yes

See also:þes

Translingual

Symbol

yes

1. (international standards)ISO 639-3language codeforYeskwa.

See also

• Wiktionary's coverage of Yeskwa terms

English

Etymology

FromMiddle Englishyes,fromOld Englishġīese(“by all means, of course, yes”),derived from the same root asyea.

Pronunciation

• (UK,US)IPA^(key):/jɛs/

  • Audio(UK):

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  • Audio(US):

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• (New Zealand)IPA^(key):/jes/

  • Audio:

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• Rhymes:-ɛs

Particle

yes

1. Used to showagreementor acceptance.

   Yes,you are correct.

   Yes,you may go play outside now.

   Yes,sir, we have your package right here.

   • 2016,VOA Learning English(public domain)

     Hi, Jonathan. Are you busy? —Yes,I’m busy.

     Audio(US):

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2. Used to indicatedisagreementordissentin reply to a negative statement.

   It was not my fault we lost the race.
   Oh,yes,it was!

3. (humorous)Answer to a question presuming one answer when all answers are correct.

   Do you like cake, or pie?
   Yes.

Usage notes

• In Old and Middle English,yeswas a more forceful affirmative thanyea.
• An example ofyesused to disagree with a statement: the questions "You don’t want it, do you?" and "Don’t you want it?" are answered by "yes" if the respondentdoeswant the item, and "no" if not. Many languages use a specific word for this purpose; see translation table below.

Synonyms

• Dialect or archaic forms:arr,ay,aye,yea,yassuh
• Nautical, military, telecommunications:affirmative
• Colloquial or slang forms:ya,yah,yeah,yeh,yep,yeppers,yup,yuppers,yus,ahuh,mhm,uh huh.
• See also:Thesaurus:yes

Antonyms

• Standard form:no
• Nautical, military, telecommunications:negative
• Dialect or archaic forms:nay
• Colloquial or slang forms:ixnay,nah,naw,nope
• See also:Thesaurus:no

Coordinate terms

• (expression of agreement or acceptance):nod

Derived terms

• say yes
• very yes
• yes and
• yes and amen
• yes and no
• yes-brainer
• yes-huh
• yes-man
• yesman,yes man
• yes-no
• yes-no question
• yessuh
• yessum
• yes way
• yes woman

Translations

word used to indicate agreement or acceptance

• Abkhaz:ааи(aaj),аиеи(ajej)
• Afrikaans:ja(af)
• Albanian:po(sq)
• Aleut:aang
• Alutiiq:aa'a
• American Sign Language:S@Side Nod
• Amharic:አዎን(ʾäwon)
• Apache:

  Western Apache:au,haʼah

• Arabic:نَعَم(ar)(naʕam),أَجَل(ar)(ʔajal),إِي(ar)(ʔī)

  Algerian Arabic:ايه,هيه,واه

  Cypriot Arabic:ye

  Egyptian Arabic:أَيْوَة(ʔaywa),ايوه(ʔaywa),اه(ā)

  Hijazi Arabic:إيوه(īwa),نَعَم(naʕam)(in response to call)

  Iraqi Arabic:إي(ī)

  North Levantine Arabic:اِيه(ē),نعم(naʔam)

  South Levantine Arabic:آه(ʔā),أيوه(ʔaywa),نعم(naʔam)

• Aragonese:sí
• Aramaic:

  Hebrew:אין(’ēn)

  Syriac:ܐܝܢ(’ēn)

• Armenian:այո(hy)(ayo)(polite),հա(hy)(ha)(informal)
• Aromanian:ie
• Assamese:অঁ(õ),হয়(hoy)(formal)
• Asturian:sí(ast)
• Aymara:jisa(ay)
• Azerbaijani:bəli(az),hə(az)
• Bashkir:эйе(eye)
• Basque:bai(eu)
• Belarusian:так(tak),да(da)
• Bengali:হ্যাঁ(bn)(hễ),জি(bn)(ji)(formal)
• Bhojpuri:हँ(hã)
• Bikol Central:iyo(bcl)
• Breton:ya(br)
• Bulgarian:да(bg)(da)
• Burmese:ဟုတ်ကဲ့(my)(hutkai.),အင်း(my)(ang:),အေး(my)(e:)(among equals or to people of lower status)
• Burushaski:awá
• Carpathian Rusyn:айно(ajno),так(tak),йо(jo)
• Catalan:sí(ca)
• Central Atlas Tamazight:ⵢⴰⵀ(yah)
• Central Sierra Miwok:guˀuhmpl
• Chamicuro:eje
• Chechen:хӏаъ(haʔ)
• Cherokee:ᎥᎥ(vv)
• Chichewa:inde
• Chickasaw:i̠i
• Chinese:

