ya

Usages of ya

あの  に トカゲ や むし が います。ano koya ni tokage ya musi ga imasu.
There are lizards and insects and such in that hut.
イタリア や ほん の もの が き です。itaria ya nihon no tabemono ga suki desu.
(I) like Italian and Japanese food (among others).
あさはん は なに を べた か?」 「パン や ヨーグルト など べた。」「asagohan ha nani wo tabeta ka?」 「pan ya yooguruto nado tabeta.」
"What did you eat for breakfast?" "I had some bread and yoghurt and such."
ふゆ は ロンドン や パリ など に きました。huyu ha rondon ya pari nado ni ikimasita.
I went to London and Paris (and other such places) in the winter.
かのじょ は テニス や およぐの が じょうkanozyo ha tenisu ya oyoguno ga zyouzu.
She's good at tennis and swimming (among other things).
この いろ の ほか に、 あお や みどり は あります か?kono iro no hoka ni, ao ya midori ha arimasu ka?
Besides this color, do you have blue or green?
鹿しか は  の  や くさ を べます。sika ha ki no ha ya kusa wo tabemasu.
Deer eat tree leaves and grass. (among other things)

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