ja

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Alternative spellings 1.2 Adverb 2 Afrikaans 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 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 Croatian 6.1 Etymology 6.2 Pronoun 6.2.1 Declension 7 Danish 7.1 Pronunciation 7.2 Interjection 7.2.1 Antonyms 7.2.2 Related terms 7.3 Noun 7.3.1 Inflection 8 Dutch 8.1 Pronunciation 8.2 Adverb 8.2.1 Related terms 8.2.2 Antonyms 9 Esperanto 9.1 Etymology 9.2 Adverb 10 Estonian 10.1 Conjunction 10.1.1 Related terms 11 Faroese 11.1 Adverb 11.1.1 Antonyms 11.1.2 Related terms 12 Finnish 12.1 Etymology 12.2 Pronunciation 12.3 Conjunction 12.3.1 Synonyms 12.4 References 13 German 13.1 Pronunciation 13.2 Adverb 13.2.1 Usage notes 13.2.2 Synonyms 13.2.3 Antonyms 13.2.4 Derived terms 13.3 Interjection 13.3.1 Synonyms 13.3.2 Antonyms 14 Hungarian 14.1 Pronunciation 14.2 Interjection 14.2.1 Synonyms 15 Ido 15.1 Adverb 15.2 Expression 16 Japanese 16.1 Interjection 16.2 Conjunction 17 Lithuanian 17.1 Pronoun 18 Lower Sorbian 18.1 Pronoun 19 North Frisian 19.1 Pronoun 20 Northern Sami 20.1 Conjunction 21 Norwegian 21.1 Pronunciation 21.2 Adverb 21.2.1 Antonyms 21.2.2 Related terms 22 Polish 22.1 Pronunciation 22.2 Pronoun 22.2.1 Declension 22.3 See also 23 Serbo-Croatian 23.1 Etymology 1 23.1.1 Pronoun 23.1.1.1 Declension 23.2 Etymology 2 23.2.1 Adverb 24 Silesian 24.1 Adverb 24.1.1 Antonyms 25 Slovak 25.1 Pronoun 25.2 See also 26 Slovene 26.1 Adverb 27 Spanish 27.1 Interjection 28 Swahili 28.1 Verb 29 Swedish 29.1 Pronunciation 29.2 Adverb 29.2.1 Antonyms 29.2.2 Related terms 30 Tswana 30.1 Pronunciation 30.2 Verb 31 Tz'utujil 31.1 Article 31.2 Alternative spellings 32 Upper Sorbian 32.1 Pronoun

[edit] English

[edit] Alternative spellings

• ya

[edit] Adverb

ja (not comparable)

1. (informal) yes

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[edit] Afrikaans

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /jaː/

[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)

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• 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] Croatian

[edit] Etymology

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

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jȃ

1. I

   Ja sam učio. — I have studied.

2. me

   Ovo sam ja. — This is me.

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[edit] Danish

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ja/, [ja]

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ja

1. yes

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• 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

[edit] Conjunction

ja

1. and

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• 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

[edit] Pronunciation

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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

[edit] Adverb

ja

1. already

[edit] Expression

ne ja

1. not yet

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Interjection

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

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ja

1. I

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[edit] North Frisian

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ja

1. they

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[edit] Northern Sami

[edit] Conjunction

ja

1. and

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[edit] Norwegian

[edit] Pronunciation

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[edit] Adverb

ja

1. yes

[edit] Antonyms

• nei

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• 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.

[edit] Adverb

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

[edit] Adverb

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

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• jo

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[edit] Tswana

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /dʒa/

[edit] Verb

go ja (past jelê)

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