# yes
## Translingual
### Symbol

yes
* (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Yeskwa.

### See also

* Wiktionary’s coverage of Yeskwa terms

## English
### Etymology

From Middle English yes, from Old English ġīese (“by all means, of course, yes”), derived from the same root as yea.

### Pronunciation

* (UK, US) IPA: /jɛs/
** Audio (UK):(file)
** Audio (US):(file)
* (New Zealand) IPA: /jes/
** Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɛs

### Particle

yes
* Used to show agreement or 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):(file)
* Used to indicate disagreement or dissent in reply to a negative statement.
    It was not my fault we lost the race. Oh, yes, it was!
* (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, yes was a more forceful affirmative than yea.
* An example of yes used 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 respondent does want 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, ye-es
* 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 homo
* yes-huh
* yes-man
* yesman, yes man
* yes-no
* yes-no question
* yessuh
* yessum
* yes way
* yes woman

#### Translations

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: guˀuh m pl
Chamicuro: eje
Chechen: хӏаъ (haʔ)
Cherokee: ᎥᎥ (vv)
Chichewa: inde
Chickasaw: i̠i
Chinese:
Cantonese: 係 / 系 (yue) (hai$^6$), 唔 (yue) (m$^4$), 嗯 (ng$^2$)
Hokkien: 好 (zh-min-nan) (hó), 是 (zh-min-nan) (sī / sǐ)
Mandarin: 是 (zh) (shì), 對 / 对 (zh) (duì), 啊 (zh) (à) (colloquial), (repeating the verb/attribute used in the question to mean "yes" 你知道吗？ 知道)
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)
Fijian: 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), ийе (ky) (iye)
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 (fa) (ārē), بَلی (balē), آه (fa) (āh) (colloquial)
Iranian Persian: بله (fa) (bale), آره (fa) (âre), آری (fa) (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
Sourhern Altai: эйе (eye)
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 containing có), phải (vi) (in response to a question containing (có) phải), được (vi) (in response to a question containing được không), rồi (vi) (in response to a question containing chưa), 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
Woiwurrung: ngai
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 :
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### Interjection

yes
* An exclamation of pleasure or approval, usually transcribed with an exclamation point.
    Antonym: no
    Our second goal of the match! Yes!
* Response that confirms that the user is paying attention.
* (interrogative) Used to ask for more information with a request.
    I need some help. Yes?

#### Translations
### Noun

yes (plural yeses or yesses)
* An affirmative expression; an answer that shows agreement or acceptance.
    Synonyms: aye, yea, nod
    Antonyms: no, nay
    Was that a yes?
* A vote of support or in favor of something.
    Synonyms: aye, yea
    Antonym: nay
    The workers voted on whether to strike, and there were thirty "yeses" and one "no".

#### Translations
### Verb

yes (third-person singular simple present yesses or yeses, present participle yessing, simple past and past participle yessed)
* (colloquial, transitive) To agree with, affirm, approve.
    Synonyms: agree, consent, nod
    Did he yes the veto?
** 1972 Oct, John Barth, “Perseid”, in Harper's Magazine, page 79:"That's really what you wanted?" I yessed both; ...
* (colloquial, intransitive) To say “yes”.
** 1923 February 25, “Going Up!”, in Sunday State Journal, Lincoln, Neb., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 12—B, column 2:The next day another writer asked us: “Didja hear about So-and-So? Got two hundred and fifty bucks for an idea!” We “yessed” and went our way.
** 1994, Malcolm Ross, “Part Three: The New Woman”, in Kernow & Daughter, London: BCA, →ISBN, page 293:“Heaven knows why a woman ‘Noes’!” / Clarrie nodded glumly. “And why she ‘Yesses’ in the end.”
** 2005, Tyree Campbell, chapter 11, in Nyx, Cedar Rapids, Ia.: Sam’s Dot Publishing, page 93:"[…] Are you—?" / ". . . all right?" / We yessed simultaneously. / "At least, I think so."
* (slang) To attempt to flatter someone by habitually agreeing

#### Derived terms

* yes to death

#### Translations
### See also

* yee

### Anagrams

* Sey., Sye, eys, sye

## Asturian
### Verb

yes
* second-person singular present indicative of ser

## Coatepec Nahuatl
### Noun

yes
* blood.

## Danish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English yes.

### Interjection

yes
* (colloquial) Expression of triumph, vehement approval, etc.

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from English yes.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /jɛs/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: yes
* Rhymes: -ɛs

### Interjection

yes
* (colloquial) yay (exclamation of happiness or enthusiasm)
    Synonyms: joepie, jippie, (archaic) hoezee, (archaic) joechei

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from English yes.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /jɛs/
* Audio:(file)

### Interjection

yes
* (chiefly North America, colloquial) yes!
    Synonym: oui

## Ido
### Etymology

From Esperanto jes, from English yes.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /jes/

### Adverb

yes
* yes
    Antonym: no

## Middle English
### Etymology 1
#### Noun

yes (uncountable)
* Alternative form of is (“ice”)

### Etymology 2
#### Interjection

yes
* Alternative form of yis (“yes”)

### Etymology 3
#### Determiner

yes
* (East Anglia) Alternative form of þes (“these”)

### Etymology 4
#### Noun

yes
* (Late Middle English) plural of ye (“eye”)

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʝes/ [ˈɟ͡ʝes]
* IPA: (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʝes/ [ˈɟ͡ʝes]
* IPA: (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈʃes/ [ˈʃes]
* IPA: (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʒes/ [ˈʒes]
* Rhymes: -es
* Syllabification: yes

### Noun

yes f pl
* plural of ye

## Swedish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English yes.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /jɛs/

### Interjection

yes
* (colloquial) yes
    Yes, det stämmerYep, 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

* yes in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

## Tocharian B
### Pronoun

yes
* you (plural), you all

#### See also

* ñaś
* su
* tuwe
* wes

## Tok Pisin
### Etymology

From English yes.

### Particle

yes
* yes (word used to show agreement or acceptance)

### Interjection

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