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From: cglyle@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu (Chester G. Lyle)
Subject: Re: Words for yes
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Date: Sat, 23 Sep 1995 00:17:41 GMT
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Rich Wales (richw@opentext.com) wrote:
: Hungarian uses "de igen" (literally, "but yes") to contradict a negative
: statement and respond affirmatively.

: Romanian uses "ba da"; "da" means "yes" (apparently a Slavic loan), and
: I'm not sure what the origin of "ba" is (it doesn't appear to be used in
: any other context than "ba da", or the negative equivalent "ba nu").

I believe that the German word "doch" is used in the same way (along with
many other uses for it).  It is used to respond positively to contradictthe
the assumption implied by a negative question.

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