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English
Phrase
yes and no
- An answer in reply to a yes-no question, indicating there is no simple "yes" or "no" answer
Is she happy? — Yes and no, hard to say.
Have you been to Paris? — Yes and no. I've been to the airport, but didn't get to see the city.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see yes, and, no.
You can only use yes and no answers.
Translations
indicating there is no simple "yes" or "no" answer
- Arabic: نَعْم وَلَا (naʕm walā), بَلَى وَنَعْم (balā wanaʕm)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 既肯定又否定 (jì kěndìng yòu fǒudìng) (no exact equivalent exists)
- Dutch: ja en nee
- Esperanto: jes kaj ne
- Finnish: kyllä ja ei
- French: oui et non
- Galician: si e non
- German: jein (de), ja und nein
- Hungarian: igen is, nem is, igen is meg nem is, is-is
- Italian: nì (it)
- Japanese: そうとも言えるし、そうでないとも言える (sō to mo ieru shi, sō de nai to mo ieru) (no exact equivalent exists)
- Korean: 그렇기도 하고 아니기도 하고 (geureokido hago anigido hago) (no exact equivalent exists), 네니요 (neniyo) (nonstandard)
- Polish: i tak, i nie, tak i nie
- Portuguese: sim e não (pt)
- Russian: и да и нет (i da i net)
- Spanish: sí y no
- Swedish: både ja och nej, nja (sv)
- West Frisian: ja en nee
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