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ya

/jə/ · pronoun

Meaning

  1. (object pronoun) The people spoken, or written to, as an object.
  2. (reflexive pronoun) (To) yourselves, (to) yourself.
  3. (object pronoun) The person spoken to or written to, as an object. (Replacing thee; originally as a mark of respect.)
  4. (subject pronoun) The people spoken to or written to, as a subject. (Replacing ye.)
  5. (subject pronoun) The person spoken to or written to, as a subject. (Originally as a mark of respect.)
  6. (indefinite personal pronoun) Anyone, one; an unspecified individual or group of individuals (as subject or object).
  7. Yeah; yes.
  8. Yea; yes
  9. Go. (Spoken to horses and cattle.)
  10. A letter of the Cyrillic alphabet: Я, я.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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