"Ya"

[satchrocks]

I looked at the dictionary entry for "ya." http://www.tomisimo.org/dictionary/spanish_english/ya

Is there any English word even comparable?

Por ejemplo
Ya lo veo = I see
Voy para ya = I'm going over there (I belive)

Is there any rule about "ya" at all, or is it just one of those things that I have to get used to?

[poli]

Originally Posted by satchrocks

I looked at the dictionary entry for "ya." http://www.tomisimo.org/dictionary/spanish_english/ya

Is there any English word even comparable?

Por ejemplo
Ya lo veo = I see
Voy para ya = I'm going over there (I belive)Voy para alla

Is there any rule about "ya" at all, or is it just one of those things that I have to get used to?

Ya lo ver=now I see
Ya no=not anymore.
Ya often means enough,
Ya also means: stop it

Ya lo veo
Ya lo entiendo
¿ya entiendes?

[lee ying]

well。 you could use already. we already know: ya sabemos. I already did. Am I right?

[CrOtALiTo]

Originally Posted by lee ying

well。 you could use already. we already know: ya sabemos. I already did. Am I right?

Lee ying, if is true that the word already is ya in Spanish, but anyhow you can't use that word in all the sentences. For example.


Ya termine de comer.

I finish to eat.

sound better than to say Already I finish to eat.


I hope you can understand the different between they two.

[irmamar]

Sometimes, "ya" is a synonimous of "sí":

- ¿Lo entiendes?
- Ya (or ya, ya)

Even, sometimes one can say:

- ¿Lo entiendes?
- No, ya. (o sea, sí)

[CrOtALiTo]

Yes' it's right Irmamar you could to explain better the that I tried to explain yesterday.


Thank you.

[bobjenkins]

Originally Posted by irmamar

Sometimes, "ya" is a synonimous of "sí":

- ¿Lo entiendes?
- Ya (or ya, ya)

Even, sometimes one can say:

- ¿Lo entiendes?
- No, ya. (o sea, sí)

Gracias buena información,
No estoy seguro de que como pronunciar "ya"
Pienso que es como /jah/, no /yah/

Muchas gracias amigos

[CrOtALiTo]

You can pronoun the word of the following way.


Already- Ya (ia)

I hope this can help you.


Como el Karateca ia-ia-ia.

[AngelicaDeAlquezar]

@Bob: "y", when it's placed before a vowel sounds like English "y" in "yet".

[hermit]

aprendi mi espanol en la republica dominicana, y me acuerdo de que por alla era comun pronunciarla como 'jah' - tambien la 'll'.

mas tarde, estudiando en la universidad, todos mis profesores la pronunciaban como 'ya', inclusive un profesor muy bueno que era
de la habana.

hermit