  Cantonese:Hệ／Hệ(yue)(hai⁶),Ngô(yue)(m⁴),Ân(ng²)

  Hokkien:Hảo(zh-min-nan)(hó),Là(zh-min-nan)(sī / sǐ)

  Mandarin:Là(zh)(shì),Đối／Đối(zh)(duì),A(zh)(à)(colloquial),(repeating the verb/attribute used in the question to mean "yes" ngươiBiếtSao?Biết)

• Choctaw:ome
• Comanche:haa
• Coptic:ⲁϩⲁ(aha),ⲥⲉ(se)
• Corsican:iè,sì
• Czech:ano(cs),jo(cs)(colloquial)
• Danish:ja(da)
• Dutch:ja(nl)
• Egyptian:(tjw)
• Esperanto:jes(eo)
• Estonian:jah(et),jaa(et)
• Faroese:ja(fo)
• Fi gian:io(fj)
• Finnish:(echo answer- use the verb),kyllä(fi)(literary),joo(fi)(colloquial),juu(fi)(colloquial)
• Franco-Provençal:ouè
• French:oui(fr)
• Friulian:sì
• Galician:si(gl)
• Garo:hoe
• Georgian:დიახ(diax),კი(ḳi),ჰო(ho),ხო(xo)
• German:ja(de)

  Bavarian:jo

  Pennsylvania German:ja

• Greek:ναι(el)(nai)

  Ancient:ναί(naí)

• Greenlandic:aap
• Guaraní:heẽ
• Gujarati:હા(hā)
• Halkomelem:á:'a
• Hebrew:כֵּן(he)(ken),הֵן(he)(hen)(rare, formal)
• Hiligaynon:hoo
• Hindi:हाँ(hi)(hā̃),जी(hi)(jī)(polite),जी हाँ(jī hā̃)(polite)
• Hungarian:igen(hu)
• Icelandic:já(is)
• Ido:yes(io)
• Igbo:eē
• Ilocano:wen
• Indonesian:ya(id)
• Interlingua:si(ia)
• Irish:(not used, affirmative form of the verb is used instead)
• Italian:sì(it)
• Japanese:はい(ja)(hai)(polite),ええ(ja)(ē),うん(ja)(un)(informal)
• Jeju:ᄋᆞ(aw)(informal),예(ye)(polite)
• Kabyle:ih
• Kaingang:hÿ
• Kannada:ಹೌದು(kn)(haudu)
• Kapampangan:ua,ne,o,opu
• Kazakh:иә(kk)(iä)
• Khmer:(female speaker)ច៎ា(jaa),(male speaker)បាទ(km)(baat),(informal)អើ(km)(’aə),(very informal)អឺ(km)(’əɨ),ចាស(km)(caah)(female speaker),ចា៎ះ(caah)(female speaker)
• Konkani:व्है(vhai)
• Korean:네(ko)(ne),예(ko)(ye),응(ko)(eung)(informal),어(ko)(eo)(informal)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish:ئەرێ(erê),بەڵێ(bellê),ئا(ckb)(a)

• Kyrgyz:ооба(ky)(ooba),макул(ky)(makul)
• Lao:ແມ່ນ(mǣn),ແມ່ນແລ້ວ(mǣn lǣu),ໂດຍ(dōi)
• Latgalian:nui,tai
• Latin:etiam(la),ita(la)(est),ita vērō,vērō(la),sīc(est)
• Latvian:jā(lv)
• Laz:ho,xo
• Limburgish:jao(li)
• Lithuanian:taip(lt)
• Lombard:si(lmo),haé
• Low German:

  German Low German:jo(nds),jo(nds)

