If you could, please format it
WORD, DEFINITION
I want to add them to a flashcard deck for myself, I casually collect loanwords and have been getting turned on to trying out csv/flashcards lately haha
Feel free to do the same, if the format is followed you can just copy and paste it to a new line of the csv deck
In Norwegian, “ja” (pronounced ya) means “yes” for positive questions, while “jo” (pronounced yoo) means “yes” in response to a negative question (contradicting a negative statement).
A fun thing about it is that it’s often pronounced on the inhale rather than the exhale.
Is that a way of getting both the last word and the last breath on something?
The best way I can explain it is it’s like when kids will say:
“You’re stupid!”
“Nuh-uh!”
“Yuh-uh!”
Jo is like “yuh-uh” but not as silly sounding because it’s used all the time in normal conversation. I think doing it on the inhale is just a way of making it sound less aggressive/argumentative but I’m not really sure.