see|YA|-ya|y�|yá|y�|yà
wikipedia|dab=YA
English

Pronunciation
IPA|/j�/
audio|en-us-ya.ogg|Audio (US)

Pronoun
en-pron

1. nonstandard you; used for writing or transcribing very informal speech peculiar to youthful speakers, typically containing many slang words.

#: Yo homes, smell ya later!

Derived terms
whaddaya

Usage notes
ya is also a nonstandard slang form of term|yes. (Compare to German, Dutch, Scandinavian term|ja.)

See also
yer

Indonesian

Pronoun
ya'

1. yes

Category:Indonesian pronouns

Japanese

Noun
ja-noun|r|hira=�

1. �: arrow
2. �: store
3. �: hiragana letter ya
4. �: katakana letter ya

Particle
ja-pos|r|particle|hira=�

1. �: and; is, are

Mandarin

Pinyin
cmn-alt-pinyin|ya|ya0|ya5

1. �: I, my, our; resist, impede

Pinyin syllable
ya

1. A transliteration of any of a number of Chinese characters properly represented as having one of four tones, y�, yá, y�, or yà.

Usage notes
English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Category:Mandarin pinyin

Spanish

Etymology
L.|es iam. Compare Portuguese já.

Adverb
infl|es|adverb

1. now
2. already
3. in the near future; soon
4. immediately
5. anymore; no longer
6. emphatical

#: ¡Ya lo sé! � �I know!�

1. context|in negatives only

#: no ya... � �not only...�

1. context|before pero yes

#: ya, pero... � �yes, but...�

1. context|before que since, now

#: ya que... � �now that...�

Synonyms
sense|now ahora, qualifier|colloquial ahorita
sense|immediately ahora mismo

Conjunction
infl|es|conjunction|head=ya ... ya ...

1. first (something) then (something else); first (something), now (something else)

#: ¡Ya lluvia ya nieve! � �First rain, now snow!�

1. whether (something) or (something else)

#: ya sol ya lluvia � �whether sun or rain�

Turkish

Conjunction
infl|tr|conjunction

1. or

ar:ya
cs:ya
de:ya
et:ya
el:ya
es:ya
fo:ya
fr:ya
io:ya
id:ya
ku:ya
hu:ya
pl:ya
st:ya
fi:ya
vi:ya
tr:ya
vo:ya

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