Thursday, March 8, 2012

Yes # No

    YES

Afrikaans: ja
    Albanian: po (sq)
    Aleut: aang
    Alutiiq: aa'a
    American Sign Language: S@Side Nod
    Arabic: نعم (ar) (ná`am)

        Egyptian Arabic: أيوة ('áywa), ايوه ('áywa), اه ('áa)

    Aramaic:

        Syriac: ܐܝܢ (’ēn)
        Hebrew: כן‎ (kēn)

    Armenian: այո (ayo) (polite), հա (ha) (informal)
    Azeri: bəli (az)
    Basque: bai (eu)
    Belarusian: так (be) (tak), да (be) (da)
    Bengali: জি (bn) (ji) (formal), হ্যাঁ (bn) (hêñ) (informal)
    Bulgarian: да (bg)
    Burmese: ဟုတ်ကဲ့ (my) (hokkè.)
    Catalan: sí (ca)
    Chamicuro: eje
    Chinese:

        Mandarin: 是 (cmn) (shì), 對 (cmn), 对 (cmn) (duì); (repeating the verb/attribute used in the question to mean "yes" -你知道吗? -知道)

    Choctaw: ome
    Corsican: iè (co), sì (co)
    Czech: ano (cs), jo (cs) (colloquial)
    Danish: ja (da)
    Dutch: ja (nl)
    Esperanto: jes (eo)
    Faroese: ja (fo)
    Fijian: io (fj)
    Finnish: kyllä (fi)
    French: oui (fr)
    Georgian: დიახ (ka) (diax), კი (ka) (ki), ჰო (ka) (ho), ხო (ka) (xo)
    German: ja (de)
    Greek: ναι (el) (nai)

        Ancient: ναί (nai)

    Greenlandic: aap (kl)
    Hebrew: כֵּן (he) (ken)
    Hindi: हाँ (hi) (hā̃), जी (hi) (jī), जी हाँ (hi) (jī hā̃)
    Hungarian: igen (hu)
    Icelandic: já (is)
    Ido: yes (io)
    Indonesian: ya (id)
    Italian: sì (it)
    Japanese: (polite) はい (ja) (hai), ええ (ja) (ē), (informal) うん (ja) (un, n̄)
    Kannada: ಹೌದು (kn) (haudu)
    Kazakh: иә (kk) (iyä)
    Korean: 네 (ko) (ne), 예 (ko) (ye)
    Lao: ແມ່ນ (lo) (mëën), ແມ່ນແລ້ວ (lo) (mëën-lëëw)
    Latgalian: nui, tai

       

    Latin: sic (la)
    Latvian: jā (lv)
    Lithuanian: taip (lt)
    Lojban: go'i (jbo)
    Luo: ee
    Macedonian: да (mk) (da)
    Malay: ya (ms), (informal) ha'ah (ms)
    Maltese: iva (mt)
    Mongolian: тийм (mn) (tiym)
    Navajo: aooʼ
    Norwegian: ja (no)
    Novial: yes
    Occitan: òc (oc)
    Old English: gēa (ang)
    Old French: oïl
    Palauan: chochoi
    Persian: بله (fa) (bale), آره (fa) (âre)
    Polish: tak (pl), (informal) no (pl)
    Portuguese: sim (pt)
    Quechua: ari (qu)
    Romanian: da (ro)
    Romansch: (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) gea (rm), (Sursilvan) gie (rm), (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) ea (rm), (Puter, Vallader) schi (rm), (Puter, Vallader) hei (rm), (Vallader) hai (rm)
    Russian: да (ru) (da)
    Samoan: ioe (sm)
    Saterland Frisian: jee
    Serbo-Croatian: да (sh), da (sh)
    Sicilian: sè
    Silesian: ja
    Sinhalese: ඔවු (si) (owu)
    Slovak: áno (sk), hej (sk) (colloquial), no (informal)
    Slovene: da (sl), ja (sl)
    Spanish: sí, simón (colloquial, Mexico, Guatemala)
    Swahili: ndiyo (sw)
    Swedish: ja (sv)
    Tagalog: oo (tl)
    Tamil: ஆமாம் (ta) (āmām)
    Taos: hą
    Telugu: అవును (awunu), ఔను (aunu)
    Thai: ใช่ (th) (châi), ครับ (th) (kráp) (male speaker), ค่ะ (th) (kâ) (female speaker), ถูก (th) (tòok), ถูกต้อง (th) (tòok dtông) (formal), อืม (th) (eum) (informal)
    Tongan: io
    Turkish: evet (tr)
    Turkmen: hawa (tk)
    Ukrainian: так (uk) (tak)
    Urdu: ہاں (ur) (hā̃), جی (ur) (jī), جی ہاں (ur) (jī hā̃)
    Vietnamese: vâng (vi), được (vi), có (vi), có chứ (vi), ờ (vi) (informal)
    Volapük: si (vo)
    West Frisian: ja
     !Xóõ: ʻée, ʻíi, ʻē êh
    Yiddish: יאָ (yi) (yo)

