21 Ways to Say YES in English

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- Welcome to Eat Sleep Dream English. Today we're gonna look at 21 ways to say yes. Just
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like this, yes, yes! Oh, my, yes! Yah uh. Yeah? Oh ! Uh, yeah. Yes! Yeah. Yes, yes,
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oh yes, nah. Dah! Yes! Number one, I'd love to, I'd love to. This is a great way to accept
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a suggestion. So if someone says to you, would you like to go to the beach? You'd say, I'd
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love to, it means yes in a very polite way. You got it, you got it. It should be you have
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got it, but yeah, you got it. We use this when someone has asked us to do something.
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We could say, yeah, yeah, you got it. Like yeah, I can do that, like no problem. So if
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they said to you, oh, can you pick up some milk when you go out? You could say, yeah,
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you got it. Like yes, I can do that. Really good in a work situation. Yeah, yeah, you
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got it, no worries, like I can do that. Yes, you got it. Number three, aye, aye! Scottish
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way to say yes, aye, that's right! Aye. Would you like a drum of whiskey? Aye! I apologize,
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that was a terrible impression of how a Scottish person would say it. So aye, A-Y-E is a word
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used in Scotland and the north of England in some parts to say yes. Nice and simple,
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yep, just means yes. You going out tonight, yep. Good with the food, yep. You tired, yep.
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Number five, totally, totally. A nice, emphatic way to say yes. Aw, totally! Great to agree
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with someone. If they've said, oh, you know, I love the new Maroon 5 song, you go, oh,
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totally, like I agree with you. This can be shortened down to totes, totes. Oh man, totes.
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Now this isn't used by everyone, but it's there if you wanna use it, totes. Why use
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words when you can use sounds? Mm-hmm, mm-hmm, and uh-huh, uh-huh. Mm-hmm, uh-huh, yeah,
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brilliant. Great way to say yes. Also great to show that you're listening to someone as
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well. Mm-hmm, uh-huh, perfect. No. Huh, no, no means yes? My mind is blown, how does this
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work? Well, we're using sarcasm. So for example, if someone says, would you like to borrow
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my Ferrari, you're like, no. Obviously, you mean yes. We use sarcasm for humor. Now sarcasm
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is quite cultural, and sometimes it doesn't work. Some people don't get sarcasm. So use
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it carefully, but with someone that does understand sarcasm, it's perfect. Sounds good. This is
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a great way to accept someone's suggestion. If they say, hey, let's all go and have a
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beach barbecue. You say, yeah, sounds good, sounds good. Like, yes, I'm on board, I like
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what you're saying. Huh, this is cool, be my guest. ♪ Be my guest, be my guest ♪ ♪ Boop,
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bop, bop ♪ Be my guest, it's a really nice way to accept someone's request. So if they
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would like to borrow something, you're like, yeah, be my guest. Someone's around your house,
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they say, can I just use your toilet? You say, yeah, be my guest, like yeah, of course.
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So it's perfect for accepting someone's request. I love this one, 100%. 100% is a great way
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to agree with someone. So when they've given their opinion, you could just say, 100% if
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you agree. For example, so they said to you, for example, going to the gym makes me feel
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so good afterwards. You could say, yeah, 100%, 100%, like yeah, I feel so good as well. Like
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I agree with you completely. Number 11, sure thing. This is a great way to accept someone's
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request or someone's offer. So if your boss has asked you to write an email to a client,
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you could say, yeah, sure thing, sure thing, I'll do it. Number 12, absolutely, absolutely.
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Another emphatic way to say yes. Similar to totally. So if someone gives their opinion,
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you could say absolutely. You could expand this with abso-bloody-lutely. Abso-bloody-lutely.
