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• ya
  ya

  pronoun

  you.
• yā
  yā

  noun

  the 28th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
• YA
  YA

  abbreviation

  young adult.

ya

¹ American  

[yuh] / jə /

pronoun

Informal.

1. you.

   Give me a hand, will ya?

2. your.

   Where's ya brother?

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ya ² American  

[yah] / jɑ /

interjection

Informal.

1. a variant of yeah.

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yā ³ American  

[yah] / jɑ /

noun

1. the 28th letter of the Arabic alphabet.

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YA ⁴ American  

abbreviation

1. young adult.

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Etymology

Origin of ya¹

First recorded in 1820–25; a phonetic spelling representing the pronunciation of you and your in continuous rapid speech

Origin of yā³

From Arabic

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Example Sentences

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ya YA

“Or did ya just slap some AI slop on this piece that we were so helpful with?”

From Slate ● Oct. 11, 2026

“Come up with a game plan and see what’s going on but I’m telling ya, I feel great.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026

The exhibition "Hkeeli ya Jnoub", or "Tell me, O South", features pictures and videos preserving the memory of southern Lebanon at the capital's Beit Beirut museum.

From Barron's ● Jul. 19, 2026

Among 47,000 WhatsApp messages between Jogesh and Morris, Morris wrote: "All over the news is all about ppe shortage. Let's clean up!! Milk it… fill ya boots."

From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026

“Now I’ll be honest with ya, Scoob-a-doob: your ol’ G’ma had her head in the clouds when your G’pop and I attempted this trip.

From "Clean Getaway" by Nic Stone

All 349 “murmurs” in the Twilight saga: In this very scientific investigation, Rachelle Hampton ranked and charted all the times Stephenie Meyer used the word murmur in her YA vampire series.

From Slate ● Oct. 9, 2026

Since 2023, Netflix said its YA shows and movies have generated more than 10.5 billion global views.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

Amazon Prime Video in June held a fan event for its YA series and films called “Obsessed Fest.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026

Some particularly graphic scenes make this morbid epic more appropriate for adults, but Mr. Kraus’s gruesome sensibilities had always been an awkward fit for YA readers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

In the YA section, some kids from school were playing on the computers, and they pointed and giggled when they saw Jonah being paraded around, his arm trapped in the librarian’s grip.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

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