is topicalized, the translation would be something like:
ha moso le?
q. milk have
say, do you have milk?
ha weyun Lih?
q. see lee
hey, did you see Lee?
Negation too is expressed with an interjection usually occurring in front of the main verb:
nong keju
not want
I don't want to
Moirah nong tengi muno
moira not can drive
Moira can't drive
nong, ya nong ten
not, it not be possible
no, that won't be possible
Interjections in general and the ones for negation and question in particular can be combined:
nong lu ha?
not be at q.
is he not in?
nong jo ha?
not know q.
didn't you know?
ha nong jo?
q. not know
didn't you know then?
The entire list of interjections reads:
ha - question marker
nong - no, not
eo - yes, indeed
hau - ha! amusement
he - ugh, disgust
hea - hey! you there! watch out! used to draw attention of a person far away
om - let us, expresses a wish, optative
lo - focus, "doch" "am to!" emphasizes the previous word
soi - please, polite request
mai - hi, hello, introduces many greetings
ho - really, truly
ea - hey, "let me", interest
wu - wow, whoah, awe, how very, what
hoi - huh? surprise
yai - pain
oi - come on! adhortative
nye - yay! amusement, happiness
yoi - oh dear, oh my, sympathy, grief, woe
sus - shh! be quiet!
woi - oops
wong - aargh, why I... anger
woa - aah! disappointment
a - er, indecision
s - psst, used to draw attention in a crowded, noisy place