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22 An Interjection expresses some sudden wish or emotion of the mind; as, Ā do itashimasho, Ah! what shall I do?

The principal interjections are—Ō, Ā, Ha-hā, Ho-i, Nasakenai, Oya-oya, Are, Naruhodo, &c. There are two kinds of sentences—simple and compound.
 * 1) A simple sentence; as, Kono hito wa kasikō gozarimasu, He is clever.
 * 2) A compound sentence; as, Kono hito wa kasikō gozarimasu keredomo hatarakimasen, He is clever, but he does not work.

I. A verb must be put after its object; as, Watakusi we hana wo konomimasu, I like flowers.
 * In this sentence the object hana is placed before the predicate konomimasu.

II. Prepositions are placed after nouns which they govern, and which are said to be in the objective case; as, Watakusi wa Yedo ye mairimasu, I go to Yedo.