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How we say ‘yes.’
Latin: hoc (thus).
Occitan: òc
Latin: hoc ille (thus, he…) or possibly hoc illud est (so it is).
French: oui
Haitian: wi
Norman: oui
Seychellois: wi
Walloon: oyi
Latin: ita (thus). Here is etymological theory that da came from Latin ita.
Romanian: da, да
Latin: sic (thus).
Asturian: sí
Catalan: sí
Corsican: sì
Friulan: sì
Galician: si
Italian: sì
Judeo-Spanish: si, סי
Papiamento: si
Portuguese: sim
Romansch: gea, gia, ea, schi
Sardinian: sì
Sicilian: sè, sì
Spanish: sí
Note: these are not the only ways. In Portuguese, you can also use é; in European French, si is the affirmative response to negative questions.



