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Definition: Yes |
YesNoun1. An affirmative; "I was hoping for a yes". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "yes" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Multilingual Slang | Alemannic (hajobigoscht). (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
In English, "yes" is a word indicating agreement or permission. Yes is a progressive rock band whose first songs appeared in 1969. Although the composition of the band has changed over the years, founding members Jon Anderson and Chris Squire may be considered the core of the band. Anderson performed on all but one album while Squire performed on all official Yes albums. Rick Wakeman, on the other hand, has joined and left the band at least four times.
Band Members, roughly in order in which they joined the band:
The early works of the band are generally considered to be their best, and they were in the early 1970s at the leading edge of progressive rock. Some consider the album Close to the Edge to be the high point of the whole genre. The classic line-up is usually quoted as Anderson Squire Howe Wakeman, together with either Bruford or White. Fans of this era commonly describe themselves as "Troopers", after the 3-part track "Starship Trooper" from The Yes Album.
- Jon Anderson - lead vocals
- Chris Squire - bass/vocals
- Tony Kaye - keyboards
- Peter Banks - guitar
- Bill Bruford - drums
- Steve Howe - guitar/vocals
- Rick Wakeman - keyboards
- Alan White - drums
- Patrick Moraz - keyboards
- Geoff Downes - keyboards
- Trevor Horn - vocals/bass
- Trevor Rabin - guitar/vocals
- Billy Sherwood - various
- Igor Khoroshev - keyboards
Band members
After the Tormato album, the band split, with Anderson and Wakeman leaving. They were, rather surprisingly, replaced by both members of The Buggles, Downes and Horn. The Drama album that resulted from this line-up has its fans (named "Panthers" after a feature of the album's artwork), but most Yes followers missed Anderson's unique lyrics and vocal style. Following this period, another split left the band effectively dead.
Later in 1980 after the release of the Drama album, Squire and White teamed up with former Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page to form a power trio dubbed XYZ (Ex-Yes-Zeppelin). Though producing some powerful and inspired music, the supergroup fell apart due to creative differences, and Squire and White once again found themselves out to sea. Early in 1981, a promising jazz-rock guitarist from South Africa named Trevor Rabin (late of the band Rabbitt) shopped his solo material to an A&R executive at Atlantic Records, who suggested that he meet Squire and White.
The resulting band called Cinema (Squire, White, Kaye, and Rabin) showed Anderson some of their new music, with the result that Anderson joined the band and it was renamed Yes. The resulting album, 90125 (produced by Horn), was a radical departure from their earlier sound. It was simpler and harder, with modern (for the time) electronic effects. The song "Owner of a Lonely Heart" from this album was even a hit in discos, resulting in the band's only number one single. Fans of this line-up are called "Generators", from this line-up's second album, Big Generator.
From this point, the band's history becomes very messy indeed, with two versions of the band existing at the same time. The legal owner of the name Yes was the 90125 line-up (known colloquially as YesWest and based in the USA), but without Anderson, who had defected to form Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe (known as YesEast and based in Britain). There were law suits, a coming together (resulting in the Union album and tour), and another split before the 90125 line-up released its last album, Talk.
After that point, the band reformed with a classic line-up (Anderson Squire White Howe Wakeman). The new music created by this line-up appeared mixed with live recordings on the Keys To Ascension albums, and is considered by many to be their finest music since their 1970s zenith. With the notable exception of Wakeman and the temporary addition of two new members, it has retained this line-up to this day.
Discography
Material marked * was released under the band name "Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe", because the band name "Yes" was then owned by Chris Squire. However, the material has the distinctive Yes sound and is considered by many to be as much a product of the band as any other release.
