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SYNTAX.
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INTERJECTIONS.

The Interjections aleŭ! valeŭ! ‘alas!’ are used alone, and have no connection with the words which follow them.

Vaĭ, ‘woe,’ amar (conveying a feeling of bitterness), ferice (implying joy or happiness), sĕrac (implying pity), require the noun which follows them to be in the ablative with de:

Vaĭ de mine, ‘Woe to me.’
Sĕrac de mine, ‘Poor me,’ etc.

But vaĭ and amar can also be used with a dative: vaĭ mie, amar ṭie.