How to Say Yes-No in Different Languages

How To Say Yes-No: “Yes” and “No” is a crucial and frequently used word in every language, conveying agreement, approval, or affirmation.

Mastering its expression in various languages is valuable for effective communication, especially when interacting with people from diverse backgrounds.

However, it’s equally important to be aware of what you’re agreeing to and to be able to express “no” when necessary.

Meanwhile you can use Hand and Face gesture or Google Translator any time and anywhere.

Say Yes-No In 100 Different Languages

Languages	Yes	Pronunciation of Yes	No	Pronunciation of No
Afrikaans	Ja	yah	Nee	nay
Albanian	Po	poh	Jo	yo
Amharic	አዎ (Awo)	ah-wo	አይ (Ay)	ah-yeh
Arabic	نعم (Naam)	naam	لا (La)	la
Armenian	Այո (Ayo)	a-yo	Ոչ (Voč)	voch
Azerbaijani	Bəli	beh-lee	Xeyr	khayr
Basque	Bai	bye	Ez	es
Belarusian	Так (Tak)	tahk	Не (Nye)	nye
Bengali	হ্যাঁ (Hyāṁ)	hyan	না (Nā)	na
Bosnian	Da	dah	Ne	neh
Bulgarian	Да (Da)	da	Не (Ne)	ne
Burmese	ဟုတ် (Hote)	hohtay	မဟုတ် (Ma hohtay)	ma hohtay
Catalan	Sí	see	No	no
Chinese (Mandarin)	是 (Shì)	shuh	不是 (Bù shì)	boo shuh
Croatian	Da	dah	Ne	neh
Czech	Ano	ah-no	Ne	neh
Danish	Ja	yah	Nej	nay
Dutch	Ja	yah	Nee	nay
English	Yes	yess	No	no
Esperanto	Jes	yes	Ne	neh
Estonian	Jah	yah	Ei	ay
Filipino (Tagalog)	Oo	oh-oh	Hindi	hindi
Finnish	Kyllä	kool-lah	Ei	ay
French	Oui	wee	Non	no
Galician	Sí	see	Non	non
Georgian	კი (Ki)	kee	არა (Ara)	ara
German	Ja	yah	Nein	nine
Greek	Ναί (Ne)	neh	Όχι (Ohi)	ohi
Gujarati	હા (Hā)	haa	નહિ (Nahi)	na-hee
Haitian Creole	Wi	wee	Non	no
Hausa	Ee	ay	A’a	ah-ah
Hebrew	כן (Ken)	ken	לא (Lo)	lo
Hindi	हाँ (Haan)	haan	नहीं (Nahin)	nahin
Hmong	Yog	yaw	Tsis	tsee
Hungarian	Igen	ee-gen	Nem	nem
Icelandic	Já	yow	Nei	nay
Igbo	Ee	ay	Mba	mba
Indonesian	Ya	yah	Tidak	tee-dah
Irish	Tá	taw	Níl	neel
Italian	Sì	see	No	no
Japanese	はい (Hai)	hai	いいえ (Iie)	ee-eh
Javanese	Iya	ee-yah	Ora	oh-rah