- 1969 in music Yes (Anderson Squire Bruford Kaye Banks)
- 1970 in music Time and a Word (Anderson Squire Bruford Kaye Banks)
- 1971 in music The Yes Album (Anderson Squire Bruford Kaye Howe)
- 1972 in music
- Fragile (Anderson Squire Bruford Howe Wakeman)
- Close to the Edge (Anderson Squire Bruford Howe Wakeman)
- 1973 in music
- Yessongs (live triple - Anderson Squire Bruford White Howe Wakeman)
- Tales from Topographic Oceans (double - Anderson Squire White Howe Wakeman)
- 1974 in music Relayer (Anderson Squire White Howe Moraz)
- 1975 in music Yesterdays (compilation from first two albums, plus Paul Simon's America)
- 1976 in music In this year, rather than release a group album, each of the band members released a solo project, often guesting on each other's albums. These were:
- Ramshackled (Alan White — Anderson guests on one track)
- Olias of Sunhillow (Jon Anderson — Anderson plays all instruments and sings all parts)
- Beginnings (Steve Howe)
- Fish out of Water (Chris Squire)
- Story of I (Patrick Moraz)
- 1977 in music Going for the One (Anderson Squire White Howe Wakeman)
- 1978 in music Tormato (Anderson Squire White Howe Wakeman)
- 1980 in music
- Drama (Horn Squire White Howe Downes)
- Yesshows (live double - Anderson Squire White Howe Wakeman Moraz)
- 1981 in music Classic Yes (compilation)
- 1983 in music \90125 (Anderson Squire White Kaye Rabin)
- 1985 in music 9012Live: The Solos (live - Anderson Squire White Kaye Rabin)
- 1987 in music Big Generator (Anderson Squire White Kaye Rabin)
- 1989 in music Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe* (Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe)
- 1991 in music
- Union (Anderson Squire White Howe Wakeman Kaye Bruford Rabin)
- Yesyears (4-CD compilation)
- 1992 in music Yesstory (2-CD abridgement of Yesyears)
- 1993 in music
- Highlights — The Very Best of Yes (compilation)
- An Evening of Yes Music Plus* (live - Anderson Bruford Wakeman Howe)
- 1994 in music Talk (Anderson Squire White Kaye Rabin)
- 1996 in music Keys to Ascension (live/studio - Anderson Squire White Howe Wakeman)
- 1997 in music
- Keys to Ascension 2 (live/studio - Anderson Squire White Howe Wakeman)
- Keys to Ascension Volume 1 & 2 (live/studio - Anderson Squire White Howe Wakeman)
- Open Your Eyes (Anderson Squire White Howe Sherwood with Khoroshev)
- Something's Coming / Beyond and Before (old live material - Anderson Squire Bruford Kaye Banks)
- 1999 in music The Ladder (Anderson Squire White Howe Sherwood Khoroshev)
- 2000 in music
- The Masterworks — Mix Your Own CD (compilation)
- House Of Yes - Live from the House of Blues (live)
- The Best of (compilation)
- 2001 in music
- Keystudio (compilation of studio material from both Keys to Ascension albums)
- Magnification (Anderson Squire White Howe with orchestra)
- 2002 in music
- Yestoday (Anderson Squire White Howe Sherwood Khoroshev)
- In a Word — Yes (5-CD compilation)
- 2003 in music Yes Remixes (assembled by Virgil Howe, son of Steve)
- 2004 in music Projected live retrospective CD box set
Sleeve artwork for many of these albums was done by Roger Dean, who also designed the band's logo.
The Yes Atlantic Records catalog has undergone at least two remasterings and re-releases on CD. The initial CD releases appeared in the late 1980s, and the first remasters were released in the mid 1990s, with dramatically improved sound and much original album art restored. In 2003 yet another remastering effort was begun by Rhino Records, this time including even more original art, extensive booklet liner notes, and rare bonus tracks.
