Serious What is the word for "No" in your language, and what language is it

[Victorio]

I'll go first, it's "Na" in Persian

 

[greg]

No - English

 

[jimbo]

no - español

 

[Victorio]

The reason I ask this question is to demonstrate the connections between Indo-European language group, as compared to outsiders. In Arabic, the word is "La'a"

 

[sage]

ไม่ (mai) - Thai

 

[Gem Control]

 

[alonso]

Hindi - Tagalog

 

[AshkeNazi]

nein - yiddish

 

[bowl]

Нет

 

[SunniPQTRIQT]

Nu - Romanian
لا - Arabic

 

[Itransheartblox]

I'll go first, it's "Na" in Persian
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hayır

 

[Plajer Sojdżekowski]

nie - Polish
PS: also "no" means "yes" in a colloquial speech geg

 

[Thrembolone]

Hayır - Turkish

 

[raepson industries .ltc]

yes - rapeish

 

[SoytanEnthusiast]

The reason I ask this question is to demonstrate the connections between Indo-European language group, as compared to outsiders. In Arabic, the word is "La'a"

Blud thinks he's Sir William Jones
No is "Hayır" in Turkish which is a shortened form of the Persian نخیر which is a contracted form of "نه خیر" which literally means "not good" but is a formal way to say "No" in Persian

 

[SoytanEnthusiast]

Blud thinks he's Sir William Jones
No is "Hayır" in Turkish which is a shortened form of the Persian نخیر which is a contracted form of "نه خیر" which literally means "not good" but is a formal way to say "No" in Persian

@Itransheartblox @Thrembone Bu yüzden hayırın iki anlamı o kadar farklı

 

[Ytsuken]

No

 

[Jimb0]

Lea

 

[Ytsuken]

Lea

Like a flea

 

[SoytanEnthusiast]

Lea

What language even is this?