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In my language, there isn't No, there is only "YES" and "MAYBE".

• bradbeattie 11y ago
  Mind pointing out which one? http://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/yesnomaybe.htm http://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/yesnomaybe.htm
  • bryanlarsen 11y ago
    Perhaps Japanese. The meaning of "Hai" is more like "true" than "yes".
    • mchahn 11y ago
      Hai means neither true, yes, or no. It only means "I have heard you". This trips up many westerners.
  • hiq 11y ago
    Could be Japanese, depending on the situation. http://www.japanese-language.aiyori.org/article6.html http://www.japanese-language.aiyori.org/article6.html
    • dalke 11y ago
      The account has a history. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6225716 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6225716 and other comments from that account are consistent, and suggest a language other than Japanese. And bradbeattie's own link points to a table which shows that languages other than Japanese also have no direct translation for 'yes'.