External link
- Yesworld: The Official Yes site
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Yes."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
YES | English | Young EntrepreneurS for Europe | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
| Antonym: no (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Affirmation | As God is my witness, I must say, indeed, i' faith, let me tell you, why, give me leave to say, marry, you may be sure, I'd have you to know; upon my word, upon my honor; by my troth, egad, I assure you; by jingo, by Jove, by George; troth, seriously, sadly; in sadness, in sober sadness, in truth, in earnest; of a truth, truly, perdy, in all conscience, upon oath; be assured; (belief); yes; (assent); I'll warrant, I'll warrant you, I'll engage, I'll answer for it, I'll be bound, I'll venture to say, I'll take my oath; in fact, forsooth, joking apart; so help me God; not to mince the matter. |
Assent | Verb: assent; give assent, yield assent, nod assent; acquiesce; agree; receive, accept, accede, accord, concur, lend oneself to, consent, coincide, reciprocate, go with; be at one with; Adjective: go along with, chime in with, strike in with, close in with; echo, enter into one's views, agree in opinion; vote, give one's voice for; recognize; subscribe to, conform to, defer to; say yes to, say ditto, amen to, say aye to. |
Adverb: yes, yea, ay, aye, true; good; well; very well, very true; well and good; granted; even so, just so; to be sure, "thou hast said", you said it, you said a mouthful; truly, exactly, precisely, that's just it, indeed, certainly, you bet, certes, ex concesso; of course, unquestionably, assuredly, no doubt, doubtless; naturally, natch. | |
Attention | Interjection: see! look, look here, look you, look to it! mark! lo! behold! soho! hark, hark ye! mind! halloo! observe! lo and behold! attention! nota bene, "N.B.", note well; I'd have you to know; notice! O yes! Oyez! dekko! ecco! yoho! |
Consent | Adverb: OK, yes; (assent); by all means; (willingly); no problem; if you please, as you please; be it so, so be it, well and good, of course; please do; don't hesitate. |
Permission | Adverb: by leave, with leave, on leave; Noun: speciali gratia; under favor of; pace; ad libitum; (freely), (at will); by all means; (willingly); yes; (assent). |
Publication | Interjection: Oyez! O yes! notice! |
Willingness | A la bonne heure; by all means, by all manner of means; to one's heart's content; yes; (assent). |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Yes |
| English words defined with "yes": affirm, Ay ♦ unhesitatingly ♦ Ye, yes-no question, Yis. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "yes": Accountability, arsenic ♦ Beans ♦ cookie bear ♦ decidability ♦ initgame ♦ Kiss the Gunner's Daughter ♦ line noise ♦ Newgate Fashion ♦ O Yes'! O Yes! O Yes!, OS and JEDGAR ♦ RTFM ♦ Shan Van Voght ♦ table ♦ vaxocentrism ♦ YEA AND NAY MAN. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "yes": Yis. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Yes" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Pidgin English (yes). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Why yes, John, it is. (A Beautiful Mind; writing credit: Akiva Goldsman) Yes you were (American Beauty; writing credit: Alan Ball) Yes, Father (Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles; writing credit: Anne Rice) Yes, or in my case, never a doctor, never a doctor (Eyes Wide Shut; writing credit: Arthur Schnitzler; Stanley Kubrick) If I did, I'd say yes. (Sleepers; writing credit: Barry Levinson) | |
Lyrics | She said yes! and I said wow (Yes!; performing artist: Chad Brock) I miss you, yes I miss you, baby, oh yeah (Because Of You; performing artist: 98 Degrees; writing credit: Anders Bagge, Arntor Birgisson, Christian Karlsson, and Patrick Tucker) This ain’t a yes (Try Again; performing artist: Aaliyah) Yes one thing that turns this grey sky to blue (The Look Of Love; performing artist: ABC) Hey, yes, I am ("Addictive Love"; performing artist: BeBe& CeCe Winans) | |
