-ja

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Suffix 1.1.1 Derived terms 1.1.2 Related terms 2 Bosnian 2.1 Suffix 2.2 See also 3 Croatian 3.1 Suffix 3.2 See also 4 Finnish 4.1 Suffix 4.1.1 Usage notes 4.2 See also 5 Hungarian 5.1 Pronunciation 5.2 Suffix 5.2.1 Usage notes 5.3 See also 6 Serbian 6.1 Suffix 6.2 See also

[edit] English

[edit] Suffix

-ja

1. (colloquial) You, ya; only used after a [d] sound.

[edit] Derived terms

• couldja
• wouldja

[edit] Related terms

• -cha

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[edit] Bosnian

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-ja

1. Suffix appended to words to create a masculine noun, usually denoting a profession, performer or a feature, usually negative.

[edit] See also

• -džija
• -edžija
• -ija

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[edit] Croatian

[edit] Suffix

-ja

1. Suffix appended to words to create a masculine noun, usually denoting a profession, performer or a feature, usually negative.

[edit] See also

• -džija
• -edžija
• -ija

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[edit] Finnish

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-ja (front vowel harmony form -jä)

1. -er, appended to verbal stems to form agent nouns, especially human ones

   katsoa (“‘to watch’”) → katsoja (“‘a watcher, spectator’”)

   tehdä (“‘to do’”) → tekijä (“‘a doer, writer, author, playwright, factor’”)

[edit] Usage notes

• This form is only appended to stems with back vowel harmony; stems with front vowel harmony take -jä.
• If the stem ends in -e-, this changes to -i- before adding -ja.

juosta; juokse- -> juoksija

• After /i/, the /j/ may be silent or almost silent.
• The original verb affects the declension type of the derivation.

If the original verb end with -aa, -ää, -oa, -öä, -ua ja -yä, the derivation is declined in the class 10.

kasvattaa > kasvattaja

gen sg. kasvattajan

gen pl. kasvattajien (or kasvattajain)

If it ends with -ea or, it declined in the class 12.

kulkea > kulkija

gen sg. kulkijan

gen pl. kulkijoiden / kulkijoitten (or kulkijain)

[edit] See also

• -ari
• -in
• -kko
• -sija
• -tar
• -uri

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[edit] Hungarian

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /jɒ/

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-ja

1. his, her, its (third-person singular possessive suffix denoting singular possession)

   barát (“‘friend’”) → a barátja (“‘his/her/its friend’”)

   kapu (“‘gate’”) → a kapuja (“‘his/her/its gate’”)

   palota (“‘palace’”) → a palotája (“‘his/her/its palace’”)

[edit] Usage notes

• (possessive suffix): Member of the -a/-e/-ja/-je suffix cluster.

  -a is added to back vowel words ending in a consonant

  -e is added to front vowel words ending in a consonant

  -ja is added to back vowel words ending in a consonant or a vowel. Final -a changes to -á-.

  -je is added to front vowel words ending in a consonant or a vowel. Final -e changes to -é-.

[edit] See also

• Category:Hungarian noun forms - possessive
• Appendix:Hungarian possessive suffixes

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[edit] Serbian

[edit] Suffix

-ja (Cyrillic spelling: -ја)

1. Suffix appended to words to create a masculine noun, usually denoting a profession, performer or a feature, usually negative.

[edit] See also

• -džija
• -edžija
• -ija