• Luganda:yee
• Luo:ee
• Luxembourgish:jo(lb)
• Macedonian:да(da)
• Malagasy:eny(mg)
• Malay:ya(ms),(informal)ha'ah
• Malayalam:ശരി(ml)(śari)
• Maltese:iva(mt)
• Mandinka:haa
• Manx:she
• Maori:āe,ae
• Marwari:हां(hā̃)
• Middle Korean:에ᇰ(eyng)
• Mingrelian:იახ(iax),ქო(ko)
• Mirandese:please add this translation if you can
• Miskito:au
• Mongolian:тийм(mn)(tiim)
• Motu:e,o,oi
• Mudburra:yuu,yuwayi
• Nahuatl:quemah
• Navajo:aooʼ
• Neapolitan:eine,sine
• Nepali:सही(sahī),जी(ne)(jī),हाँ(hā̃)
• Nootka:haa
• North Frisian:jåå
• Northern Ohlone:hé̄'e
• Northern Sami:juo
• Norwegian:ja(no)
• Occitan:òc(oc)
• Odia:ହଁ(hã)
• Old Church Slavonic:ⰵⰹ(ei)
• Old English:ġēa,ġīese
• Old French:oïl
• Old Saxon:ja
• Old Tupi:pá
• Ossetian:о(o)
• Palauan:chochoi
• Pashto:هو(ps)(ho)
• Persian:

  Dari:آری(phát)(ārē),بَلی(phát)(balē),آه(phát)(āh)(colloquial)

  Iranian Persian:بله(phát)(bale),آره(phát)(âre),آری(phát)(âri)(archaic)

• Picard:oui
• Plautdietsch:jo(nds)
• Polish:tak(pl),(informal)no(pl),ano(pl)(informal),juści(dialectal or outdated),jo(pl)(dialectal),ja(pl)(dialectal)
• Portuguese:sim(pt)
• Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi:ਹਾਂ(hā̃),

  Shahmukhi:ہاں(hāṉ),جِی(jī),ہاں جِی(hāṉ jī),جْیا,آہو(āho)

• Quechua:arí
• Rapa Nui:eee
• Romani:va,ova,oja,ja,tam,tàmi

  Vlax Romani:ya(Kalderash)

• Romanian:da(ro)
• Romansch:(Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran)gea,(Sursilvan)gie,(Sutsilvan, Surmiran)ea,(Puter, Vallader)schi,(Puter, Vallader)hei,(Vallader)hai
• Russian:да(ru)(da),так(ru)(tak),ага́(ru)(ahá, agá)(colloquial)
• Samoan:ioe
• Sanskrit:एवं(sa)(evaṃ),आम्(sa)(ām)
• Sardinian:eja
• Saterland Frisian:jee
• Scots:aye
• Scottish Gaelic:(not used, affirmative form of the verb is used instead);seadh(much more limited than English usage; used as general acknowledgement of an utterance)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic:да

  Roman:da(sh)

• Shor:эзе(eze)
• Sicilian:se,sì(scn)
• Sikkimese:please add this translation if you can
• Silesian:ja
• Sinhalese:ඔවු(owu)
• Slovak:áno(sk),hej(colloquial),no(sk)(informal)
• Slovene:dà(sl),já(sl)
• Somali:haa(so)
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian:jo

