Xusontha
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What does Tja mean?

PureTryOut
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Dutch people use it (although I doubt it’s an official word), meaning something like “that’s what you get” or “oh well”.

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Also used in German

Xusontha
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OK that makes sense, though I wonder why they mixed Danish and English; maybe that’s common and I’ve just never seen it before

no idea if this is right or not, but lol

Xusontha
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Oh of COURSE, how could I be so stupid

That is hilarious though, I got some German friends I need to ask about this

Elise
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Ach ja

It is also widely used to express something like “I told you so” or “I already warned you that this will happen. You did this to yourself.” in a single word.

E.g. “Did you hear about my anti-vaxx aunt Hildegard? She died of Covid last month.”

“Tja.”

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