What does yes mean?

Question

what does yes mean

Answer 1

YES
Yes is a common English word indicating agreement or acceptance. It is the opposite of no. It is often replaced by "yeah", "yep" (with various spellings, including "yup"), "uh-huh,", "ayuh", (generally used only in Maine) or "aye".

The word "yes" comes from the Old English gése, gíse, gýse (pronounced with a palatized g which was represented by a yogh), with the literal meaning of so be it!. From géa + sī, the present subjunctive of to be (be it!). Géa, (possibly meaning thus), is from the Proto-Germanic *ja or *je, with the meaning of yes or truly.[1]

The words "aye" and "yea" are used for "yes" in some contexts. 'Aye' is more common in Scotland and the north of England. It may also be used in meetings: 'All who agree say "aye"'. 'Aye' is also a nautical way of saying 'yes'. 'Aye, Aye' means I hear the command, I understand it, and will obey it. 'Yea' is archaic. The King James Bible always uses 'yea' and never 'yes'.

In English, "yes" is also used to answer a negative question or statement, an example of "yes" used to disagree with a question or statement is:

The questions "You don’t want it, do you?" and "Don’t you want it?" can be answered by "yes" if the respondent does want the item, and "no" if he or she does not. However, other words are used when the answer needs to be clearly delineated, as in "Of course I want it," or "No, not at all." Many languages use a different word for this purpose. For example, German has "doch" for this purpose (rather than "ja"), French uses "si" (rather than "oui") and Norwegian uses "jo" or "jau".

Answer 2

Yes means Which is not NO

Answer 3

Yes should mean I will.
Not always ,sometimes folk say yes but they mean not yet,and sometimes they are being sarcastic and really mean no.Occasionally they say yes slowly which means that while some of what you said is true they do not agree with all of it.
Funny thing language.

Answer 4

yes

Answer 5

yes mean you can do it

Answer 6

yes
jɛs/Submit
exclamation
exclamation: yes
1.
used to give an affirmative response.
"‘Do you understand?’ ‘Yes.’"
synonyms: all right, alright, very well, of course, by all means, sure, certainly, absolutely, indeed, affirmative, in the affirmative, agreed, roger; More
antonyms: no
expressing agreement with a positive statement.
"‘That was a grand evening.’ ‘Yes, it was.’"
asked at the end of a statement to indicate the expectation of agreement.
"you think I perhaps killed Westbourne, yes?"
expressing contradiction of a negative statement.
"‘You don't want to go.’ ‘Yes, I do.’"
2.
used as a response to someone addressing one or trying to attract one's attention.
"‘Oh, Mr Lawrence.’ ‘Yes?’"
3.
used to question a remark.
"‘It should be easy to check.’ ‘Oh yes? How?’"
4.
encouraging someone to continue speaking.
"‘When you bought those photographs …’ ‘Yes?’"
5.
expressing great pleasure or excitement.
"plenty to eat, including hot hamburger sandwiches (yes!)"
6.
expressing irritation or impatience.
"‘Is the pain still there?’ ‘Yes, yes, damn you, the pain is always there’"
noun
noun: yes; plural noun: yeses; plural noun: yesses
1.
an affirmative answer or decision, especially in voting.
"answering with assured and ardent yeses"

Answer 7

yes mean the opposite of no

Answer 8

yes  /yɛs/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[yes] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation, adverb, noun, plural yes‧es, verb, yessed, yes‧sing, interjection

–adverb 1. (used to express affirmation or assent or to mark the addition of something emphasizing and amplifying a previous statement): Do you want that? Yes, I do.
2. (used to express an emphatic contradiction of a previously negative statement or command): Don't do that! Oh, yes I will!
3. (used, usually interrogatively, to express hesitation, uncertainty, curiosity, etc.): “Yes?” he said as he opened the door. That was a marvelous show! Yes?
4. (used to express polite or minimal interest or attention.)
–noun 5. an affirmative reply.
–verb (used with object) 6. to give an affirmative reply to; give assent or approval to.
–interjection 7. (used as a strong expression of joy, pleasure, or approval.)


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[Origin: bef. 900; ME yes, yis, OE gēse (adv. and n.), prob. equiv. to gēa yea + sī be it (pres. subj. sing. of bēon to be)]

Answer 9

Just means to confirm

Answer 10

Various versions.. Yeah yup yippers