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		nuancebydefault 28 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Lessons learned shipping 500 units of my first har... The 'ja?' with a question mark means 'right?'. It just happens to be the same word as 'yes'. So no, not same as almost everywhere else.

myst 28 days ago [–]

And why do they say ‘right?’ every time? Because without it my ‘ja’ does not mean ‘yes, sir’, but rather ‘I hear you, go on’. So, same as everywhere else.

nuancebydefault 27 days ago | [–]

The answer to 'right?' usually is 'yeah', to indicate: yes, I agree.

So 'Ja? Ja.' in German can be translated as 'Right? Yeah.' in English.

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