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How to use ja in a sentence

10 example sentences · adverb, noun

Ja means yes. Example: “Ja, he had been fooled and it was not pleasant for a man to go home and tell his wife that he been verneuked.”

Examples of ja by meaning

adverbYes.

  • Ja, he had been fooled and it was not pleasant for a man to go home and tell his wife that he been verneuked.1940, Penguin Parade (issue 7, page 25)

More sentences with ja

  • The baccy crop's looking good, ja, and one of the mombies calved this morning.2014, Katherine Rundell, Cartwheeling in Thunderstorms, →ISBN. From the entry mombie
  • The sense of déja vu is caught up in my vague, fluish dreams.2006, Sterling R. Braswell, American Meth. From the entry fluish
  • Ja well no fine, so I agree that it does drizzle here too.1998, Harold Strachan, Way up, way out, page 88. From the entry ja well no fine
  • Basavarāja has given some tips to the bowsman so that his aim will not miss the target.1995, Radha Krishnamurthy, Sivatattva Ratnakara of Keladi Basavaraja: A Cultural Study, Keladi Museum and Historical Research Bureau, page…. From the entry bowsman
  • Por to ja desde antiqui it ha esset disposit tro social.1927, Societé Kosmoglott, Kosmoglott - Cosmoglotta n039 (Mar-Apr 1927), page 14. From the entry hypereminent
  • Treppie said, ja, well, no fine, with or without rolled-up sleeves, but he wasn't so sure about Marike.2004, Marlene Van Niekerk, Leon De Kock, Triomf, page 522. From the entry ja well no fine
  • "Ja, our job is not to think or make decisions.1997, Dick Gledhill, One Commando: Rhodesia's Last Years & the Guerilla^([sic]) War It Never Lost, page 55. From the entry floppy
  • This Troper finds himself using Gintama “Zura ja nai, Katsurada!” as a swear, does this also count as a Gosh Darn It to Heck?2019, Rowan Elizabeth Arbuthnott Gardiner, quoting Troper Tales, “Positive and Neutral Attitudes”, in ‘Weeaboo Japanese’: Exploring…. From the entry troper
  • "Often on the highway, weary and wary, we spurn the unknown and cheerfully drive on for the promise of a Howard Johnson's and its familiar dèja vu.1970 August 12, Gael Greene, Time Magazine, page 12. From the entry HoJo's

Meaning of ja

  1. adverb Yes.
  2. noun Synonym of Korean foot: a traditional unit of length equivalent to about 30.3 cm.

Full definition of ja

Questions about ja in a sentence

How do you use ja in a sentence?
Ja is used as an adverb and noun. For example: “Ja, he had been fooled and it was not pleasant for a man to go home and tell his wife that he been verneuked.”
What is a short sentence with ja?
“"Ja, our job is not to think or make decisions.”
What does ja mean?
Ja means yes.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ja (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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