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Yes in 36 languages
Yes and no look easy but are tricky in many languages. Some have several words depending on the question, or none at all.
| Language | In its own writing | Romanisation |
|---|---|---|
| SpanishLatin | Sí | |
| FrenchLatin | Oui | |
| ItalianLatin | Sì | |
| PortugueseLatin | Sim | |
| RomanianLatin | Da | |
| GermanLatin | Ja | |
| DutchLatin | Ja | |
| SwedishLatin | Ja | |
| Norwegian (Bokmål)Latin | Ja | |
| DanishLatin | Ja | |
| WelshLatin | Ie | |
| PolishLatin | Tak | |
| CzechLatin | Ano | |
| HungarianLatin | Igen | |
| FinnishLatin | Kyllä | |
| GreekGreek | Ναι | Nai |
| TurkishLatin | Evet | |
| RussianCyrillic | Да | Da |
| UkrainianCyrillic | Так | Tak |
| Arabic (Modern Standard)Arabic script | نعم | na'am |
| HebrewHebrew | כן | ken |
| Persian (Farsi)Arabic script | بله | bale |
| HindiDevanagari | हाँ | haan |
| BengaliBengali | হ্যাঁ | hyan |
| UrduArabic script | ہاں | haan |
| TamilTamil | ஆம் | aam |
| Mandarin Chinese (Simplified)Chinese characters (Simplified) | 是的 | shì de |
| JapaneseJapanese (kanji and kana) | はい | hai |
| KoreanHangul | 네 | ne |
| ThaiThai | ใช่ | chai |
| VietnameseLatin | Vâng | |
| IndonesianLatin | Ya | |
| Tagalog (Filipino)Latin | Oo | |
| SwahiliLatin | Ndiyo | |
| ZuluLatin | Yebo | |
| AfrikaansLatin | Ja |
Romanisation is a guide to the sounds. The speaker button appears only when your device has a voice for that language; computer voices may not sound like a native speaker. Phrases are cross-checked against independent sources but still await a native-speaker review.
About "Yes"
Welsh and Irish repeat the verb of the question instead of using a single yes. Mandarin Chinese answers 是的 or 对 depending on the question. Languages such as Greek have a yes that looks like English no: ναι.
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How do you say "Yes" in different languages?
There are 36 languages on this page. For example: Sí (Spanish), Oui (French), Sì (Italian), Sim (Portuguese), Da (Romanian).
Are these translations checked?
Each phrase is written by us and published only when at least two independent sources agree. Native-speaker review is still to come; phrases that could not be confirmed twice are left out.