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A little bit more rude, but more fun. Abso-bloody-lutely. 13, of course, of course of course. It's a
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great way to say yes. Do you want my last piece of chocolate? Of course, yes! 14, all
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right. It's a nice way to agree to a suggestion, or something like that. So your mate says
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to you, do you wanna go watch some football, and you're like, all right, like yeah, good
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suggestion. Number 15, yass, yass. My pronunciation isn't very good. Now this is a word that has
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its origins in drag queen culture. And when a drag queen would display their costume,
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all the other queens would be shouting, yass queen, to them. So this has developed into
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popular culture now. You can see on Instagram, there are stickers with yass. And it's very
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popular in social media, you'll see it used a lot there. But of course, in spoken English
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as well, yass. I don't know how many As or how many Ss you need, but use all the As and
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all the Ss, and you'll probably get there. It's a very emphatic way to say yes. It's
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got, yeah, a lot of emphasis to it, so yass. I'm on it, I'm on it. This is another great
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way to tell someone that you're gonna do whatever they requested, okay. So usually like work-related,
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I'm on it. Maybe you're, you and your partner want to go on holiday, and they say, hey,
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can you, you know, can you look at some hotels that we could stay in? You're like, yeah,
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I'm on it, like I'm doing it, like yes. I am doing this thing. Developing that idea,
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consider it done. Consider it done means the same idea. Like whatever you requested, yes,
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I will do it, and so therefore, you can just think in your mind that I've done it already,
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because I will do it. Does that make sense? So your partner says to you, hey, can you
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hire a car for our holiday? You say, consider it done. Like I will do it, yes, like yes
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I will do it, and you now, in your mind can think, oh, Tom's done it, consider it done.
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Really simple one, that's right, or that's correct, Really useful for confirming a fact.
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So maybe you're in immigration stand in an airport, and the official asks you, are you
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from blah blah, whatever country? You say, yes, that's correct, or yes, that's right.
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You are confirming the fact that they're after. Okay, so yeah, nice, simple, easy one there.
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In that situation, other official situations, you don't wanna use abso-bloody-lutely, you
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know. The official might get a bit offended or upset, and that could cause a lot of problems.
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So stick with a simple that's right or that's correct. This may seem like a strange one
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to you, but I use this all the time. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Honestly, it's so good. So if
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someone says to you, you know, have you tried that new burger at McDonald's? You go, yeah,
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yeah, yeah, it's amazing. Like yes, it's amazing, but yeah, yeah, yeah! Because you're showing
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excitement, you're showing interest. Showing a bit of passion, I feel. So yeah, yeah, yeah,
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I use it all the time. Number 20, okie dokie. Of course, okay is the original word, and
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that's great for saying yes. Okie dokie is a slightly playful way of saying it as well,
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like okie dokie. I use it in text form, I don't say it that often, but yeah, it's a
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fun one, okie dokie. Should we go, should we go get some food? Okie dokie, like yeah,
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okay. Another nice informal one, for sure. For sure is a great way to say yes. This has
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been kinda changed over time with pronunciation, especially from America. So fo' shizz is one
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way of saying it, or fo' sho. I'm saying it wrong, but you will see it on your Instagram
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stickers. There are varieties of ways to say for sure. I would just say for sure, personally.
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So if someone makes a statement, you could say, for sure, yeah, for sure. So if someone
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says to you like, ah, I'm so worried about you know, climate change in the environment.
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You're like, yeah, for sure, yeah, me too, for sure. Uh-oh stop, don't go anywhere, we've
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got a bonus one! Hells yeah. This is cool, this is kind of American one that has been
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brought over to Britain. Hells yeah, or hell yeah. Like it's super emphatic. Hells yeah
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I'd do that! So if someone says, do you wanna go on a boat trip? Hells yeah I wanna go on
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a boat trip. It's an emphatic yes. Now there are rude versions of this. yeah would be another
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one, but we're not gonna go there today. But you know what our word was. That's another
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great way to say yes, with emphasis, only with friends, though, all right? Only with
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people that you're comfortable with. Don't use that at work. All right guys, do you know
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any other ways to say yes in English? Put them in the comments below. If you would like
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another 21 ways to say mmm, you let me know. What other words would you like me to do?
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21 ways to say good-bye? 21 ways to say thank you? What other ideas have you got? Thank
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you so much for watching guys. This is tom, the chief dreamer, saying good-bye.
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