ju

ju in a sentence

• Det vet du ju.
  You know that, of course.
• Vi ses ju i morgon.
  We're seeing each other tomorrow anyway.
• Ju förr, desto bättre.
  The sooner, the better.
• det är ju i morgon vi ska åka
  why, we're going tomorrow
• det var ju roligt att höra
  that was good news
• ju roligare jobb man har desto mer sällan sjukskriver man sig
  the more fun your work is, the less often you report sick
• han blev alltmer högröstad ju längre kvällen led
  he became louder the longer the evening dragged on
• Bussen går ju klockan tre.
  The bus of course leaves at three o'clock / But the bus leaves at three o'clock (with an expectation that the second party in the conversation is aware of the fact)
• Det var ju inte så bra att vi missade bussen. Nu hinner vi inte med flyget.
  It wasn't great that we missed the bus, of course. Now we will miss the flight.
• Varför gjorde du det inte? Du lovade ju!
  Why didn't you do it? You promised (as you know)!

Questions

Origin

From Old Swedish iū, io.

Nearby common words

ju is number 98 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

• 94än yet, still
• 95efter after, later
• 96sen since, then, late
• 97inget none, no one
• 99ditt your, yours, you (vocative determiner used before a singular neuter gender noun)
• 100vänta wait, expect
• 101känna feel, know
• 102två two