• Southern Ohlone:gehe
• Southern Sierra Miwok:hy·ʔy·
• Spanish:sí(es),pues(es)
• Svan:ა̄დუ(ādu),ა̄დვ(ādv)
• Swahili:ndiyo(sw)
• Swedish:ja(sv)
• Sylheti:ꠅꠄ(oe)
• Tagalog:oo(tl),(polite)opo(tl)
• Taíno:han,jan
• Tajik:ҳа(tg)(ha),бале(tg)(bale),оре(tg)(ore)
• Tamil:ஆம்(ta)(ām),ஆமாம்(ta)(āmām)
• Taos:hą
• Tatar:әйе(tt)(äye)
• Telugu:అవును(te)(avunu),ఔను(te)(aunu)
• Thai:ใช่(th)(châi),ครับ(th)(kráp)(male speaker),ค่ะ(th)(kâ)(female speaker),ถูก(th)(tùuk),ถูกต้อง(th)(tùuk-dtɔ̂ng)(formal),อืม(th)(ʉʉm)(informal)
• Tok Pisin:ya,yes,yesa
• Tongan:io
• Turkish:evet(tr),he(tr),ha(tr)
• Turkmen:hawa,hä,dogry,howa(colluqial),owa(colluqial),he(colluqial)
• Tuvan:ийе(iye)
• Ukrainian:так(uk)(tak)
• Urdu:ہاں(hā̃),جی(jī),جی ہاں(jī hā̃),بلیٰ(balā),بلے(bale),آرے(ur)(āre),نعم(na'am)
• Uyghur:ھەئە(he'e)
• Uzbek:ha(uz),boʻpti(uz)
• Vietnamese:vâng(vi)(Northern Vietnam),dạ(vi)(Southern Vietnam),có(vi)(in response to a question containingcó),phải(vi)(in response to a question containing(có) phải),được(vi)(in response to a question containingđược không),rồi(vi)(in response to a question containingchưa),ờ(vi)(informal),ừ(vi)(informal)
• Volapük:si(vo)
• Walloon:oyi(wa),awè(wa),åy(wa)
• Welsh:(not used, affirmative form of the verb is used instead);ie,ia(colloquial)
• West Frisian:ja(fy)
• Winnebago:hąąhąʼa
• Wiradjuri:ngawa
• Wolof:waaw(wo),waawaaw
• Xhosa:ewe
• Yagnobi:ҳа(ha)
• Yiddish:יאָ(yo)
• Yoruba:bẹ́ẹ̀ ni,bẹ́ẹ̀ náà ni,hẹn (informal)
• Yup'ik:ii-i
• Zazaki:e(diq)
• Zulu:yebo(zu)
• ǃXóõ:ʻée,ʻíi,ʻē êh

word used to indicate disagreement or dissent in reply to a negative statement

• Arabic:بَلَى(balā)

  South Levantine Arabic:مبلا(mbala)

• Breton:geo(br)
• Catalan:sí(ca)
• Danish:jo(da)
• Dutch:jawel(nl),toch(nl),(most common form)wel(nl)
• Estonian:ikka(et)
• Faroese:jú,júgv
• Fi gian:ia(fj),io(fj)
• Finnish:verb+-pas,kylläpäs(fi),joopas(fi)(colloquial),juupas(fi)(colloquial)
• French:si(fr)
• Georgian:კი(ḳi)
• German:doch(de),wohl(de)
• Greek:ναι(el)(nai)
• Hebrew:דווקא כן(dávka (dáfka, colloquial) kén)
• Hungarian:de igen,de(hu)
• Icelandic:jú(is)
• Italian:sì(it),invece sì
• Japanese:いいえ(ja)(īe)
• Kapampangan:alina,aliman,aliya,ua
• Korean:아니요(ko)(aniyo)
• Latin:immō(la),immō vērō
• Norwegian:jo(no)
• Pashto:هو(ps)(ho)
• Persian:چرا(phát)(čerâ)
• Polish:ależ tak,owszem(pl)
• Portuguese:sim(pt)
• Romanian:ba da
• Romansch:(Rumantsch Grischun, Vallader)bain,(Sursilvan)bein,(Sutsilvan)bagn,(Surmiran)gea bagn,(Puter, Vallader)bainschi,(Puter, Vallader)bainschi hei,(Vallader)bainschi hai
• Russian:ещё как(ješčó kak),наоборо́т(ru)(naoborót),напро́тив(ru)(naprótiv)
• Sicilian:se,e mmeci se
• Slovene:dà(sl),já(sl)
• Spanish:sí(es)
• Swedish:jo(sv)
• Vietnamese:có chứ(in response to a statement containingkhông có),được chứ(in response to a statement containingkhông được)
• Walloon:siya(wa)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions atWiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Alabama:^{(pleaseverify)}yamá,^{(pleaseverify)}yamma
• Albanian:^{(pleaseverify)}po(sq)
• Arabic:^{(pleaseverify)}أَجَل(ar)(ʔajal)
• Aymara:^{(pleaseverify)}jisa(ay)
• Breton:(1)^{(pleaseverify)}ya(br),^{(pleaseverify)}eo(br),(2)^{(pleaseverify)}geo(br)
• Chickasaw:^{(pleaseverify)}hohmi,^{(pleaseverify)}ah
• Garifuna:(used by males)^{(pleaseverify)}ayé,(used by females)^{(pleaseverify)}ayí
• Guaraní:^{(pleaseverify)}heẽ
• Inuktitut:^{(pleaseverify)}ᐄ(ii)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish:^{(pleaseverify)}ئا(ckb)(a),^{(pleaseverify)}بەڵێ(bellê)

