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What does Tja mean?
no idea if this is right or not, but lol
Oh of COURSE, how could I be so stupid
That is hilarious though, I got some German friends I need to ask about this
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."
Ach ja
Dutch people use it (although I doubt it's an official word), meaning something like "that's what you get" or "oh well".
Also used in German
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