Kannada	ಹೌದು (Haudu)	hah-oo-doo	ಇಲ್ಲ (Illa)	illa
Kazakh	Иә (Ia)	ya	Жоқ (Joq)	jok
Khmer	យ៉ា (Yeah)	yeah	ទេ (Teh)	tay
Korean	네 (Ne)	neh	아니오 (Anio)	ah-nee-oh
Kurdish	Belê	beh-lay	Na	nah
Kyrgyz	Жок (Jok)	jok	Жок (Jok)	jok
Lao	ດອກ (Dok)	dawk	ຫມາ (Mai)	my
Latin	Ita	ee-ta	Minime	mee-nee-may
Latvian	Jā	yah	Nē	nay
Lithuanian	Taip	taip	Ne	neh
Luxembourgish	Jo	yo	Nee	nay
Macedonian	Да (Da)	da	Не (Ne)	ne
Malagasy	Eny	eny	Tsia	tsee-ah
Malay	Ya	yah	Tidak	tee-dah
Malayalam	അതെ (Athe)	ah-te	ഇല്ല (Illa)	illa
Maltese	Iva	ee-va	Le	lay
Maori	Āe	eye	Kāo	kow
Marathi	हो (Ho)	ho	नाही (Nahi)	na-hee
Mongolian	Тийм (Tiim)	teem	Үгүй (Ugui)	uugui
Nepali	हो (Ho)	ho	होइन (Hoina)	hoy-na
Norwegian	Ja	yah	Nei	nay
Odia	ହଁ (Haṁ)	hum	ନା (Nā)	na
Pashto	هو (Ho)	haw	نه (Na)	na
Persian	بله (Bale)	ba-le	نه (Na)	na
Polish	Tak	tahk	Nie	nye
Portuguese	Sim	seem	Não	now
Punjabi	ਹਾਂ (Haan)	haan	ਨਹੀਂ (Nahi)	nah-hee
Romanian	Da	dah	Nu	noo
Russian	Да (Da)	da	Нет (Nyet)	nyet
Samoan	Ioe	ee-oh-eh	Leai	lay-eye
Scots Gaelic	Tha	ha	Chan eil	khahn ale
Serbian	Да (Da)	da	Не (Ne)	neh
Sesotho	Ee	ay	Tjha	cha
Shona	Ee	ay	Aye	eye
Sindhi	ہاڻ (Haan)	haan	نہين (Nahi)	na-hee
Sinhala	ඔව් (Owa)	oh-vah	නෑ (Nā)	na
Slovak	Áno	ah-no	Nie	nee
Slovenian	Da	dah	Ne	neh
Somali	Haa	ha	Maya	my-ah
Spanish	Sí	see	No	no
Sundanese	Iya	ee-yah	Teu	tuh
Swahili	Ndiyo	ndi-yo	Hapana	ha-pa-na
Swedish	Ja	yah	Nej	nay
Tajik	Ҳа (Ha)	ha	Не (Ne)	ne
Tamil	ஆம் (Aam)	ahm	இல்லை (Illai)	illai
Tatar	Әйе (Aye)	ah-yeh	Юк (Yuk)	yook
Telugu	అవున్నారు (Avunāru)	ah-voo-nah-roo	కాదు (Kādu)	ka-doo
Thai	ใช่ (Chai)	chai	ไม่ (Mai)	mai
Turkish	Evet	eh-vet	Hayır	ha-yer
Turkmen	Hýa	hee-ah	Yok	yok
Ukrainian	Так (Tak)	tahk	Ні (Ni)	nee
Urdu	ہاں (Haan)	haan	نہیں (Nahi)	na-hee
Uyghur	ھەئە (He)	heh	ياق (Yağ)	yah
Uzbek	Ha	ha	Yo’q	yoq
Vietnamese	Vâng	vahng	Không	kohng
Welsh	Ie	yeah	Na	nah
Xhosa	Ewe	ay	Cha	cha
Yiddish	יא (Ya)	ya	ניט (Nit)	nit
Yoruba	Bẹẹ̀	bay	Bẹ́ẹ̀ lá	bay lah
Zulu	Yebo	yeah-bo	Cha	cha

