Yeah in Different Languages
Discover 'Yeah' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Yeah
Afrikaans ja | ||
Albanian po | ||
Amharic አዎ | ||
Arabic بلى | ||
Armenian այո | ||
Assamese হয় | ||
Aymara jïsa | ||
Azerbaijani bəli | ||
Bambara awɔ | ||
Basque bai | ||
Belarusian так | ||
Bengali হ্যাঁ | ||
Bhojpuri हॅंं | ||
Bosnian da | ||
Bulgarian да | ||
Catalan sí | ||
Cebuano oo | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 是的 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 是的 | ||
Corsican ié | ||
Croatian da | ||
Czech to jo | ||
Danish ja | ||
Dhivehi އާނ | ||
Dogri हां | ||
Dutch ja | ||
English yeah | ||
Esperanto jes | ||
Estonian jah | ||
Ewe ee | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) oo | ||
Finnish joo | ||
French ouais | ||
Frisian ja | ||
Galician si | ||
Georgian დიახ | ||
German ja | ||
Greek ναι | ||
Guarani héẽ | ||
Gujarati હા | ||
Haitian Creole wi | ||
Hausa yeah | ||
Hawaiian ʻae | ||
Hebrew כֵּן | ||
Hindi हाँ | ||
Hmong muaj tseeb tiag | ||
Hungarian igen | ||
Icelandic já | ||
Igbo ee | ||
Ilocano wen | ||
Indonesian ya | ||
Irish sea | ||
Italian si | ||
Japanese ええ | ||
Javanese iyo | ||
Kannada ಹೌದು | ||
Kazakh иә | ||
Khmer យាយ | ||
Kinyarwanda yego | ||
Konkani हय | ||
Korean 네 | ||
Krio yɛs | ||
Kurdish erê | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) بەڵێ | ||
Kyrgyz ооба | ||
Lao ແລ້ວ | ||
Latin yeah | ||
Latvian jā | ||
Lingala ee | ||
Lithuanian taip | ||
Luganda yee | ||
Luxembourgish jo | ||
Macedonian да | ||
Maithili हं | ||
Malagasy eny | ||
Malay yeah | ||
Malayalam അതെ | ||
Maltese iva | ||
Maori ae | ||
Marathi होय | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯍꯣꯏ | ||
Mizo awle | ||
Mongolian тиймээ | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ဟုတ်တယ် | ||
Nepali हो | ||
Norwegian ja | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) eya | ||
Odia (Oriya) ହଁ | ||
Oromo eeyyee | ||
Pashto هو | ||
Persian آره | ||
Polish tak | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) sim | ||
Punjabi ਹਾਂ | ||
Quechua arí | ||
Romanian da | ||
Russian да уж | ||
Samoan ioe | ||
Sanskrit आम् | ||
Scots Gaelic seadh | ||
Sepedi ee | ||
Serbian да | ||
Sesotho ee | ||
Shona hongu | ||
Sindhi ھا | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) ඔව් | ||
Slovak áno | ||
Slovenian ja | ||
Somali haa | ||
Spanish si | ||
Sundanese hehehe | ||
Swahili ndio | ||
Swedish ja | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) oo naman | ||
Tajik ҳа | ||
Tamil ஆம் | ||
Tatar әйе | ||
Telugu అవును | ||
Thai ใช่ | ||
Tigrinya እወ | ||
Tsonga ina | ||
Turkish evet | ||
Turkmen hawa | ||
Twi (Akan) aane | ||
Ukrainian так | ||
Urdu ہاں | ||
Uyghur ھەئە | ||
Uzbek ha | ||
Vietnamese vâng | ||
Welsh ydw | ||
Xhosa ewe | ||
Yiddish יאָ | ||
Yoruba bẹẹni | ||
Zulu yebo |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | "Ja" also means "yes" in Afrikaans. |
| Albanian | The Albanian word "po" also means "yes" and possibly derives from the Latin "posse," meaning "to be able." |
| Amharic | The Amharic word "አዎ" ("yeah") likely originated from the Ge'ez word "እወ" ("yes"). |
| Arabic | The Arabic word "بلى" (bala) is derived from the root "بلو" (balw), which means "to attain" or "to reach." It can also mean "certainly," "yes indeed," or "of course." |
| Armenian | Այո is derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *hi̯e-, which also gave rise to the English word 'yes'. |
| Azerbaijani | The Azerbaijani word "Bəli" is used both as a general way of saying "yes" and as a way of responding to a call. |
| Basque | The Basque word "bai" also means "yes," "so be it," and "let it be." |
| Bengali | The Bangla word "হ্যাঁ" also means "yes" in English. |
| Bosnian | In Bosnian, "da" can originate from the Turkish word "evet" meaning "yes", or from the Proto-Slavic "da" meaning "indeed". |
| Bulgarian | The word "да" (yeah) in Bulgarian is derived from the Proto-Slavic word *da, which means "to give" or "to grant". |
| Catalan | The word "sí" in Catalan is an affirmative response that shares the same Latin origin as the Spanish "sí" but not its double meaning, referring only to the idea of affirmation. |
| Cebuano | In Cebuano, "oo" can also mean "yes" or "very". |
