ja

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Adverb 2 Afrikaans 2.1 Adverb 3 Amuzgo 3.1 Adjective 3.2 Pronoun 4 Assan 4.1 Etymology 4.2 Pronoun 4.2.1 Synonyms 4.2.2 Related terms 5 Catalan 5.1 Etymology 5.2 Adverb 6 Danish 6.1 Pronunciation 6.2 Interjection 6.2.1 Antonyms 6.2.2 Related terms 6.3 Noun 6.3.1 Inflection 7 Dutch 7.1 Pronunciation 7.2 Adverb 7.2.1 Related terms 7.2.2 Antonyms 8 Esperanto 8.1 Etymology 8.2 Adverb 9 Estonian 9.1 Conjunction 9.1.1 Related terms 10 Faroese 10.1 Adverb 10.1.1 Antonyms 10.1.2 Related terms 11 Finnish 11.1 Etymology 11.2 Pronunciation 11.3 Conjunction 11.3.1 Synonyms 11.4 References 12 German 12.1 Pronunciation 12.2 Adverb 12.2.1 Usage notes 12.2.2 Synonyms 12.2.3 Antonyms 12.2.4 Derived terms 12.3 Interjection 12.3.1 Synonyms 12.3.2 Antonyms 13 Hungarian 13.1 Pronunciation 13.2 Interjection 13.2.1 Synonyms 14 Ido 14.1 Adverb 14.2 Expression 15 Japanese 15.1 Interjection 15.2 Conjunction 16 Lithuanian 16.1 Pronoun 17 Lower Sorbian 17.1 Pronoun 18 Northern Sami 18.1 Conjunction 19 Norwegian 19.1 Pronunciation 19.2 Adverb 19.2.1 Antonyms 19.2.2 Related terms 20 Polish 20.1 Pronunciation 20.2 Pronoun 20.2.1 Declension 20.3 See also 21 Serbo-Croatian 21.1 Etymology 1 21.1.1 Pronoun 21.1.1.1 Declension 21.2 Etymology 2 21.2.1 Adverb 22 Silesian 22.1 Adverb 22.1.1 Antonyms 23 Slovak 23.1 Pronoun 23.2 See also 24 Slovene 24.1 Adverb 25 Spanish 25.1 Interjection 26 Swahili 26.1 Verb 27 Swedish 27.1 Pronunciation 27.2 Adverb 27.2.1 Antonyms 27.2.2 Related terms 28 Tswana 28.1 Verb 29 Tz'utujil 29.1 Article 29.2 Alternative spellings 30 Upper Sorbian 30.1 Pronoun

[edit] English

[edit] Adverb

ja (not comparable)

1. (informal) yes

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[edit] Afrikaans

[edit] Adverb

ja

1. yes

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[edit] Amuzgo

[edit] Adjective

ja

1. heavy

[edit] Pronoun

ja

1. I

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[edit] Assan

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Yeniseian *ʔaʒ ("I"). Compare Kott ai ("I") and Pumpokol ad ("I"). Also see Arin aj.

[edit] Pronoun

ja

1. I (first-person singular subjective)

[edit] Synonyms

• aj

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• ajun

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[edit] Catalan

[edit] Etymology

Latin iam.

[edit] Adverb

ja

1. already

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[edit] Danish

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ja/, [ja]

[edit] Interjection

ja

1. yes

[edit] Antonyms

• nej

[edit] Related terms

• jo

[edit] Noun

ja n. (singular definite jaet, plural indefinite jaer)

1. yes

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[edit] Dutch

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Adverb

ja (invariable)

1. yes

   "Ja!" riep hij luid toen er een doelpunt viel.

   "Yes!" he screamed loudly when they scored a goal.

[edit] Related terms

• jawel

[edit] Antonyms

• neen, nee

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[edit] Esperanto

[edit] Etymology

From German ja.

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ja

1. indeed

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[edit] Estonian

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ja

1. and

[edit] Related terms

• jaa, jah

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[edit] Faroese

[edit] Adverb

ja

1. yes

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• nei

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• jú

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[edit] Finnish

[edit] Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *ja, *jaχ (“‘and’”); cf. Old High German ja, joh.