  Northern Kurdish:^{(pleaseverify)}belê(ku),^{(pleaseverify)}erê(ku),^{(pleaseverify)}a(ku),^{(pleaseverify)}e(ku)

• Maguindanao:^{(pleaseverify)}wai
• Malagasy:^{(pleaseverify)}eny(mg)
• Maléku Jaíka:^{(pleaseverify)}áo
• Sardinian:^{(pleaseverify)}eja
• Serbo-Croatian:^{(pleaseverify)}да^{(pleaseverify)}da(sh)
• Sinhalese:^{(pleaseverify)}ඔවු(owu)
• Swahili:^{(pleaseverify)}ndiyo(sw),^{(pleaseverify)}sawa(sw)
• Tausug:^{(pleaseverify)}huun
• Tupinambá:(said by men)^{(pleaseverify)}pá,(said by men and women)^{(pleaseverify)}e'ẽ
• Tz'utujil:^{(pleaseverify)}ken

Interjection

yes

1. An exclamation of pleasure or approval, usually transcribed with an exclamation point.

   Antonym:no

   Our second goal of the match!Yes!

2. Response that confirms that the user is paying attention.
3. (interrogative)Used to ask for more information with a request.

   I need some help.
   Yes?

Translations

expression of pleasure, joy or great excitement—see alsoyay

• Breton:ya(br)
• Dutch:ja(nl)
• Esperanto:jes(eo)
• Finnish:jes!(fi)
• French:oui(fr)
• Georgian:ურა(ura),ვაშა(vaša)
• German:ja(de)
• Gothic:𐌾𐌰(ja)
• Greek:ναι(el)n(nai)
• Hebrew:יש!(he)(yesh!)
• Irish:sea(ga)
• Italian:sì(it)
• Japanese:よし(ja)(yoshi),やった(yatta)
• Kapampangan:ayua,ayuanaman
• Latin:sīc,eu(la),euge,evax,iō
• Mari:

  Eastern Mari:ыгы(ygy)

• Norwegian:yes(no)n
• Old English:gea
• Polish:tak(pl)
• Portuguese:sim!(pt),é!(pt),assim!(pt),isso!(pt),aí!(pt)
• Russian:да(ru)(da)!
• Scottish Gaelic:tha
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Roman:to!

• Slovene:to!(sl)
• Spanish:sí(es)
• Swedish:ja(sv)
• Turkish:evet(tr)
• Welsh:ie'n
• Wiradjuri:yaala!,yalu

response that confirms attention

• Finnish:niin(fi)
• Japanese:はい(ja)(hai)
• Kapampangan:wa,o,opu
• Nepali:हजुर(hajura)
• Sundanese:kulan,kah
• Vietnamese:vâng(vi)(Northern Vietnam),dạ(vi)(Southern Vietnam)

response that asks for more information about a request

• Vietnamese:vâng(vi)(Northern Vietnam),dạ(vi)(Southern Vietnam),ơi(vi)(informal)

Noun

yes(pluralyesesoryesses)

1. An affirmative expression; an answer that shows agreement or acceptance.

   Synonyms:aye,yea,nod

   Antonyms:no,nay

   Was that ayes?

2. A vote of support or in favor/favour of something.

   Synonyms:aye,yea

   Antonym:nay

   The workers voted on whether to strike, and there were thirty "yeses"and one" no ".

