ya

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already

ya
adverb
1. already (en el pasado)
  • ya me lo habías contado -> you had already told me
  • ¿llamaron o han llamado ya? -> have they called yet?
  • ¿habrán llegado ya? -> will they have arrived yet o by now?
  • ya en 1926 -> as long ago as 1926
2. now (ahora)
  • bueno, yo ya me voy -> right, I'm off now
  • ¡ya voy! -> I'm coming!
3. (en frases negativas)
  • ya no me duele -> it doesn't hurt any more, it no longer hurts
  • ya no es así -> it's no longer like that
4. at once (inmediatamente)
  • hay que hacer algo ya -> something has to be done now o at once
5. (en el futuro)
  • ya te llamaré -> I'll give you a ring some time
  • ¡ya te agarraré yo a ti! -> I'll get you sooner or later!
  • ya hablaremos -> we'll talk later
  • ya verás -> you'll (soon) see
6. (refuerza al verbo)
  • ya entiendo/lo sé -> I understand/know
conjunction
7. (distributiva)
  • ya (sea) por… ya (sea) por… -> whether for… or…
8. (adversativa)
  • ya no… sino…, no ya… sino… -> not only… but…
9. (consecutiva)
  • ya que -> since
  • ya que has venido, ayúdame con esto -> since you're here, give me a hand with this
interjection
also:
  • ¡ya! -> right!; (expresa asentimiento) yes! (expresa comprensión)
  • ¡ya, ya! (Irónico) -> sure!, yes, of course!

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ya [yah]
adverb
1. Already (pasado).
2. Presently, immediately, now (presente).
3. Finally, ultimately.
4. At another time, on another occasion.
  • Ya no es lo que ha sido -> it is not now what it has been
  • Ya estamos en ello, we’ve got it, we understand it. Ya voy, -> am going, or I am going presently
  • Ya esto -> ya aquello, now this, now that
  • Ya que has venido -> since you are coming, or since you are here
interrogative
5. Used on being brought to recollect something.
  • ¿No se acuerda Ud -> de tal cosa
  • Ya estaba yo en eso, -> was already of that mind
-part. Now. Ya, ya, do you not remember such a thing? Yes, yes: Ya se ve, yes, you can see it! it is clear, it is so.

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