Björn Tantau@swg-empire.de to Chronic Illness@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 days agoTjaswg-empire.deimagemessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up1411arrow-down17
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minus-squaretoynbee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-213 days agoI see this and another comment saying “tja” and both have upvotes. However, I don’t understand the … Joke? Is it a joke? Or a reference? Any enlightenment would be very much appreciated. edit: Just noticed the title of this post is also “tja.” Still don’t get it.
minus-squareBjörn Tantau@swg-empire.deOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·13 days agoIt’s a German expression. Mostly used to comment on a negative situation in a slightly disparaging way while recognising the negativity and futility. The closest English word is “well”. I couldn’t think of a fitting title.
minus-square0laura@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·21 hours agoI think welp would fit even a bit better, but it’s basically the same as well
minus-squaretoynbee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·13 days agoThanks for the information! Does this also apply to “tjena”?
minus-squareSkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·13 days agoGerman here. Never heard of it
Tjena
I see this and another comment saying “tja” and both have upvotes. However, I don’t understand the … Joke? Is it a joke? Or a reference?
Any enlightenment would be very much appreciated.
edit: Just noticed the title of this post is also “tja.” Still don’t get it.
It’s a German expression. Mostly used to comment on a negative situation in a slightly disparaging way while recognising the negativity and futility. The closest English word is “well”.
I couldn’t think of a fitting title.
I think welp would fit even a bit better, but it’s basically the same as well
Thanks for the information!
Does this also apply to “tjena”?
German here. Never heard of it