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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.
by nuancebydefault 8mo ago
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 8mo agoAnd 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 8mo agoThe answer to 'right?' usually is 'yeah', to indicate: yes, I agree. So 'Ja? Ja.' in German can be translated as 'Right? Yeah.' in English.