NO

used to show disagreement or negation
Select targeted languages

    Abkhaz: аи (ab) (ai)
    Afrikaans: nee
    Albanian: jo (sq)
    Alutiiq: qang'a
    American Sign Language: H^o@Side-PalmForward Flatten
    Arabic: ﻻ (ar) (laa)

        Egyptian Arabic: لأ (la'), لا (laa)

    Aramaic:

        Syriac: ܠܐ (lā’)
        Hebrew: לא (lā’)

    Armenian: ոչ (hy) (oč) (formal), չէ (hy) (čē) (informal)
    Azeri: yox (az)
    Basque: ez
    Belarusian: не (be) (ne)
    Bengali: না (bn) (nā)
    Bikol: dae, bako (used to mean is not)
    Breton: nann
    Bulgarian: не (né)
    Cebuano: dili
    Chamicuro: kala
    Cherokee: ᏝᏃ (chr) (tlano)
    Chinese:

        Cantonese: 不 (bat1)
        Dungan: бу (bu)
        Mandarin: 不 (cmn) (bù); 否 (cmn) (fǒu); (in the past tense and in some grammar structures) 沒 (cmn), 没 (cmn) (méi), 沒有 (cmn), 没有 (cmn) (méiyǒu)

    Choctaw: kíyo
    Cornish:

        Kernewek Kemmyn: na, nag (before forms of the verbs mos, 'to go', and bos, 'to be', that begin with a vowel) (both forms, in response to a question, are followed by the verb of the question with its appropriate personal ending)

    Czech: ne (cs)
    Danish: nej (da)
    Dutch: nee, neen (formal)
    Esperanto: ne (eo)
    Estonian: ei (et)
    Faroese: nei (fo)
    Fijian: sega
    Finnish: ei (fi)
    French: non (fr)
    Ga: daabi, dabida (emphatic)
    Garífuna: inó (used by males), uá (used by females)
    Georgian: არ (ka) (ar), არა (ka) (ara)
    German: nein (de)
    Greek: όχι (el) (óchi)

        Ancient: οὐχί (oúchi)

    Hebrew: לא (he) (lo)
    Hiligaynon: indi, dili
    Hindi: नहीं (hi) (nahī̃), जी नहीं (hi) (jī nahī̃)
    Hungarian: nem (hu)
    Ibanag: ari
    Icelandic: nei (is)
    Ido: no (io)
    Indonesian: tidak (id)

       

    Interlingua: no
    Inuktitut: ᐋᒃᑲ
    Italian: no (it)
    Japanese: いいえ (ja) (íie) (polite), いえ (ja) (ie) (polite), ううん (ja) (uun, n̄n) (informal), 違う (ja) (chigau)
    Kapampangan: ali, e (used to negate verbs and nouns)
    Kazakh: жоқ (kk) (joq)
    Kinaray-a: indi
    Korean: 아니오 (ko) (anio), 아뇨 (ko) (anyo)
    Kurdish: na (ku), ne (ku)
    Lao: (ba)
    Latgalian: nā
    Latin: nōn (la), minime (la)
    Latvian: nē (lv)
    Lithuanian: ne (lt)
    Malay: tidak (ms), tak (ms)
    Maltese: le (mt)
    Mongolian: үгүй (mn) (ügǘy)
    Navajo: dooda, ndagaʼ
    Norwegian: nei (no)
    Novial: no
    Old French: non
    Old Norse: nei
    Palauan: ng diak
    Pangasinan: andi
    Persian: نه (fa) (na), نخیر (fa) (naxeyr), خیر (fa) (xeyr)
    Polish: nie (pl)
    Portuguese: não (pt)
    Quechua: mánan
    Romanian: nu (ro)
    Russian: нет (ru) (net)
    Samoan: leai (sm)
    Sanskrit: न (sa) (na)
    Serbo-Croatian: не (sh), ne (sh)
    Silesian: ńy
    Sinhalese: නැ (si) (nae)
    Slovak: nie (sk)
    Slovene: ne (sl)
    Spanish: no (es)
    Swedish: nej (sv)
    Tagalog: hindi
    Tamil: இல்லை (ta) (illai)
    Telugu: కాదు (kaadu), లేదు (lEdu)
    Thai: ไฮ้ (th) (hái), ไม่ (th) (mâi), เปล่า (th) (bplào)
    Turkish: hayır (tr), ııh (tr) (colloquial)
    Tzutujil: ken ta'
    Ukrainian: ні (uk) (ni)
    Urdu: نہیں (ur) (nahī̃), جی نہیں (ur) (jī nahī̃)
    Vietnamese: không (vi)
    Volapük: no
    Waray-Waray: diri
    Welsh: na (nǎ or nâ, using nazalized n; commonly used also by English speakers)
    West Frisian: nee (fy)
     !Xóõ: ʻĩĩ
    Yiddish: ניין (yi) (neyn)


You'll be saying NO, NO, NO, NO When it's really YES, YES, YES, YES

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