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0. OED, rather than listing 'ya' as a form of 'you' and 'your', gives 'ya' (pronoun and adjective) separate entries with a distinct origin and etymology. In both cases, the origin is a "variant or alteration of another lexical item" ('you' and 'your') and the etymology is that they represent "a regional or colloquial (chiefly unstressed ...
3. No. "You'll" is a contraction like "I'll": "Y'all" is a plural pronoun used in some varieties of English. – Colin Fine. Sep 23, 2010 at 17:06. 2. @Colin: the plural pronoun is certainly y’all, but I think Kosmonaut’s point is that ya’ll could also exist, as a different contraction. I could easily imagine things like Ya’ll like it ...
14. “Ay-ay-ay” is an exclamation which entered American pop culture from Mexican Spanish in various ways. In informal conversation, the phrase means literally “ oh, oh, oh ” and conveys a sense of dismay. For example, in 1882, the popular song “ Cielito Lindo ” included this phrase in the chorus. This song was sung by drunk mice in ...
I sometimes wonder if it's not either a phonetic misunderstanding (e.g. a drawled 'ya' for you) or a situation where you may be the only person in the room, but the speaker is talking/asking not only about you but also 'your people' (e.g. family, colleagues, whatever is context appropriate) –
It can also mean "I think you should know" or "for your information". Examples: You know, if you don't shape up soon, I might be forced to fire you. If you keep doing that, you'll catch a cold, you know. It can also mean "come to think of it" when introducing a sentence: You know, that's really not a bad idea. Share.
3. Generally speaking, "see you later" is just slang for goodbye. I have heard it used in all of the situations you list in your question. The order you present matching the order I would give them for frequency/commonness. When you will be seeing the person again later that day. All the time.
In "ya", the "ou" vowel has been replaced with "a". We don't have punctuation to indicate that, so we just write it. This is also generally the case where a replacement slang/informal word is missing letters, but others have changed. When this happens, we usually just transcribe the sounds rather than using an apostrophe.
2. "Who are ya?" is a rhetorical question asking the other, lowly team to justify their presence at a match or level they don't deserve to play at. It's a mark of lack of repect to the other team. Yes, it's a fair assessment that it means to diminish the opposition as unknown and insignificant.
Yes is not a formal word; you can use it in both formal and informal contexts.. Looking at the definitions given for yeah, yeh, yep, or yup, all those words are defined as exclamation & noun nonstandard spelling of yes, representing informal pronunciation.
A somewhat-natural progression from the "I tricked you" meaning is gotcha used as a noun: this is a feature of a system (e.g. a programming language) which trips you up or catches you off-guard. And finally, from the figurative sense of got = "understood", gotcha can be used to mean "Aha, I see now" or "I understand". Share.