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The Spanish word

ya
means
already
Examples:
Ya están aquí.
They're already here.
Ya son las once.
It is already eleven. | It's already eleven.
¿Ya tienes barba?
Have you got a beard already?
Ya está de noche.
It's already nighttime.
¿Ella ya está allí?
She's there already?
Ya empieza a hablar.
He's already beginning to talk.
Ya he leído ese libro.
I've already read this book.
¿Ya acabaste tu tarea?
Have you finished doing your homework yet? | Have you done all your homework? | Have you finished your homework yet? | Have you finished your homework already? | Are you done with your homework yet? | Have you done your homework yet?
Él ya se ha ido a casa.
He has already gone home.
Ya es tarde. ¡Apresúrense!
It's late already. Hurry up!
Ya he terminado mi trabajo.
I've already finished my work.
Él ya debería haber llegado.
He should have arrived already.
Él ya ha terminado sus deberes.
He has already finished his homework.
Mi amor por él se ha enfriado ya.
My love for him has already cooled.
Para cuando volviste, yo ya me había ido.
By the time you came back, I'd already left.
Su tono me llevó a pensar que ya lo sabía.
His tone lead me to think that he already knew.
Extraño, ¿verdad? Ya deberíamos haber llegado.
Odd, isn't it? We should have already arrived.
Cuando nos casamos, sus padres ya habían muerto.
At the time we got married, his parents had already died.
Ya había sonado la campana cuando llegué al colegio.
The bell had already rung when I got to school.
Examples sourced from tatoeba.org