Surprises & Disbeliefs

To express surprises :

Ø Wow! What a surprise!

Ø That’s a surprise!

Ø (Well), that’s very surprising!

Ø Really?

Ø What?

Ø Are you serious? You must be joking!

Ø You’re kidding!

Ø Fancy that!

Ø I must say it surprises me.

Ø I find that hard to believe.

To Responding The Surprises :

v Yeah!

v It is.

v Yup!

v Sure.

v It’s true.

v I’m Serious.

v No. I’m not.

v Does it?

v It is, isn’t it?

The Examples:

Ayu : Whose motorcycle is that?

Nisa : It’s Redha’s

Ayu : Are you kidding me?

Nisa : No, I’m not.

I saw her riding that motorcycle this morning.

Ayu : What a surprise!

Tiwy : How can you say that?

Dewi : Well, that’s the fact.

To Express Disbelief

ü I don’t believe it.

ü It can’t be true.

ü I can’t think of it.

ü I don’t trust you.

ü I don’t believe you.

ü I can’t believe this!

ü I didn’t know that.

The Examples:

Harli : Do you still remember the girl we met yesterday?

Duan : Yes.

Harli : I can’t believe my eyes when I saw her selling fried bananas this morning.

Duan : Fried bananas?

Harli : Yes. She looked grievous.

Duan : I don’t believe you. You must be dreaming.

Nia : I can’t believe it!

Sa’adah : That’s true.