Clever | He has been a doctor a year now and has had two patients, no, three, I think -- yes, it was three; I attended their funerals. (references; author: Mark Twain) Alabama: Yes, We Have Electricity (references; author: unknown) I have to say no to the good so I can say yes to the best. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Voyage of the Yes (1973) Yes (1969) It's the Cathode Ray Tube Show Yes (1957) Mr. Bones Yes Sir (1951) Answer Yes or No (1950) | |
Song Titles | Check Yes Or No (performing artist: George Strait) Yes We Can Can (performing artist: Pointer Sisters) Yes, I'm Ready (performing artist: Teri DeSario with K.C.) | |
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![]() | Great Blue Heron nesting area, or as it is called, a heronry. Yes, that is a person's head peering out from the tree. Why he was there is unknown. Credit: America's Coastlines. | ![]() | Does the thought of socks and underwear conjure up concerns about bacteria? Yes, microbes can reside and multiply in textile fabrics. But no matter-ARS researchers have developed treatments for cotton textiles with compounds containing peroxides. they resist bacteria and, as a bonus, resist fungi that cause athlete's foot. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer.. |
![]() | Yes, Americans do love their spuds! We each eat about 125 pounds of them a year, about half from fresh potatoes and half in processed foods. Research has brought forth a slew of new, improved potato varieties for both uses. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer.. | ![]() | Say no. : And say yes to your life. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
![]() | This Say Yes To Flossing : Instead of this Say Do'dah To Smokeless Tobacco. Credit: National Library of Medicine. | ![]() | Yes, I had to know everything, Robert. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Yes indeed, Ben, it was quite right for him. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Yes, business is much greater than before March 1933!. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Farmer: Yes, she's a gran' lil caow : Sundays an' holidays -- rain or shine -- she'll give ... Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | The Gumps. "Yes, you can see the house, come right in". Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Young Girl Looking Up" by Hana Matz Commentary: "I was in an apartment building when I saw a girl sitting on the hand rail to the stairs that go down to the garage. I asked her if I could take a picture of her, and she said yes. I went up to the third level, looked down, and snapped this picture. Please" | "Second floor please" by Denis LaPointe Commentary: "Second floor? Yes please!..." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
| Author | Quotation |
Emo Philips | Oh, yes...I've tried my hand at sex. |
Herman Melville | He says NO! in thunder; but the Devil himself cannot make him say yes. |
Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee | Yes! Life is a banquet, and most poor sons-of-b---- are starving to death! Live! |
Lord Byron | Yes! Ready money is Aladdin's lamp. |
Martial | They praise those verses, yes, but read something else. |
Oscar Wilde | Yes; the public is wonderfully tolerant. It forgives everything except genius. |
President Theodore Roosevelt | Yes, Haven, most of us enjoy preaching, and I've got such a bully pulpit! |
Samuel Johnson | Worth seeing? Yes; but not worth going to see. |
William Cowper | A self-made man? Yes, and one who worships his creator. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Emma | Austen, Jane | Yes, I understand the sort of mind |
Sylvie and Bruno | Carroll, Lewis | Yes, I think our scheme will work fairly well |
A Christmas Carol | Dickens, Charles | Bless me, yes. |
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency | Douglas Adams | Yes, it’s Susan |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Yes, here I am again sad. |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | Yes, do, said Cecil Thunder |
King Richard III | Shakespeare, William | Yes, one place else, if you will hear me name it. |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | Yes, but the bank is only made of men. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Yes, nicotine is addictive. (references) | |
Yes. Follow these guidelines. (references) | ||
Yes. There are two main types. (references) | ||
