Senin, 03 Januari 2011

PRIMBON : SURPRISES & DISBELIEFS

Surprise or disbeliefs is :
  • a feeling that we feel when we heard an amazing news which surprised and amazed us
  • an expression that we show/say when we know/hear/see something that rather difficult to believe
  • used to express something that we can’t or impossible.
Surprise is a brief emotional state experienced as the result of an unexpected significant event. Surprise can have any valence; that is, it can be neutral, pleasant, or unpleasant. If a person experiences a very powerful or long lasting surprise it may be considered shock.


Surprise is expressed in the face by the following features:
  • Eyebrows that are raised so they become curved and high.
  • Stretched skin below the eyebrows.
  • Horizontal wrinkles across the forehead.
  • Open eyelids: the upper lid is raised and the lower lid is drawn down, often exposing the white sclera above and below the iris.
  • Dropped jaw so that the lips and teeth are parted, with no tension around the mouth.

To express surprises :
  • Wow! What a surprise!
  • That’s a surprise!
  • (Well), that’s very surprising!
  • Really?
  • What?
  • Are you serious? You must be joking!
  • You’re kidding!
  • Fancy that!
  • I must say it surprises me.
  • I find that hard to believe.

How To Responds Surprises :
  • Yeah!
  • It is.
  • Yup!
  • Sure.
  • It’s true.
  • I’m Serious.
  • No. I’m not.
  • Does it?
  • It is, isn’t it?

Examples :
Puput : Whose motorcycle is that?
Maiia : It’s Redha’s
Puput : Are you kidding me?
Maiia : No, I’m not.
           I saw her riding that motorcycle this morning.
Puput : What a surprise!

Intan : How can you say that?
Ella   : Well, that’s the fact.

Disbeliefs is a state of the mind in which one is fully persuaded that an opinion, assertion, or doctrine is not true; refusal of assent, credit, or credence; denial of belief.

To Express Disbelief
  • I don’t believe it.
  • It can’t be true.
  • I can’t think of it.
  • I don’t trust you.
  • I don’t believe you.
  • I can’t believe this!
  • I didn’t know that.

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