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Philip SharpYes! No!
June 29th 2007 01:17
There are a number of ways to express Yes and No in Japanese.
The most obvious two terms are Hai - Yes.
No - Iie.
These are the two best fitting all occasions most used textbook examples of 'yes and no.' However, as in English with yes, yeah, nup, nope etc, there is more than one way to say the same thing.
Another way to say yes is to express 'it is so.' This comes in the common set phrase 'Sou desu'.
'Nn,' With an upper infliction is also a relaxed way to say yes.
Confusingly enough ie is a term also used to express 'yes'.
There are also a number of ways to say 'no.'
One more polite way to disagree is to say 'Chigau' or 'Chigaimasu'. These both mean 'Different.' If somebody makes a factual mistake (not a difference of opinion) you can use it to say, 'no, it's different.'
Sou Jyanai is similar to sou, but the jyanai makes it negative, to say 'it is not so'.
The most obvious two terms are Hai - Yes.
No - Iie.
These are the two best fitting all occasions most used textbook examples of 'yes and no.' However, as in English with yes, yeah, nup, nope etc, there is more than one way to say the same thing.
Another way to say yes is to express 'it is so.' This comes in the common set phrase 'Sou desu'.
'Nn,' With an upper infliction is also a relaxed way to say yes.
Confusingly enough ie is a term also used to express 'yes'.
There are also a number of ways to say 'no.'
One more polite way to disagree is to say 'Chigau' or 'Chigaimasu'. These both mean 'Different.' If somebody makes a factual mistake (not a difference of opinion) you can use it to say, 'no, it's different.'
Sou Jyanai is similar to sou, but the jyanai makes it negative, to say 'it is not so'.
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