Translations

answer that shows agreement or acceptance

• Arabic:نَعَم(ar)f(naʕam),نَعَمَانِfdu(naʕamāni),نَعَمَاتfpl(naʕamāt)
• Basque:baietz
• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Đồng ý(zh)(tóngyì)

• Czech:ano(cs)
• Danish:ja(da)
• Finnish:kyllä(fi)
• French:oui(fr)m,si(fr)m
• Georgian:თანხმობა(tanxmoba)
• German:Ja(de)morn
• Greek:ναι(el)n(nai)
• Italian:sì(it)m
• Portuguese:sim(pt)m,afirmativo(pt)m
• Russian:да(ru)m(da)
• Slovene:dà(sl)m
• Spanish:sí(es)
• Swedish:ja(sv)
• Yoruba:òòò,ẹyi(honorific)

vote of support

• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Đồng ý phiếu

• Finnish:jaa(fi),kyllä(fi)
• French:oui(fr)m
• Georgian:კი(ḳi)
• German:Ja(de)n
• Greek:ναι(el)n(nai)
• Italian:sì(it)m,voto a favorem
• Portuguese:sim(pt)m,a favor(pt)m
• Spanish:sí(es)m,a favorm
• Swedish:ja(sv)

Verb

yes(third-person singular simple presentyessesoryeses,present participleyessing,simple past and past participleyessed)

1. (colloquial,transitive)To agree with,affirm,approve.

   Synonyms:agree,consent,nod

   Did heyesthe veto?

   • 1972Oct, John Barth, “Perseid”, inHarper's Magazine,page79:

     "That's really what you wanted?" Iyessedboth;...

2. (slang)To attempt toflattersomeone by habituallyagreeing

Derived terms

• yes to death

Translations

to affirm

• Dutch:beamen(nl)
• Esperanto:jesi
• Finnish:vahvistaa(fi)
• German:bejahen(de)
• Italian:approvare(it)
• Spanish:aceptar(es)
• Swedish:godkänna(sv),acceptera(sv)

attempt to flatter by agreeing

• Finnish:myönnellä(fi)
• Russian:подда́кивать(ru)impf(poddákivatʹ),подда́кнуть(ru)pf(poddáknutʹ)

See also

• yee

Anagrams

• Sey.,Sye,eys,sye

Asturian

Verb

yes

1. second-personsingularpresentindicativeofser

Coatepec Nahuatl

Noun

yes

1. blood.

Danish

Etymology

BorrowedfromEnglishyes.

Interjection

yes

1. (colloquial)Expression of triumph, vehement approval, etc.

Dutch

Etymology

BorrowedfromEnglishyes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/jɛs/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation:yes
• Rhymes:-ɛs

Interjection

yes

1. (colloquial)yay(exclamation of happiness or enthusiasm)

   Synonyms:joepie,jippie,(archaic)hoezee,(archaic)joechei

French

Etymology

BorrowedfromEnglishyes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/jɛs/

• Audio:

  (file)

Interjection

yes

1. (chieflyNorth America,colloquial)yes!

   Synonym:oui

Ido

Etymology

FromEsperantojes,fromEnglishyes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/jes/

Adverb

yes

1. yes

   Antonym:no

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

yes(uncountable)

1. Alternative form ofis(“ice”)

Etymology 2

Interjection

yes

1. Alternative form ofyis(“yes”)

Etymology 3

Determiner

yes

1. (East Anglia)Alternative form ofþes(“these”)

Etymology 4

Noun

yes

1. (Late Middle English)pluralofye(“eye”)

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈʝes/[ˈɟ͡ʝes]

• IPA^(key):(everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay)/ˈʝes/[ˈɟ͡ʝes]
• IPA^(key):(Buenos Aires and environs)/ˈʃes/[ˈʃes]
• IPA^(key):(elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)/ˈʒes/[ˈʒes]

• Rhymes:-es
• Syllabification:yes

Noun

yesfpl

1. pluralofye

Swedish

Etymology

BorrowedfromEnglishyes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/jɛs/

Interjection

yes

1. (colloquial)yes

   Yes,det stämmer

   Yep,that's correct

   Yes!Där satt den! Rätt upp i krysset.

   Yes!Nailed it! [ "There (just now) it sat!" (where I wanted it – the goal in this case – also used more abstractly for "You've got it!" and the like) – colloquial] Straight into the top corner.

See also

• yes box

References

• yesinSvenska Akademiens ordbok(SAOB)

Tocharian B

Pronoun

yes

1. you(plural),you all

See also

• ñaś
• su
• tuwe
• wes

Tok Pisin

Etymology

FromEnglishyes.

Particle

yes

1. yes(word used to show agreement or acceptance)

Interjection

yes

1. yes(used to express pleasure, joy, or great excitement)