11.10 How, what


How and what are used in exclamations, how with anAdjective or Adverb alone, what with anAdjective and a Noun or a Noun alone, e.g.:


(Adjective)

How strange!

(Que estrany!)


(Adverb)

How fast they talk!

(Que rĂ pid que parlen!)


(Singular Countable Noun)

What a strange coincidence!

('Quina coincidència tan rara!)


(Plural Countable Noun)

What wonderful flowers!

(Quines flors tan meravelloses!)


(Singular Countable Noun)

What an idiot!

(Quin imbècil!)


(Uncountable Noun)

What nonsense!

(Quin galimaties!)