I heard it means no. Am I right?
2006-12-03 09:34:45 · 15 answers · asked by Matthew C 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
"si" means "yes" in English.
You are not right.
2006-12-03 09:36:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
If you are talking about Spanish, si means if. Sà (note the accent over the "i") is yes. Si and Sà are pronounced a bit differentlỵ Sà must be stressed while si sounds light. This is important because it can change the meaning of a sentence.
SÃ, se puede=Yes, it can be done
Si se puede=If it can be done
They mean different things, don't they.
In French, si is if (Si je vais chez toi= If I am going to your place)
Si also means "But yes" or "Oh, yes".
Don't you have any brother? Si, j'ai deux frères. (Oh yes, I got two)
2006-12-03 11:47:09 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
People have Spanish and English confused. "Si" in English is certainly not "yes". It is a very obscure musical term for a certain note on the scale (the seventh) and, only if capitalized, the chemical symbol for silver. Never is it "no"; but it's never never "yes", either.
2006-12-03 09:51:35 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
"Si" does actually mean a negating 'yes' in French. For example, Yes, is going to college, actually. Kinda like, contrary to what you believe, Yes, he is. So it's a kind of negative form of affirmative.
Maybe that's what you're thinking of?
2006-12-03 09:46:20 · answer #4 · answered by spygirl177 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
si means yes if si is spanish
2006-12-03 09:43:16 · answer #5 · answered by glittergrl3269 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the French language, if you ask someone if they are a cook (you ask in French) and they say "oui", they mean that they are a cook.
But if you ask the question: "He didn't come home, did he?" If the answer is that he indeed did come home they'd say "Oui" but if you are correct that he didn't come home they'd say "Si", which means: "YES (si), the answer is NO, that he did not come home".
2006-12-03 16:31:33 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
cpc is right about Spanish - si with an accent on the i means 'yes,' but without the accent it means 'if.'
2006-12-03 09:47:19 · answer #7 · answered by Gerty 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
SI is the metric system.
Si is NOT the chemical symbol for silver--that's Ag.
2006-12-03 10:04:01 · answer #8 · answered by Goddess of Grammar 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It means, Yes.
Buenos Noches.
2006-12-03 09:37:02 · answer #9 · answered by makeitright 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no means no....si means yes
2006-12-03 09:41:57 · answer #10 · answered by DogLover 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
si translated from spanish means either if or yes. i didnt understand ur question very well try writing it better
2006-12-03 09:38:02 · answer #11 · answered by cpc_2591 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