jes

English

Adverb

jes (not comparable)

1. Pronunciation spelling of just, representing African-American Vernacular English.

Anagrams

• JSE

Albanian

Alternative forms

• jet, mbes, mbet

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *etja, a denominative of jetë.

Verb

jes (aorist jeta, participle jetë)

1. to remain
2. to exist

Related terms

• jetë

References

Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from English yes. Related to ja.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: jes

Particle

jes

1. yes

   Antonym: ne

   Jes, mi ja parolas Esperanton.

   Yes, I do speak Esperanto.

Derived terms

Descendants

• Ido: yes

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from English yes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjes/,
• Rhymes: -es
• Syllabification^(key): jes

Interjection

jes! (informal)

1. yes! (used to express pleasure, joy, or great excitement)

   Synonyms: jee, jipii, oujee

   Alternative form: jess

2. all right, I see, okay

   Synonyms: aivan, okei, selvä

Further reading

• “jes”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Kom (Cameroon)

Verb

jes

1. to decay
2. to degrade, to wear out

References

• Randy Jones, Provisional Kom - English lexicon (2001, Yaoundé, Cameroon)

Russenorsk

Etymology 1

From English yes.

Alternative forms

Can be replaced with Russian да (da) (and, probably, Norwegian ja, which is not attested).

Adverb

jes

1. yes

Etymology 2

A result of confusion between English yes and Russian да (da, “yes, and”).

Alternative forms

Can be replaced with Norwegian og and ja or Russian и (i)

Conjunction

jes

1. and

References

• Ingvild Broch, Ernst H. Jahr (1984) Russenorsk: Et pidginspråk i Norge [Russenorsk: A pidgin language in Norway], 2 edition, Oslo: Novus Forlag

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From English yes.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /jês(ː)/

Interjection

jȅs (Cyrillic spelling је̏с)

1. yes!, yeah! (used to express pleasure, joy, or great excitement)

Etymology 2

Shortened from various inflected forms of bȉti (“to be”).

Verb

jes (Cyrillic spelling јес)

1. (colloquial) Alternative form of jest or jeste, often sarcastically as part of the phrase ma jes
   • 1851, D. Ignacio Gjorgji, “Uzdisanje četvàrto”, in Uzdasi mandaljene pokornice u Spili od Marsilje, page 50:

     Sad ti osudi sudom pravim,
     Ako istine jes što u tebi;
     Je li razlog, da ja ostavim
     Za tvé slave slavu od nebi:
     I za siene pustim tvoje,
     Što je istino, što viečno je?

     Now judge with true judgement,
     If there is anything of the truth in you;
     Is it reason, that I leave behind
     Glory from heaven for the sake of your glories:
     And for your shadows let go of
     What is true, what is eternal?

   • 2004, Faruk Šehić, Pod pritiskom: priče, page 21:

     ― Pa jel pretrčo?
     ― Jes.

     ―Well, did he run past?
     ―He did.

2. (colloquial) Alternative form of jesi
   • 1848, anonymous (folk song), “Djevojka sama sebe opisuje” in Narodne pjesme, page 325:

     Jesi l’ iš’o u čaršiju?
     Jes’ video list artije?
     Onako je lice moje.

     Have you been to town?
     Have you seen a sheet of paper?
     That’s what my face is like.

   • 2005, Književna revija, volume 45, page 137:

     KARLO (sa smijehom): Mogao bi inspektor da objavi ovo što smo pričali u lokalnim novinama pa da sutra demantira.
     STAJKI: Šta da objavi? Jes ti normalan?

     KARLO (laughing): Maybe the inspector could announce what we’ve been talking about in the local newspapers so that he could deny it tomorrow.
     STAJKI: Announce what? Are you sane?