-ja

Suffix

-ja

1. (colloquial, used only after a /d/ sound) You, ya.

Anagrams

• AJ

Pronunciation

• IPA: /jɐ/

Pronoun

-ja (personal, nominative case)

1. (enclitic) Alternative form of a

Suffix

-ja (genitive -ja, partitive -jat)

1. -er; appended to verbal stems to form agent nouns, especially human ones

Suffix

-ja

1. derives various adverbs
   • sala "secretly" → salaja "secretly"

Pronunciation

• IPA: [jɑ]
• IPA: [(j)ɑ] (after -i-)

Suffix

-ja (front vowel harmony variant -jä)

1. Forms agent nouns, especially human ones; -er
   • ‎katsoa (“to watch”) + ‎-ja → ‎katsoja (“a watcher, spectator”)
   • ‎tehdä (“to do”) + ‎-ja → ‎tekijä (“a doer; a writer, author, playwright; a factor”)
   • ‎syyttää (“to blame”) + ‎-ja → ‎syyttäjä (“prosecutor”)

Affix

-ja

1. Used on a verb before the case marker to indicate negation.

Romanization

-ja

1. Romanization of -𐌾𐌰

Pronunciation

• IPA: [jɒ]

Suffix

-ja

1. Possessive (and genitive) suffix:
   1. (with no possessor or with the 3rd‑person pronoun as possessor, usually construed with the definite article) his, her, its …
      • ház → (a) háza, az ő háza (“his/her/its house”) élet → (az) élete, az ő élete (“his/her/its life”) barát → (a) barátja (“his/her/its friend”) kapu → (a) kapuja (“his/her/its gate”) palota → (a) palotája (“his/her/its palace”) kert → (a) kertje (“his/her/its garden”) betű → (a) betűje (“his/her/its letter”) vese → (a) veséje (“his/her/its kidney”)
   2. (with a singular possessor) …-'s, of … (third-person singular, single possession)
      • Anna háza (“Anna’s house”), a felkelő nap háza (“the house of the rising sun”) Anna élete (“Anna’s life”), a város élete (“the life of the city”) a király palotája (“the king’s palace”) a ház kapuja (“the gate of the house”) Anna kertje (“Anna’s garden”), a tulipán kertje (“the garden of the tulip”)
   3. (with a plural possessor) …-s’, of …-s (third-person plural, single possession)
      • a szüleim háza (“my parents’ house”), a trópusi növények háza (“[the] house of [the] tropical plants”, literally “the tropical plants’ house”) a szüleim élete (“my parents’ lives”, literally “my parents’ life”), a könyvek élete (“[the] lives of [the] books”, literally “the books’ life”) az uralkodók palotája (“the rulers’ palace”) a szüleim kertje (“my parents’ garden”), Az elágazó ösvények kertje (“The Garden of Forking Paths”)
   4. (with instantaneous time expressions) … ago (referring to a preceding point in time considered as an instant)
      • Egy évszázada / két éve / egy órája / sok/hosszú ideje ment el. ― S/he left one century / two years / one hour / a long time ago.
      • Synonym: -val/-vel ezelőtt, e.g. egy évszázaddal, két évvel ezelőtt
   5. (with durative time expressions) for … (referring to some duration that precedes the point of time in question)
      • Egy évszázada / két éve / egy órája / sok/hosszú ideje várunk rád. ― We have been waiting for you for a century / two years / an hour / a long time.
   6. (mostly with quantities, often following -ik) of …, out of … (partitive sense)
      • Synonym: (only with countable quantities) közül
      • jó (jav-) (“the greater/better part”) → a java még hátravan (“the best/bulk is yet to come”, literally “its best/bulk is…”)
      • legnagyobbik (“the biggest one”) → a bikák legnagyobbika (“the biggest [one] of the bulls”, synonymous with a legnagyobb bika)

Suffix

-ja

1. (personal suffix) Used to form the definite third-person singular present tense of back-vowel verbs (with identical or different assimilation rules depending on the ending of the stem—see the tables below):
   1. in indicative mood and
      • tud (“to know”) → Tudja, hogy mit akar. (“He/she knows what he/she wants.”)
      • tartalmaz (“to contain”) → tartalmazza (“it contains [that]”)
      • tart (“to hold, keep”) → tartja (“[formal] you are holding/keeping [him/her/it] or s/he is holding/keeping [him/her/it]”)
   2. in subjunctive (imperative) mood.
      • megtud (“to find out”) → tudja meg! (“[formal] Find it out! or Let him/her find it out!”)
      • tartalmaz (“to contain”) → tartalmazza! (“it should contain [that] or let it contain [that]”)
      • tart (“to hold, keep”) → tartsa! (“[formal] hold/keep him/her/it! or s/he should hold/keep him/her/it! or let him/her hold/keep him/her/it!”)

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ja/

Suffix

-ja

1. Alternative form of -a (feminine, plural, or singulative ending), used with stems ending in -i, -j.

Suffix

-ja

1. Alternative form of -i (1st-person singular non-verbal pronominal suffix), used with stems ending in vowels or diphthongs.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [-ha]

Suffix

-ja

1. forms a tag question, requesting confirmation: right?

Suffix

-ja

1. expresses complaint about the term it attaches to

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ha]

Suffix

-ja

1. Alternative form of -a

Suffix

-ja (Cyrillic spelling -ја)

1. Suffix appended to words to create a masculine noun, usually denoting a profession, performer or a feature, usually negative.