ja
English[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Adverb[edit]
ja (not comparable)
- (chiefly South Africa, informal) yes
Derived terms[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
Afrikaans[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA: /jaː/
Adverb[edit]
ja
Amuzgo[edit]
Adjective[edit]
ja
Pronoun[edit]
ja
Assan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Yeniseian *ʔaʒ ("I"). Compare Kott ai ("I") and Pumpokol ad ("I"). Also see Arin aj.
Pronoun[edit]
ja
- I (first-person singular subjective)
Synonyms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Catalan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Latin iam.
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -a
Adverb[edit]
ja
- already, (in negative sentences) any more
- now, immediately, at once
Derived terms[edit]
Central Melanau[edit]
| < 0 | 1 | 2 > |
|---|---|---|
| Cardinal : ja | ||
Alternative forms[edit]
Numeral[edit]
ja
- (cardinal) one
Synonyms[edit]
Danish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse já (“yes”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Interjection[edit]
ja
Antonyms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Noun[edit]
ja n (singular definite jaet, plural indefinite jaer)
Inflection[edit]
Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle Dutch ja, from Old Dutch *jā, from Proto-Germanic *ja.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
ja
- yes
- Wil je met ons meegaan? — Ja, graag!
- Would you like to come with us? — Yes, I'd love to!
- Wil je met ons meegaan? — Ja, graag!
Antonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Noun[edit]
ja m, n (plural ja's, diminutive jaatje)
- yes
- Een ja kan je krijgen, een nee heb je al.
- A yes you can get, a no you already have.
- Het begon met een ja...
- It began with a yes...
- Een ja kan je krijgen, een nee heb je al.
Synonyms[edit]
Antonyms[edit]
Interjection[edit]
ja
- yes!
- "Ja!" riep hij luid toen er een doelpunt viel.
- Yes! he screamed loudly when they scored a goal.
- "Ja!" riep hij luid toen er een doelpunt viel.
Synonyms[edit]
Esperanto[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From German ja.
Adverb[edit]
ja
Estonian[edit]
Conjunction[edit]
ja
Synonyms[edit]
Faroese[edit]
Adverb[edit]
ja
Antonyms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Finnish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *jahw (“and”); compare Old High German ja, joh.
Pronunciation[edit]
Conjunction[edit]
ja
- (coordinating) and
Synonyms[edit]
- sekä (used when enlisting things — not when joining clauses)
References[edit]
- Häkkinen, Kaisa (2005). Nykysuomen etymologinen sanakirja. Juva: WSOY. ISBN 951-0-27108-X.
German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle High German, from Old High German ja, jā (“yes”), from Proto-Germanic *ja (“yes”), from Proto-Indo-European *yē (“already”). Cognate with Dutch ja (“yes”), English yea (“yes, yea”), Latin iam (“already”). More at yes.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
ja
- yes
- Willst du das? Ja. — “Do you want that? Yes.”
- (intensifier) certainly; definitely; surely; really; just; emphasizes the certainty of an already known fact
- Es kann ja nicht immer so bleiben. — “It definitely cannot always remain so.”
- of course; as you know
- Aber ja! — “But of course!”
Usage notes[edit]
- (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.
Synonyms[edit]
- (yes): jawohl
- (certainly): doch
- (of course): bekanntlich, doch
Antonyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Interjection[edit]
ja
Synonyms[edit]
- (yes): jawohl
Antonyms[edit]
- (yes): nein
Gothic[edit]
Romanization[edit]
- See 𐌾𐌰
Hungarian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA: /ˈjɒ/, /ˈjɒː/ (the long pronunciation is used in case of great surprise)
Interjection[edit]
ja
- (informal) yep (indicates agreement, approval, or understanding)
- Jössz holnap a meccsre? - Ja. - Are you coming to the game tomorrow? - Yep.
- 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.
Synonyms[edit]
Ido[edit]
Adverb[edit]
ja
Expression[edit]
ne ja
Japanese[edit]
Romanization[edit]
ja
Latvian[edit]
Conjunction[edit]
ja
Lithuanian[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
ja f
- (third-person singular) instrumental form of ji.
Lojban[edit]
Cmavo[edit]
- (conjunction) or. Joins two predicate words in a complex predicate.
Derived terms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Lower Sorbian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Slavic *(j)a, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂.
Pronoun[edit]
ja
North Frisian[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
ja
- (Sylt and Mooring) they
Synonyms[edit]
Northern Sami[edit]
Conjunction[edit]
ja
Norwegian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
-
Audio (file)
Adverb[edit]
ja
Antonyms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Old French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Latin iam
Adverb[edit]
ja
- already
- as soon as possible
- quickly
- (with "ne") never
References[edit]
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881)
Polish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Slavic *(j)azъ, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂
Pronunciation[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
ja
Declension[edit]
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | ja | my |
| genitive | mnie | nas |
| dative | mnie / mi | nam |
| accusative | mnie | nas |
| instrumental | mną | nami |
| locative | mnie | nas |
See also[edit]
Serbo-Croatian[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Proto-Slavic *(j)a, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA: /jâː/
Pronoun[edit]
jȃ (Cyrillic spelling ја̑)
Declension[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
From German ja.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA: /jâ/
Adverb[edit]
jȁ (Cyrillic spelling ја̏)
- (colloquial, regional) yes, yeah
Silesian[edit]
Adverb[edit]
ja
Antonyms[edit]
Slovak[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Slavic *(j)a, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂.
Pronoun[edit]
ja
Declension[edit]
Usage notes[edit]
Following prepositions, ma and mi are replaced by mňa and mne respectively.