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: [jɑ]
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• Hyphenation: ja

[edit] Conjunction

ja

1. (coordinating) and

[edit] Synonyms

• sekä (used when enlisting things — not when joining clauses)

[edit] References

• Häkkinen, Kaisa: Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja, WSOY, 2005.

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[edit] German

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[edit] Adverb

ja

1. yes

   Willst du das? Ja. — “Do you want that? Yes.”

2. urgently; certainly; definitely; surely; really; just

   Es kann ja nicht immer so bleiben. — “It definitely cannot always remain so.”

3. of course; as you know

   Aber ja! — “But of course!”

[edit] Usage notes

• (yes): Ja is used to indicate agreement with a positive statement. To contradict a negative statement (where English would use “yes”), doch is used instead.

[edit] Synonyms

• (yes): jawohl
• (urgently): dringend, dringlich, nur
• (of course): bekanntlich, doch

[edit] Antonyms

• nein

[edit] Derived terms

• Ja

[edit] Interjection

ja

1. yes

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• (yes): jawohl

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• (yes): nein

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[edit] Hungarian

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈjɒ/, /ˈjɒː/ (the long pronunciation is used in case of great surprise)

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ja

1. (informal) yep (indicates agreement, approval, or understanding)

   Jössz holnap a meccsre? - Ja. - Are you coming to the game tomorrow? - Yep.

2. oh (indicates understanding something finally after a misunderstanding or confusion)

   Este nem jár a vonat. - Ja, hát akkor menjünk busszal! - No train is leaving in the evening. - Oh, well then let's travel by bus!

   Ezt nem is Miki küldte! - Ja, lehet, hogy én értettem félre. - This was not sent by Miki! - Oh, then I must have misunderstood it.

[edit] Synonyms

• (approval): aha, ühüm, jaja

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[edit] Ido

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ja

1. already

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ne ja

1. not yet

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[edit] Japanese

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ja (hiragana じゃ)

1. bye

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ja (hiragana じゃ)

1. (colloquial) so, then - used for connecting to his reasonable conclusion, supposition
2. (colloquial) in the result of that

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[edit] Lithuanian

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ja f.

1. (third-person singular) instrumental form of ji.

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[edit] Lower Sorbian

[edit] Pronoun

ja

1. I

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[edit] Northern Sami

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ja

1. and

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[edit] Norwegian

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Adverb

ja

1. yes

[edit] Antonyms

• nei

[edit] Related terms

• jo

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[edit] Polish

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ja/
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[edit] Pronoun

ja

1. I

[edit] Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	ja	my
genitive	mnie	nas
dative	mi	nam
accusative	mnie	nas
instrumental	mną	nami
locative	mnie	nas

[edit] See also

• full declensions

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[edit] Serbo-Croatian

[edit] Etymology 1

From Proto-Slavic *(j)a, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂.

[edit] Pronoun

jȃ (Cyrillic spelling ја̑)

1. I

   Ja sam učio. — I have studied.

2. me

   Ovo sam ja. — This is me.

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[edit] Etymology 2

From German ja.

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jȁ (Cyrillic spelling ја̏)

1. (informal, regional) yeah

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[edit] Silesian

[edit] Adverb

ja

1. yes

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• ńy

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[edit] Slovak

[edit] Pronoun

ja

1. I (first person singular)

[edit] See also

• ty
• on, ona, ono
• my
• vy
• oni, ony

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[edit] Slovene

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ja

1. yes (word used to indicate agreement or acceptance)

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[edit] Spanish

[edit] Interjection

ja

1. Representation of laughter, ha

   Also used repeatedly:

   • jaja, jajaja

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[edit] Swahili

[edit] Verb

ja

1. To come.

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[edit] Swedish

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Adverb

ja (not comparable)

1. yes

[edit] Antonyms

• nej

[edit] Related terms

• jo

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[edit] Tswana

[edit] Verb

ja

1. To eat.

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[edit] Tz'utujil

[edit] Article

ja

1. the

[edit] Alternative spellings

• jar

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[edit] Upper Sorbian

[edit] Pronoun

ja

1. I