Economic History | Poland | Major Polish franchisers are Gabriel Studio Urody, A.D. Dragowski, Orbis Travel, Natura Drogerie, SIMP, Sklepy Familijne, Pozegnanie z Afryka, YES Bizuteria, Centrum Budowlane, Debica Decart, Laboratorium Kosmetyczne Dr. Irena Eris. (references) |
Travel | Mexico | Yes does not always mean yes. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | ACCOUNTABILITY, n. The mother of caution. "My accountability, bear in mind," Said the Grand Vizier: "Yes, yes," Said the Shah: "I do -- 'tis the only kind Of ability you possess." Joram Tate |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Gene Wilder | Yes! And I'm that little boy you used to bathe and tuck into bed and bring warm milk and cookies too, just before you kissed me good night. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Yes" is generally used as an interjection -- approximately 99.97% of the time. "Yes" is used about 60,548 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Interjection | 99.97% | 60,528 | 142 |
| Noun (plural) | 0.02% | 14 | 93,893 |
| Total | 100.00% | 60,548 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name |
| USA | Yes Entertainment Corporation |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "yes": say yes ♦ say yes to ♦ say yes to a demand ♦ two noes make a yes ♦ why yes ♦ yes and no ♦ yes and no! ♦ yes indeed! ♦ yes man ♦ yes of course! ♦ yes please! ♦ yes sir! ♦ yes thank you!. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "yes": yes-and-no, yes-anything, yes-let, Yes-man, yes-men, yes-no, yes-no question, yes-sir, yes-s-s, yes-to, yes-yes. | |
Ending with "yes": y-yes. | |
Containing "yes": oh-yes-they-can. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
yes | 1,875 | oh yes | 36 |
the yes network | 381 | yes or no | 36 |
say yes | 345 | eyes open yes | 34 |
yes dear | 153 | fake re they yes | 33 |
floetry lyrics say yes | 123 | tab yes | 31 |
yes no oracle | 91 | yes minister | 30 |
lyrics yes | 73 | yes smoke | 29 |
yes its free | 72 | fm yes | 27 |
yes band | 65 | yes car credit | 26 |
yes magazine | 51 | say yes.mp3 | 25 |
yes music | 50 | hk yes.com | 24 |
free.com its yes | 48 | 933 yes | 23 |
check yes or no | 48 | guitar tab yes | 22 |
lyrics say yes | 42 | bob sir yes | 21 |
floetry say yes | 42 | again click currently new4u.cjb.net page refresh this unavailable yes | 21 |
she said yes | 41 | fake they yes | 20 |
asia yes | 40 | yes i can | 20 |
discography yes | 39 | smoke.com yes | 20 |
duffy yes | 37 | man yes | 20 |
the house of yes | 37 | yes yes yes | 18 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "yes"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | ja. (various references) | |
Albanian | po (am, but, was, yea, yeah, yep, yup). (various references) | |
Arabic | نعم (ay, aye, refine, tenderize, yea), أجل (adjourn, carry over, continue, defer, delay, dignify, esteem, glorify, hold over, honor, honour, look up to, postpone, procrastinate, prorogue, put back, put off, rather, refer back, regard, remit, set aside, shelve, stall, suspend, table, value, yep), بلى (decrepitude, yeah). (various references) | |
Basque | bai. (various references) | |
Bavarian | ja. (various references) | |
Breton | ya. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | съгласие (accord, accordance, agreement, approval, assent, compliance, concert, concord, concurrence, congruence, consensus, consent, consonance, consort, fiat, grant, harmony, rapport, sympathy, understanding, union, unison, unity, yea), да (and, as to, ay, aye, exactly, if, let, shall, that, to, yea, yep, yup). (various references) | |
Catalan | sí (as, like, such as). (various references) | |
Chinese | 是 (am, are, is, to be). (various references) | |
Croatian | da (that). (various references) | |
Czech | ano (ay, aye, granted, yea, yeah, yep). (various references) | |
Danish | ja. (various references) | |
Dutch | ja, jawel. (various references) | |
Esperanto | jes. (various references) | |
Estonian | jah. (various references) | |
Faeroese | jú, ja. (various references) | |
Farsi | اری (Aye, Yea), بلی گفتن , بلی , بله (Aye, Yea). (various references) | |
Finnish | kyllä (certainly, indeed, kiitos, please), jaa (ay). (various references) | |
Flemish | ja. (various references) | |
