A2interjection · frequent

hey

привіт, сервус

привет, здорово, здрасте

'n Tag, hallo, hoi

An exclamation to get attentionAn exclamation to get attention.

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/heɪ/

» Hey, what are you looking at?

Hey, auf was guckst du?

Эй, на что это вы смотрите?

Эй, на что это ты смотришь?

Эй, куда это вы смотрите?

Эй, куда это ты смотришь?

Агов, на що це ти дивишся?

Гей, на що це ти дивишся?

Meaning

7 senses

(informal)An exclamation to get attention.
Hey, look at this!
Hey! Listen!
Hallo
эйej
гейhej, ейej
(informal)A protest or reprimand.
Hey! Stop that!
ey
эйej, эe
(informal)An expression of surprise.
Hey! This is new!
ойoj, ух тыux ty, ого́ogó
(informal)An informal greeting, similar to hi.
Hey! How's it going?
оo, ку-куku-ku
(informal)A request for repetition or explanation; an expression of confusion.
Hey? How's that?
чтоšto, чоčo
(informal)Used as a tag question, to emphasise what goes before or to request that the listener express an opinion about what has been said.
(informal)A meaningless beat marker or extra, filler syllable in song lyrics.
The chorus is "nana na na, nana na na hey hey hey, goodbye".

Examples

716 sentences

Hey, what are you looking at?
Агов, на що це ти дивишся?
ruЭй, на что это вы смотрите?
deHey, auf was guckst du?
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Hey, I want to talk to you.
Гей, я хочу з тобою побалакати.
ruЭй, я хочу поговорить с тобой.
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Hey Tom, can I talk to you?
Гей, Томе, можна з тобою поговорити?
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Hey, you're not going to believe this.
Гей, ти не повіриш.
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Hey, don't go away.
Гей, не йди.
ruЭй, не уходи.
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Translations

8 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

exclamation to get attention:

Русский

By meaning 5

exclamation to get attention:

protest or reprimand:

expression of surprise:

informal greeting:

request for repetition or explanation:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

exclamation to get attention:

protest or reprimand:

Origin

From Middle English hey, hei, also without h- in ey, from Old English *hē, ēa (interjectio

From Middle English hey, hei, also without h- in ey, from Old English *hē, ēa (interjection), attested as first element in hēlā, ēalā (“O!, alas!, oh!, lo!”). Cognate with Dutch hé, hei (“hi, hey”), German hei (“hey, wow”), Danish and Swedish hej (“hello, hey”), Faroese hey (“hey, hello”), Old Norse, Icelandic and Norwegian hei (“hey”), Polish hej (“hey, hello”), Romanian hei, Russian эй (ej, “hey”); see heigh. Probably a natural expression, as may be inferred from its presence with similar meaning in many other unrelated languages: for example, Burmese ဟေး (he:), Finnish hei, Unami hè, and Mandarin 哎 (āi), and various sound-alikes as Ancient Greek εἶα (eîa) and Latin eia, eho, Sanskrit हे (he). See also hello.

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