Wordin 11 sentences
ya
yes
- Where it comes from
- Indonesian/Malay ya, Javanese ya; German/Dutch/Swedish/Norwegian ja
- Group
- Greetings and basics
- First taught
- Lesson 1
- In the published corpus
- 11 of the 1321 glossed sentence pairs use it. Only the sentences that carry an English translation are in the corpus, and it is the measure you can check for yourself.
- Looked up in English as
- yes
- More than one
- ya-ya — the noun said twice, joined by a hyphen. Nothing is added and nothing inside the word changes, so nothing can become irregular. The rule.
In use11 shown
Sentences that use it.
Every one written by hand and checked against the rules. Shortest first.
- — Ya.I do.lessons/lesson-15-pointing-placing
- Ya, ok.Yes, fine.phrasebook
- — Ya. Ke?Yes. What?texts/text-4-in-madina-baru
- Ya, mama! Bai!Yes, mother! Goodbye!texts/text-12-tarik-por-skola
- — Ya. Sungai sub.— Yes. The river is below.texts/text-25-tarik-por-hospital
- — Ya. Ca garam?— Yes. Is the tea hot?texts/text-29-yu-mau-ke
- — Ya, ca garam.— Yes, the tea is hot.texts/text-29-yu-mau-ke
- Mi sema: "Ya. Familia mi hao."I say: "Yes. My family is well."texts/text-15-sol-lai
- Polisi respon: "Ya, dekat. Pat momen."She answers: "Yes, near. Four moments."texts/text-18-gusa-in-tarik
- Yu no faham? — Ya, mi faham.Don't you understand? — Yes, I do.lessons/lesson-15-pointing-placing
- — Ya. Ponte in sungai. Yu no bisa unut ta — ta merah.Yes. The bridge on the river. You cannot forget it — it is red.texts/text-4-in-madina-baru
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