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How To Say YES in Different Languages

• Arabic: Say “Na’am.”
• Armenian: Say a-yo.
• Basque: Say “Bai.”
• Czech: Say “Ano.”
• Danish and Faroese: It is “Ja.” (Sounds like “yeah.”)
• English: Say “Yes.” (Sounds like “yehss.”)
• Esperanto: It is “Jes.” (Sounds like “yes.”)
• Finnish: Say “Kyllä” or “Joo.”
• French: Say “Oui” (Sounds like “we.”)
• German, Dutch, Afrikaans, Swedish, Norwegian: It is “Ja.” (Sounds like “Yah.”)
• Greek: Say “Nai” (Sounds like “n-ae.”)
• Gujarati: Say “Haan.”
• Hebrew (Yiddish): It is “Ken.”
• Hindi: Say “Haan” (Pronounced “Haa.”)
• Hindi and Urdu: Say “Haa’n” or “Gee.”
• Icelandic: Say “Já” (Pronounced “Yow.”)
• Indonesian and Malaysian: Say “Ya” (sounds like “Yah.”)
• Irish: It is “Sea”. (Pronounced “Shah.”)
• Italian: Say “Sí.” (Sounds like “see.”)
• Japanese: It is “Hai.” (Sounds like “hi.”)
• Kannada: Say ಹೌದು (how-du) / ಸರಿ (suh-ri).
• Korean: Say “Ne” (네.)
• Lithuanian: Say “Taip.”
• Luxembourg: Say “Jo” (Sounds like “Yoh.”)
• Mandarin when answering an “I am” question: Say “是 [Shi]” (Sounds like “Shr.”)
• Marathi: Say “Ho.”
• Persian: Say “Baleh” or “Areh.”
• Polish: Say “tak” (Sounds like “tack.”)
• Portuguese and Cape-Verdean Creole: It is “Sim” (Sounds like “sing.”)
• Punjabi: Say “Hanji.”
• Romanian: Say “Da.”
• Russian: Say Да “Da.”
• Scots dialect: Say “Aye” (Sounds like “eye.”)
• Scottish Gaidhlig: Say “Tha” (Sounds like “ha.”)
• Serbian, Croatian, Bulgarian: Say “Da.”
• Slovak: Say “Áno.”
• Slovene: Say “Ja” (or “Da” in highly official situations.)
• Spanish: Say “Sí.” (Sounds like “see.”)
• Swahili: It is “Ndiyo.” (Sounds like “nn-DEE-oh.”)
• Swedish: It’s “Ja” (Sounds like YA.)
• Tagalog: Say “Oo.” (Sounds like “AWE-awe.”)
• Tamil: Say “Sari” (சரி) (pronounced sa-ri) or “Aam” (ஆம்) (sounds like Ām.)
• Telugu: Say “Avunu.”
• Turkish: Say “Evet” (Sounds like “ae-wet.”)
• Urdu: Say “Haa’n.”
• Welsh: Say “Ydw” or “Oes” (Sounds like “Uh-do” or “Oy-s.”)

How To Say NO in Different Languages

• Arabic: Say “La.”
• Armenian: Say “Che.” (Sounds like “cheh.”)
• Basque: Say “Ez.” (Sounds like “ez.”)
• Czech: Say “Ne.”
• Danish, Faroese: Say “Nej.” (Sounds like “nay.”)
• Dutch, Afrikaans: Say “Nee.” (Sounds like “nay.”)
• English: Say “No.” (Sounds like “no.”)
• Esperanto: Say “Ne.” (Sounds like “nay.”)
• Finnish: Say “Ei.” (Sounds like “ay.”)
• French: Say “Non.” (Sounds like “noh.”)
• German: Say “Nein.” (Sounds like “nine.”)
• Greek: Say “Ochi.” (Sounds like “o-hee.”)
• Gujarati: Say “Nahi.”
• Hebrew (Yiddish): Say “No.”
• Hindi and Urdu: Say “Nahin.”
• Hungarian: Say “Nem.”
• Icelandic: Say “Nei.” (Sounds like “nay.”)
• Indonesian and Malaysian: Say “Tidak.” (Sounds like “tee-dah.”)
• Italian: Say “No.” (Sounds like “no.”)
• Japanese: Say “Iie.” (Sounds like “ee-eh.”)
• Kannada: Say “Illaa.” (Sounds like “illaa.”)
• Korean: Say “Aniyo.” (Sounds like “ah-nee-oh.”)
• Luxembourg: Say “Nee.” (Sounds like “nee.”)
• Mandarin: Say “不是 [Bù shì].” (Sounds like “boo shuh.”)
• Marathi: Say “Nahi.”
• Persian: Say “Na” or “Nakh” (نه).
• Polish: Say “Nie.” (Sounds like “nyeh.”)
• Portuguese and Cape-Verdean Creole: Say “Não.” (Sounds like “now.”)
• Punjabi: Say “Nahi.”
• Romanian: Say “Nu.”
• Russian: Say “Нет (Nyet).”
• Scottish: Say “Na.” (Sounds like “na.”)
• Serbian, Croatian, Bulgarian: Say “Ne.”
• Slovak: Say “Nie.”
• Slovene: Say “Ne.”
• Spanish: Say “No.” (Sounds like “no.”)
• Swahili: Say “Hapana.” (Sounds like “ha-pa-na.”)
• Swedish: Say “Nej.” (Sounds like “nay.”)
• Tagalog: Say “Hindi.” (Sounds like “heen-dee.”)
• Tamil: Say “Illai.” (Sounds like “illai.”)
• Telugu: Say “Kaadu.”
• Turkish: Say “Hayır.” (Sounds like “high-eer.”)
• Urdu: Say “Nahin.”
• Welsh: Say “Nage.” (Sounds like “nag-eh.”)