How and what are used in exclamations, how with an adjective or adverb alone, what with an adjective and a noun or a noun alone, e.g.:
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Example |
Catalan |
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Adjective |
How strange! |
Que estrany! |
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Adverb |
How fast they talk! |
Que ràpid que parlen! |
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Singular countable noun |
What a strange coincidence! |
Quina coincidència tan rara! |
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Plural countable noun |
What wonderful flowers! |
Quines flors tan meravelloses! |
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Singular countable noun |
What an idiot! |
Quin imbècil! |
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Uncountable noun |
What nonsense! |
Quins disbarats! |