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# yes

«yes» in Mova's school dictionary: **true, or accept: «Yes, please.»** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adverb / interjection (yes); noun (a yes, yeses)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A word used to agree, say something is true, or accept: «Yes, please.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yes/#m1)

2) Used to answer when someone calls you: «Yes?» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yes/#m2)

3) A happy shout: «Yes! We won!» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yes/#m3)

4) As a noun, an answer that says yes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yes/#m4)

5) (casual) «Yeah», «yep», «yup», «ya», «sure», «yeah nah» (Australia, NZ: no) and «deffo» (UK: definitely) are everyday ways to say yes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yes/#m5)

6) (casual, sarcastic) «Oh yes, very clever» or «yeah, right» means the opposite: I don't believe you. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yes/#m6)

7) (rough) «Yes, and?» or «yeah, so what» brushes someone off. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yes/#m7)

8) (formal) «Affirmative», «indeed», «in the affirmative», «certainly» and «that is correct» are stiff ways to say yes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yes/#m8)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life «yes» agrees or accepts; in safety, you can say no to things that feel wrong even when others say yes. In maths, yes/no questions have only two answers. In casual talk «yeah», «yep», «ya»; «yeah nah» (Australia, NZ) means no. In the exam voice: «Respond in the affirmative or the negative», «State whether…». Phrases: yes, please; say yes; yes or no; yes and no; yes-man.

### examples

- Yes, I would like some juice. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yes/#x1)
- «Is it raining?» «Yes, it is.» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yes/#x2)
- Yes! I scored a goal! [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yes/#x3)
- Answer yes or no. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yes/#x4)
- She said yes to the party. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yes/#x5)
- «Tom?» «Yes, Miss?» [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yes/#x6)
- If a stranger asks you to go with them, do not say yes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yes/#x7)
- The answer is yes and no. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yes/#x8)
- «coming to footy?» «yep, be there at 4» (casual) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yes/#x9)
- «I'll pay you back tomorrow.» «Yeah, right.» (sarcastic) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yes/#x10)
- «You broke it.» «Yeah, so what?» (rough) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yes/#x11)
- State whether 15 is divisible by 3, responding in the affirmative or the negative. (formal exam) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yes/#x12)
- "Yes," she said, nodding her head. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yes/#x13)

### note

Opposite: no. In polite answers say «Yes, please» or «Yes, thank you». You do not have to say yes to anything that feels unsafe. «Yeah» is informal speech. Trap: «yeah, right» (sarcastic) means no; «yeah nah» (Australia, NZ) means no; «nah yeah» means yes. Formal «in the affirmative» = yes. A yes/no question needs yes or no, not a number.

### In the corpora

- [If a "We'll see" matters to you, ask calmly what would need to change for it to become a yes.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/37-sorry-white-lies-and-because-i-said-so/15/)
- [A long word for a yes-man is "sycophantic".](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/5-hallucinations-confident-made-up-answers/3/)
- [The Queen asks Alice if she can play croquet: «Yes!»](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/15-alice-the-queens-croquet-ground-1/9/)
- [English has one handy «yes» and one «no».](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chinese-street/4-yes-and-no/0/)
- [Mandarin doesn't: you answer by repeating the verb of the question, so the «yes» changes every time.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chinese-street/4-yes-and-no/1/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «yes» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/yes/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.