| Chinese (Simplified) | 是的 in Chinese can also be used as a short response meaning 'yes' or 'understood'. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 是的 can also mean "this is it" or "this is the one" in Chinese (Traditional) |
| Corsican | Corsican "ié" is borrowed from Italian "sì" or "ssie." Sardinian "si" or "sie" and Galician "si" are likely borrowed from it as well. |
| Croatian | The word "Da" can also mean "yes" or "indeed" in Croatian. |
| Czech | The Czech word "jo" likely comes from the German "ja" or the French "oui", both meaning "yes". |
| Danish | In Danish, the word "ja" can also mean "indeed" or "certainly." |
| Dutch | The Dutch word "ja" is derived from Old Indic "hyah", meaning "hail". |
| Esperanto | "Jes" also means "precisely" and is the root of the word "jesi" (precisely). |
| Estonian | Although written the same, Estonian "jah" has no relation to the English "yeah" or German "ja". |
| Finnish | "Joo" is an older form of "juu", which itself is an abbreviation of "jep". "Jop" can also be used to address someone or express surprise. |
| French | "Ouais" can also mean "yes, very much" or "certainly" in French, and is often used in informal or colloquial contexts. |
| Frisian | The Frisian word "ja" is derived from the West Germanic word "ja" and can also mean "so" or "indeed." |
| Galician | The word 'si' in Galician comes from the Latin 'sic' meaning 'thus' or 'so,' and it is pronounced like 'see,' but with no 'i' sound. |
| Georgian | The Georgian word დიახ derives from the Persian word ديگر ('digar'), which originally meant 'another'. |
| German | German “ja” is derived from Middle High German “jä”, which originated as a particle used to affirm, contradict, or indicate consent, and can also be used to express agreement, enthusiasm, or surprise. |
| Greek | The word "ναι" in Greek can be traced back to the Proto-Indo-European language, where it had the meaning of "indeed" or "truly." |
| Gujarati | Gujarati "હા" (ha) can also mean "yes", "indeed", or "it is true". |
| Haitian Creole | Derived from the French interrogative word "oui," used only in the context of agreement or affirmation. |
| Hausa | In Hausa, the word "yeah" can also be interpreted as "I understand". |
| Hawaiian | 'Ae' is also a Hawaiian term that can mean 'yes', 'indeed', or 'true' depending on its usage. |
| Hebrew | The word "כן" can also refer to a pedestal or platform, or to the affirmative answer "yes". |
| Hindi | The Hindi word "हाँ" can also be used as an intensifier, similar to the English word "very". |
| Hungarian | "Igen" also means "again". |
| Icelandic | "Já" is also used to indicate emphasis, like "right" in English. |
| Igbo | The word |
| Indonesian | "Ya" can also be an imperative verb that means 'come here!' in Indonesian, or a noun that means 'father' in Javanese. |
| Irish | The Irish word "sea" is also used as a preposition meaning "from," and as a conjunction meaning "so that." |
| Italian | The Italian word "sì" is derived from the Latin word "sic", meaning "so" or "thus." |
| Japanese | The use of the word "ええ" outside of the Kansai region may come across as condescending or rude to some listeners. |
| Javanese | The word "iyo" can also mean "yes" or "okay" in Indonesian and Javanese, and is sometimes used to express agreement or understanding. |
| Kannada | The Kannada word "ಹೌದು" (yeah) is often used as an expression of agreement, but can also mean "true" or "correct". |
| Kazakh | The Kazakh word “Иә” can also mean “indeed” or “that’s right”. |
| Kurdish | The Kurdish word "erê" derives from the Persian verb "arāstan," meaning "to adorn" or "to decorate," and originally expressed assent or approval, suggesting that something was "adorned" or "decorated" with a positive attribute. |
| Kyrgyz | The Kyrgyz word "ооба" can also mean "very" or "very good". |
| Lao | "แล้วยัง" means "and also" in the Lao language. |
| Latin | The word ''yeah'' is derived from a 19th-century African-American colloquialism with unknown origins. |
| Latvian | The Latvian word "jā" can also mean "already" or "indeed" |
| Lithuanian | The Lithuanian word "taip" also means "so", "thus", "this way", or "in this manner". |
| Luxembourgish | The Luxembourgish word 'jo' can also mean 'very', 'indeed', or 'certainly', depending on context. |
| Macedonian | The word "да" can also be used as an expression of agreement or to show that one is listening. |
