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What does «ya tú sabe» mean in Dominican Spanish?
ya tú sabe
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| Meaning | you already know |
|---|---|
| Standard Spanish | ya sabes |
| Register | Very colloquial |
«Llegamos tarde, ya tú sabe.»
We got there late, you know how it is.
An ever-present filler. The /s/ of «sabes» disappears and the pronoun comes first.
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- na' — nothing
- na'quená — no two ways about it
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