Similarly, in Welsh, the answers to "Ydy Fred yn dod?"
As in Finnish, it avoids the issue of what an unadorned "yes" means in response to a negative question.
[3][4][5][6] Although Latin has words or phrases that can stand in for "yes" and "no", it also employs echo answers.
Portuguese will most commonly answer a polar question in the affirmative by repeating the main verb.
Unlike other Indo-Aryan languages, in Nepali there is no one word for 'yes' and 'no' as it depends upon the verb used in the question.
Generally, with the exception of certain situational words, Nepali employs echo answers to respond to yes-no questions.
'"not is"') are in fact the affirmative and negative forms of the same verb 'हो' (ho; lit.
[11] In other contexts, one must repeat the affirmative or negative forms of the verb being asked, for instance "तिमीले खाना खायौँ?"
'"ate"'), which is the verb "to eat" conjugated for the past tense first person singular.
In certain contexts, the word "नाई" (nāī) can be used to deny something that is stated, for instance politely passing up an offer.
Often, yes–no questions in Mandarin are expressed in the A-not-A form, and are answered with either A or not-A.
In addition, yes–no questions are often formed by adding the particle "吗" (ma for "yes or no?")