Ja meaning and definition in german

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- a yes
ja meaning and definition in german

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obviously ja means roughly the same as English obviously or as you know, but given its shortness it is used much more frequently. In colloquial German, ja is used in almost every statement of a fact already known to the one addressed.
- yes Willst du das? Ja. — “Do you want that? Yes.” Aber ja! — “Yes, of course!”
- intensifier obviously; certainly; of course; really; just; as you know; as is generally known (indicates and emphasises that one is expressing a known fact) Es kann ja nicht immer so bleiben. — “It obviously cannot always remain so.” Der Peter war ja gestern krank. – “Peter was sick yesterday, as you know.”
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