See also[edit]
Slovene[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From German ja.
Pronunciation[edit]
Particle[edit]
já
Synonyms[edit]
Antonyms[edit]
Spanish[edit]
Interjection[edit]
ja
- Representation of laughter, ha
- Also used repeatedly:
- jaja, jajaja
- Also used repeatedly:
Swahili[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Bantu. Compare Zulu -za.
Verb form[edit]
ja
- to come
Conjugation[edit]
†Plural for Class 11 nouns only; No plural for identical nouns of Class 14 that share the same affix
‡Imperatives that take an object use the second form
| infinitive | kutoja | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular person | ||||||||||
| 1st person mimi |
2nd person wewe |
3rd person/Class 1 yeye/(m) |
Class 3 (m) |
Class 5 (ji) |
Class 7 (ki) |
Class 9 (n) |
Class 11/14 (u) |
|||
| indicative | general | siji | huji | haji | hauji | haliji | hakiji | haiji | hauji | |
| progressive | Use General Form | Use General Form | Use General Form | Use General Form | Use General Form | Use General Form | Use General Form | Use General Form | ||
| habitual | Use General Form | |||||||||
| past | sikuja | hukuja | hakuja | haukuja | halikuja | hakikuja | haikuja | haukuja | ||
| perfect | sijaja | hujaja | hajaja | haujaja | halijaja | hakijaja | haijaja | haujaja | ||
| future | sitakuja | hutakuja | hatakuja | hautakuja | halitakuja | hakitakuja | haitakuja | hautakuja | ||
| consecutive | Use Subjunctive Form | Use Subjunctive Form | Use Subjunctive Form | Use Subjunctive Form | Use Subjunctive Form | Use Subjunctive Form | Use Subjunctive Form | Use Subjunctive Form | ||
| conditional | present | nisingekuja | usingekuja | asingekuja | usingekuja | lisingekuja | kisingekuja | isingekuja | usingekuja | |
| past | nisingalikuja | usingalikuja | asingalikuja | usingalikuja | lisingalikuja | kisingalikuja | isingalikuja | usingalikuja | ||
| subjunctive | general | nisije | usije | asije | usije | lisije | kisije | isije | usije | |
| consecutive | Use Subjunctive Form | Use Subjunctive Form | Use Subjunctive Form | Use Subjunctive Form | Use Subjunctive Form | Use Subjunctive Form | Use Subjunctive Form | Use Subjunctive Form | ||
| comitative | nisipokuja | usipokuja | asipokuja | usipokuja | lisipokuja | kisipokuja | isipokuja | usipokuja | ||
| imperative | usije!‡ | |||||||||
| plural person | ||||||||||
| 1st person sisi |
2nd person ninyi |
3rd person/Class 2 wao/(wa) |
Class 4 (mi) |
Class 6 (ma) |
Class 8 (vi) |
Class 10 (n) |
Class 10 (n)† |
|||
| indicative | general | hatuji | hamji | hawaji | haiji | hayaji | haviji | haziji | haziji | |
| progressive | Use General Form | Use General Form | Use General Form | Use General Form | Use General Form | Use General Form | Use General Form | Use General Form | ||
| habitual | Use General Form | |||||||||
| past | hatukuja | hamkuja | hawakuja | haikuja | hayakuja | havikuja | hazikuja | hazikuja | ||
| perfect | hatujaja | hamjaja | hawajaja | haijaja | hayajaja | havijaja | hazijaja | hazijaja | ||
| future | hatutakuja | hamtakuja | hawatakuja | haitakuja | hayatakuja | havitakuja | hazitakuja | hazitakuja | ||
| consecutive | Use Subjunctive Form | Use Subjunctive Form | Use Subjunctive Form | Use Subjunctive Form | Use Subjunctive Form | Use Subjunctive Form | Use Subjunctive Form | Use Subjunctive Form | ||
| conditional | present | tusingekuja | msingekuja | wasingekuja | isingekuja | yasingekuja | visingekuja | zisingekuja | zisingekuja | |
| past | tusingalikuja | msingalikuja | wasingalikuja | isingalikuja | yasingalikuja | visingalikuja | zisingalikuja | zisingalikuja | ||
| subjunctive | general | tusije | msije | wasije | isije | yasije | visije | zisije | zisije | |
| consecutive | Use Subjunctive Form | Use Subjunctive Form | Use Subjunctive Form | Use Subjunctive Form | Use Subjunctive Form | Use Subjunctive Form | Use Subjunctive Form | Use Subjunctive Form | ||
| comitative | tusipokuja | msipokuja | wasipokuja | isipokuja | yasipokuja | visipokuja | zisipokuja | zisipokuja | ||
| imperative | tusije | msije!‡ | ||||||||
†Plural for Class 11 nouns only; No plural for identical nouns of Class 14 that share the same affix
‡Imperatives that take an object use the second form
Usage notes[edit]
- Has an irregular imperative form:
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old Norse já, from Proto-Germanic *ja.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
ja (not comparable)
Antonyms[edit]
Related terms[edit]
Noun[edit]
ja n
Declension[edit]
Tswana[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Bantu. Cognate with Swahili kula, Zulu dla.
Pronunciation[edit]
- IPA: /dʒa/
Verb[edit]
go ja (past jelê)
- to eat
Tz'utujil[edit]
Article[edit]
ja
Alternative forms[edit]
Upper Sorbian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Slavic *(j)a, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂.
Pronoun[edit]
ja
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