Words for “yes” in Romance languages

Re:Words for “yes” in Romance languages by danans on Friday February 23, 2018 @08:59PM (#16451178)

Sanskrit also lacked a single affirmative particle, instead using various words/phrases meaning "true" or "it is so" (sat, satya, astu)

Also similar to Latin, most of it's daughter languages standardized on a single affirmative particle "haan".

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Re:Words for “yes” in Romance languages by gigogkggi on Friday February 23, 2018 @09:07PM (#16451204)

Astu (अस्तु) is imperative, asti, (अस्ति) is what would be used.

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Re:Words for “yes” in Romance languages by danans on Friday February 23, 2018 @09:36PM (#16451311)

Either works depending on the context. "astu" is more like "let it be so". Still, there is no single generic affirmative particle.

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Re:Words for “yes” in Romance languages by DFHippie on Saturday February 24, 2018 @07:16AM (#16452943)

I believe the direct cognate of this in Latin is "esto".

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