French | oui (yea, yeah, yep), si. (various references) | |
French Canadian | oui. (various references) | |
Galician | si. (various references) | |
German | ja (aye, certainly, even, I do, indeed, just, rather, really, surely, uh-huh, yea, yeah, yep, yup), jawohl (that's right, yes sir, yup), doch (accordingly, actually, after all, all the same, anyway, but, but still, consequently, except, however, nevertheless, really, so, still, then, therefore, though, yet). (various references) | |
Greek | ναί (yea). (various references) | |
Guarani | hêe. (various references) | |
Haitian Creole | wi. (various references) | |
Hawaiian | po. (various references) | |
Hebrew | כן (ay, aye, so, thus, yeah, yep). (various references) | |
Hungarian | igen (ay, aye, greatly, high, I don't mind, mightily, mighty, passing, quite, the odds are that, very, very much, yea, yeah, yep). (various references) | |
Icelandic | já. (various references) | |
Indonesian | ya. (various references) | |
Italian | sì (aye, yea, yeah, yep). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 佐様 (indeed, like that, of that kind, such, well...), うわの空 (absent-mindedness, being fed up with, boring, dirty, er...., inattention, let me see, nasty, rat-tailed anchovy, ray, stringray, tedious, uh huh, vulgar, well, yeah), の辺りに (by, close by, gasp, in the neighborhood of, in the vicinity of, near, pant), イースター島 (ear-ring, easel, east, East Coast, East End, East Side, Easter Island, eastern grip, Eastern League, EU, European Union, even, even par, evil, Goteborg, Gothenburg, Iran-Iraq, Jesus, Jesus Christ, yeast, yellow, yes-man), ウィンザー家 (House of Windsor, liqueur candy, weak point, week, weekday, weekend, weekend carpenter, weekend father, weekend painter, weekly, whisker, whisky, whisky bonbon, whisky sour, window, window shopping, winter, wizard), 否 (nay, no, the noes, well). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | さよう (action, effect, function, indeed, like that, of that kind, operation, so, such, that's right, well...), いな (nay, no, well), いいや (nay, no, well), いいえ (nay, no, well), いや (detestable, disagreeable, nay, no, reluctant, unpleasant, well), いえ (house, nay, no, well), イエス (Jesus), ウイ , はい , ええ . (various references) | |
Lombard | si. (various references) | |
Luganda | yee. (various references) | |
Luxembourgish | jo. (various references) | |
Malagasy | eny. (various references) | |
Norwegian | ja. (various references) | |
Occitan | òc. (various references) | |
Papiamen | sí. (various references) | |
Pidgin English | yes. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | yesay.(various references) | |
Polish | tak. (various references) | |
Portuguese | sim (assent, yea). (various references) | |
Portuguese Brazilian | sim. (various references) | |
Quechua | arí. (various references) | |
Romanian | da (accord, administer, afford, avail, beat, bestow, bind, deal, deliver, deliver up, extend, fetch, find, gift, give, give away, grant, hallo, hand, inflict, launch, lend, offer, pass, pay, push, reach, render, restore, return, sell, send, set, sound, sprout, yea, yield). (various references) | |
Russian | да (ay, aye, yea, yeah, yeah particle, yep). (various references) | |
Scottish | seadh (it is so, just so, meaning, sense, understanding), eadh (it is, it is not, so: ni h-eadh, space, yea). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | da (if, lest, like, so, that, yea, yeah, yep). (various references) | |
Slovene | ja (I), da (that). (various references) | |
Somali | haa. (various references) | |
Sotho | e (it, it is, that are, you), ahe. (various references) | |
Spanish | sí (ay, aye, herself, himself, o.k., o.s., ok, okay, okey, oneself, sure, yea, yeah, yep, yourself, yourselves). (various references) | |
Sranan | iya, ayi, ay (eye). (various references) | |
Swahili | ndiyo (yes it is so), naam. (various references) | |
Swedish | ja (I see, indeed, nay, well, why, yah, yea, yeah, yean), jo (accordingly, consequently, so, then, therefore, well, why, why yes). (various references) | |
Tagalog | oo. (various references) | |
Tahitian | oia. (various references) | |
Tswana | ee. (various references) | |
Turkish | evet (ay, aye, yea, yeah, yep, yup). (various references) | |