| Malagasy | The word "Eny" in Malagasy can also mean "that" or "it". |
| Malay | In the Malay language, |
| Maltese | Iva is a loanword from the Arabic word « إيوا » meaning « fine » or « OK ». |
| Maori | In the Maori language, the word |
| Marathi | In colloquial Marathi, 'होय' can also mean 'yes' or 'indeed'. |
| Mongolian | The verb "тиймээ" (affirm) is also used in Mongolia to indicate "yes". |
| Nepali | हो derives from the verb "हुनु" (to be) and implies a relaxed "ok" or "I've heard you," while "होइन" (not ok) expresses disagreement or a stronger no. |
| Norwegian | The Norwegian word "ja" can also mean "yes" in the sense of agreeing to something. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | In the Chewa language, "eya" is also an expression of surprise or agreement. |
| Pashto | The Pashto word "هو" (yeah) can also mean "yes" or "okay". |
| Persian | The Persian word "are" (آره) evolved from the Middle Persian "ariyan" meaning "noble" or "holy". |
| Polish | In ancient Polish, 'tak' also meant 'so much'. |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The Portuguese word "sim" comes from the Latin word "simul", meaning "at the same time". It is also related to the French word "oui" and the Spanish word "sí". |
| Romanian | The etymology of "da" is likely from the Proto-Indo-European particle *de, which also gave rise to the English "indeed". |
| Russian | The exclamation "да уж" ("well, yeah") often has a sarcastic or dismissive tone in Russian. |
| Samoan | The Samoan word "ioe" can also mean "I know" or "understand". |
| Scots Gaelic | The Scots Gaelic word "seadh" can also mean "well" or "indeed". |
| Serbian | In Serbian, "да" can also be an archaic word for God, or a term for an oath. |
| Sesotho | Ee in Sesotho can also mean "yes" or "indeed". |
| Sindhi | Alternate meanings of ھا include "is" or "are" depending on the context in which it is used. |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The word "ඔව්" in Sinhala can also mean "really" or "indeed". |
| Slovak | The word "áno" in Slovak also means "I understand". |
| Slovenian | In Slovenian, "ja" can also be used to indicate agreement or understanding. |
| Somali | In Somali, 'haa' not only means 'yes,' but also conveys agreement, understanding, or a response to an affirmative statement. |
| Spanish | The word "Si" in Spanish can also mean "if" or "yes" depending on the context. |
| Sundanese | Sundanese "hehehe" can be an expression of amusement, agreement, or sarcasm. |
| Swahili | The word "ndio" also means "it is so" or "that is it" in Swahili. |
| Swedish | The word "ja" in Swedish can also mean "indeed" or "of course". |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The term "oo naman" is derived from the Tagalog phrase "oo naman po," which literally means "yes, sir" or "yes, ma'am. |
| Tajik | The word "ҳа" can also mean "yes" or "understand" in Tajik. |
| Tamil | The word "ஆம்" also means "yes" in Tamil and is related to the Sanskrit word "अथ" (atha), meaning "now" or "then". |
| Telugu | "అవును" (avunu) is a Telugu word that can mean "yes", "indeed", "alright", or "very well". |
| Thai | The Thai word "ใช่" can also mean "yes" or "correct". |
| Turkish | Evet, in Turkish, is also a word for 'yes', and derives from a Persian word meaning 'true'. |
| Ukrainian | The Ukrainian "так" originally stemmed from a Proto-Indo-European word meaning "so be it" or "may it be that"} |
| Urdu | The Urdu word "ہاں" can also mean "now" in some contexts. |
| Uzbek | The word "ha" in Uzbek also means "ah" or "oh" and is used to express surprise, realization, or understanding. |
| Vietnamese | While it may sound like an agreement, |
| Welsh | The Welsh word "ydw" derives from the Old Welsh word "ud" which means "existence" or "being". |
| Xhosa | The word 'ewe' in Xhosa also means 'you' when addressing someone respectfully |
| Yiddish | The Yiddish "יאָ" ("yeah") derives from Old High German "jā" ("yes"), and also means "well" or "so". |
| Yoruba | Yoruba has various terms for "yes," bẹẹni commonly used in positive responses to questions. |
| Zulu | The word 'yebo' in Zulu, often translated as 'yes', also conveys agreement, acknowledgement, or excitement. |
| English | The word "yeah" likely originated from the African word "yei" meaning "yes". |