9.6 Exclamations




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.:



 

Example

Catalan

Adjective

How strange!

Que estrany!

Adverb

How fast they talk!

Que ràpid 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!

Quins disbarats!