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Narrator: Today's word is "Yes" — exclamation, pronounced /jes/, with the stress on "yes".
Narrator: Yes is a word used to agree, accept or give a positive answer.
Narrator: In plain English, it means I agree.
Narrator: It comes from Old English gēse, may it be so.
Narrator: A common collocation is "say yes", which describes accepting something.
Narrator: It differs from "yeah", because yes is suitable for any situation.
Narrator: In a second sense, "Yes!" is a shout of joy, as when your team scores.
Narrator: Everyday life, forms, computing and law all rely on the word.
Narrator: So remember: yes opens doors.
Speaker A: Did she say yes to the proposal?
Speaker B: YES! From Old English gēse, may it be so.
Speaker A: Straight away?
Speaker B: Before he finished asking.
Speaker A: Example sentences?
Speaker B: "Yes, please", manners. "Tick yes or no", forms. "Yes! What a goal!", football.
Speaker A: Common mistakes?
Speaker B: Answering "Isn't it cold?" with yes means it is cold.
Speaker A: Close relatives?
Speaker B: Yeah is its cousin, certainly its twin, and absolutely an alternative — yet yes keeps its sunny charm!
Speaker B: Let's use "yes" in AI prompts — useful for forms and chatbots.
Speaker A: How for forms?
Speaker B: Toggles.
Prompt: Build an accessible yes or no toggle for a consent question.
Speaker A: And chatbots?
Speaker B: Confirm actions.
Prompt: Ask the user to type yes before deleting their account.
Speaker A: Could it help surveys?
Speaker B: Yes, for results.
Prompt: Count yes and no answers in this survey and show percentages.
Speaker A: One more?
Speaker B: Language learning.
Prompt: Explain how to answer negative questions with yes or no correctly.
Yes — meaning in Arabic & definition More Y courses GL Dictionary