Turkmen | hawa. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | так (accordingly, as, ay, aye, sic, so, that, this, thus, yea, yeah, yep), голос за (aye), мабуть (apparently, likely, maybe, ought, possibly, presumably, probably), згода (accedence, accord, accordance, adhesion, agreement, approbation, approval, arrangement, assent, compliance, concert, concord, concordance, consensus, consent, consonance, entente, fiat, o.k., ok, okay, okey, okeydokey, oneness, suit, understanding, yea), підтверждення, підтакувати (play along). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | vâng (yeses), phải (correct, dexter, fair, off, right, rightly, serene, yeses), dạ (yeses), có chứ (yeses), có (aggregative, almighty, subsistent, yeses), ừ (yeses), được (about, all right, o.k., serene, yeses). (various references) | |
Welsh | ie (ay, yea), do. (various references) | |
Wolof | waaw. (various references) | |
Xhosa | ewe (Hallo). (various references) | |
Yucatec | he'le'. (various references) | |
Zulu | yebo. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | etiam, vero. (various references) |
| Old English | 450-1100 | giese. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Mark Chapter 7, Verse 28 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | H de apekriqh kai legei autw nai kurie kai gar ta kunaria upokatw thV trapezhV esqiei apo twn yiciwn twn paidiwn |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | At illa respondit et dicit ei utique Domine nam et catelli sub mensa comedunt de micis puerorum |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Þa andswerede hyo. & [quoth]. Drihtenþt is soð. Witodlice ða hwelpes æted underþare mysan; of þare cyldrene crumen. |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And sche answeride, and seide to him, Yis, Lord; for litil whelpis eten vndur the bord, of the crummes of children. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | She answered and sayde vnto him: even soo master neverthelesse the whelppes also eate vnder the table of the chyldrens cromes. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And she answered and said to him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat of the children's crums. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | But she said to him in answer, Yes, Lord: even the dogs under the table take the bits dropped by the children. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Mark Chapter 7, Verse 28 |
| Cebuano | Apan kaniya mitubag siya nga nag-ingon, "Tinuod, Ginoo; ngani, bisan pa ang mga iro ilalum sa lamisa magakaon man sa mga momho sa mga bata." |
| Croatian | A ona æe mu: "Da, Gospodine! Ali i psiæi ispod stola jedu od mrvica djeèjih." |
| Danish | Men hun svarede og siger til ham: "Jo, Herre! også de små Hunde æde under Bordet af Børnenes Smuler." |
| Dutch | Maar zij antwoordde en zeide tot Hem: Ja, Heere, doch ook de hondekens eten onder de tafel van de kruimkens der kinderen. |
| Finnish | Mutta hän vastasi ja sanoi hänelle: "Niin, Herra; mutta syöväthän penikatkin pöydän alla lasten muruja". |
| French | Oui, Seigneur, lui répondit-elle, mais les petits chiens, sous la table, mangent les miettes des enfants. |
| Gaelic | Ach fhreagair ise, is thuirt i ris: Is fior sin, a Thighearna, ach ithidh na cuileinean fon bhord de chriomagan na cloinne. |
| German | Sie antwortete aber und sprach zu ihm: Ja, HERR; aber doch essen die Hündlein unter dem Tisch von den Brosamen der Kinder. |
| Haitian Creole | Fanm lan reponn li: -Se vre wi, Mèt. Men, ti chen ki anba tab manje ti kal pen timoun jete atè. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | "Tuan," jawab wanita itu, "anjing-anjing di bawah meja pun makan sisa-sisa yang dijatuhkan anak-anak!" |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka sahut perempuan itu, serta berkata kepada-Nya, "Benarlah, ya Rabbi, tetapi anjing yang di bawah meja itu pun makan segala remah-remah anak-anak itu." |
| Maori | Otira ka whakahoki ia, ka mea ki a ia, Ae ra, e te Ariki, e kai ana ano nga kuri i raro i te tepu i nga kongakonga a nga tamariki. |
| Norwegian | Men hun svarte ham: Det er sant, Herre! de små hunder eter jo under bordet av barnas smuler. |
| Portuguese | Ela, porém, replicou, e disse-lhe: Sim, Senhor; mas também os cachorrinhos debaixo da mesa comem das migalhas dos filhos |