Interjections: feeling and command-address

Interjections of command-address are used to draw people's attention, to call them or urge them to be quiet, and also to drive, call or stop domestic animals and birds. Towards people, interjections such as hoy, hay, ey, tss are used: Ey, eshikni yopib ket! (Hey, shut the door as you go!) Tss, chaqaloq uxlayapti (Shh, the baby is sleeping). Towards animals, words such as chu (to make a horse go), drr (to stop it), pisht (to shoo a cat), beh-beh (to call sheep) are used. Since these interjections are said in a commanding tone, politeness must be kept when using them: addressing elders with “hoy” is considered disrespectful.