What is the difference between ya and yeah?
ya | yeah | Synonyms |
yea; yes
* 1806 , Jamieson, Pop. Ballads :
* 1894 , W. G. Stevenson, Puddin' iii. :
* 1896 , Ackworth, Clog Shop Chron. :
(informal) Yes.
Yeah is a synonym of ya.
In informal terms the difference between ya and yeah
is that ya is go. (Spoken to horses and cattle. while yeah is yes.As a pronoun ya
is eye dialect of lang=en.As a noun ya
is a letter of the Cyrillic alphabet.As an initialism YA
is youth Authority.ya
English
Etymology 1
Reduced form of you. Compare Dutch je, reduced/unstressed form of .Usage notes
Only used in unstressed contexts.Derived terms
* -cha * chewie on ya boot * -ja * love ya * see ya * smell ya later * there ya go * whaddayaSee also
* yerEtymology 2
Apparently from (etyl) ja and cognates in other Germanic languages; related to English yeah.Etymology 3
Variation of hyah.Etymology 4
From (etyl) ya, from (etyl) . More at yea.Alternative forms
* yaa, yaw, yah, yhaAdverb
(-)- 'Ya , wilt thou!' said Wallace, 'then tak thee that, [...]'
- Ya , auld man, ye ken fine ye wad like me.
- Ya , bur 'ee did, [...]