For Fluent Speakers Of Irish

[Spank The Donkey]

There are words we can use to say we do or do not want an apple. There are still no words for yes or no.

"Would you like an apple?"

"I would not like."

It's not quite the same and it addresses Debgor's OP.

Like I said, linguistic acrobatics. There are words in Irish to express the sentiments Yes and No.

 

[Wumble]

Like I said, linguistic acrobatics. There are words in Irish to express the sentiments Yes and No.

All of which are contextual. There is no catch-all "yes" or "no" in Irish.

 

[Spank The Donkey]

All of which are contextual. There is no catch-all "yes" or "no" in Irish.

Did I say there were?
I've noticed this a bit about you, you tend to misinterpret what people are saying and in your zeal to have an argument you argue about what you think they said rather than what they actually said.

 

[DOB]

We use words to imply yes or no, but Irish has no definite "yes" or "no" words.

No, we use words to say yes and no, the semantics behind them is irrelevant as the meaning is clear.



Job done!

It would be "an maith leat" and "ní mhaith liom".

If the case was that then in the English ought be we saying all thing we want every time for meaning putting across but hey, no is problem thing as knowing what is meant do we all.

English is a different language with different syntax and semantics. What you get away with in one doesn't necessarily translate to the other.

To say "language x doesn't have a word for z" is meaningless when the EXACT same sentiment can be expressed in a single word.

It can't. There is no single word for yes in Irish, there is no single word for no in Irish. You can't get away with using "is" or "isn't" for yes or no. It's very much the same as fouling up a sentence in English and relying on the reader or the listener to do a little mental contortion to figure out what you mean. Just because it's intelligible doesn't make it correct.

Read the OP again


Irish most definitely has a vocabulary for yes and no as these are sentiments that can be expressed using its vocabulary.

Whatever bud... I think you're clutching at straws now but fair play for sticking with it.

There is no single word for yes, there is no single word for no. No straws there, Spanky.

So, yet again you're arguing with me about something I didn't actually say?

 

[Spank The Donkey]

That's fucking hilarious. That guy in the blue shirt is EXACTLY how I've always pictured Wumble.

 

[DOB]

That's fucking hilarious. That guy in the blue shirt is EXACTLY how I've always pictured Wumble.

I think this woulda been appropriate too

 

[Wumble]

The EXACT same sentiment can be expressed in a single word.

There is no catch-all "yes" or "no" in Irish.

Did I say there were?

Yes. You did.

 

[JohnJoePo]

...is there a word for Pedant in Irish ?

 

[Spank The Donkey]

Yes. You did.

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ay(excl)(yes)
aye(excl)(yes)
yeah(adv)

 

[Spank The Donkey]

...is there a word for Pedant in Irish ?

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