21 Ways to Say YES in English

- Welcome to Eat Sleep Dream English. Today we're gonna look at 21 ways to say yes. Just

like this, yes, yes! Oh, my, yes! Yah uh. Yeah? Oh ! Uh, yeah. Yes! Yeah. Yes, yes,

oh yes, nah. Dah! Yes! Number one, I'd love to, I'd love to. This is a great way to accept

a suggestion. So if someone says to you, would you like to go to the beach? You'd say, I'd

love to, it means yes in a very polite way. You got it, you got it. It should be you have

got it, but yeah, you got it. We use this when someone has asked us to do something.

We could say, yeah, yeah, you got it. Like yeah, I can do that, like no problem. So if

they said to you, oh, can you pick up some milk when you go out? You could say, yeah,

you got it. Like yes, I can do that. Really good in a work situation. Yeah, yeah, you

got it, no worries, like I can do that. Yes, you got it. Number three, aye, aye! Scottish

way to say yes, aye, that's right! Aye. Would you like a drum of whiskey? Aye! I apologize,

that was a terrible impression of how a Scottish person would say it. So aye, A-Y-E is a word

used in Scotland and the north of England in some parts to say yes. Nice and simple,

yep, just means yes. You going out tonight, yep. Good with the food, yep. You tired, yep.

Number five, totally, totally. A nice, emphatic way to say yes. Aw, totally! Great to agree

with someone. If they've said, oh, you know, I love the new Maroon 5 song, you go, oh,

totally, like I agree with you. This can be shortened down to totes, totes. Oh man, totes.

Now this isn't used by everyone, but it's there if you wanna use it, totes. Why use

words when you can use sounds? Mm-hmm, mm-hmm, and uh-huh, uh-huh. Mm-hmm, uh-huh, yeah,

brilliant. Great way to say yes. Also great to show that you're listening to someone as

well. Mm-hmm, uh-huh, perfect. No. Huh, no, no means yes? My mind is blown, how does this

work? Well, we're using sarcasm. So for example, if someone says, would you like to borrow

my Ferrari, you're like, no. Obviously, you mean yes. We use sarcasm for humor. Now sarcasm

is quite cultural, and sometimes it doesn't work. Some people don't get sarcasm. So use

it carefully, but with someone that does understand sarcasm, it's perfect. Sounds good. This is

a great way to accept someone's suggestion. If they say, hey, let's all go and have a

beach barbecue. You say, yeah, sounds good, sounds good. Like, yes, I'm on board, I like

what you're saying. Huh, this is cool, be my guest. ♪ Be my guest, be my guest ♪ ♪ Boop,

bop, bop ♪ Be my guest, it's a really nice way to accept someone's request. So if they

would like to borrow something, you're like, yeah, be my guest. Someone's around your house,

they say, can I just use your toilet? You say, yeah, be my guest, like yeah, of course.

So it's perfect for accepting someone's request. I love this one, 100%. 100% is a great way

to agree with someone. So when they've given their opinion, you could just say, 100% if

you agree. For example, so they said to you, for example, going to the gym makes me feel

so good afterwards. You could say, yeah, 100%, 100%, like yeah, I feel so good as well. Like

I agree with you completely. Number 11, sure thing. This is a great way to accept someone's

request or someone's offer. So if your boss has asked you to write an email to a client,

you could say, yeah, sure thing, sure thing, I'll do it. Number 12, absolutely, absolutely.

Another emphatic way to say yes. Similar to totally. So if someone gives their opinion,

you could say absolutely. You could expand this with abso-bloody-lutely. Abso-bloody-lutely.

A little bit more rude, but more fun. Abso-bloody-lutely. 13, of course, of course of course. It's a

great way to say yes. Do you want my last piece of chocolate? Of course, yes! 14, all

right. It's a nice way to agree to a suggestion, or something like that. So your mate says

to you, do you wanna go watch some football, and you're like, all right, like yeah, good

suggestion. Number 15, yass, yass. My pronunciation isn't very good. Now this is a word that has

its origins in drag queen culture. And when a drag queen would display their costume,

all the other queens would be shouting, yass queen, to them. So this has developed into

popular culture now. You can see on Instagram, there are stickers with yass. And it's very

popular in social media, you'll see it used a lot there. But of course, in spoken English

as well, yass. I don't know how many As or how many Ss you need, but use all the As and

all the Ss, and you'll probably get there. It's a very emphatic way to say yes. It's

got, yeah, a lot of emphasis to it, so yass. I'm on it, I'm on it. This is another great

way to tell someone that you're gonna do whatever they requested, okay. So usually like work-related,

I'm on it. Maybe you're, you and your partner want to go on holiday, and they say, hey,

can you, you know, can you look at some hotels that we could stay in? You're like, yeah,

I'm on it, like I'm doing it, like yes. I am doing this thing. Developing that idea,

consider it done. Consider it done means the same idea. Like whatever you requested, yes,

I will do it, and so therefore, you can just think in your mind that I've done it already,

because I will do it. Does that make sense? So your partner says to you, hey, can you

hire a car for our holiday? You say, consider it done. Like I will do it, yes, like yes

I will do it, and you now, in your mind can think, oh, Tom's done it, consider it done.

Really simple one, that's right, or that's correct, Really useful for confirming a fact.

So maybe you're in immigration stand in an airport, and the official asks you, are you

from blah blah, whatever country? You say, yes, that's correct, or yes, that's right.

You are confirming the fact that they're after. Okay, so yeah, nice, simple, easy one there.

In that situation, other official situations, you don't wanna use abso-bloody-lutely, you

know. The official might get a bit offended or upset, and that could cause a lot of problems.

So stick with a simple that's right or that's correct. This may seem like a strange one

to you, but I use this all the time. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Honestly, it's so good. So if

someone says to you, you know, have you tried that new burger at McDonald's? You go, yeah,

yeah, yeah, it's amazing. Like yes, it's amazing, but yeah, yeah, yeah! Because you're showing

excitement, you're showing interest. Showing a bit of passion, I feel. So yeah, yeah, yeah,

I use it all the time. Number 20, okie dokie. Of course, okay is the original word, and

that's great for saying yes. Okie dokie is a slightly playful way of saying it as well,

like okie dokie. I use it in text form, I don't say it that often, but yeah, it's a

fun one, okie dokie. Should we go, should we go get some food? Okie dokie, like yeah,

okay. Another nice informal one, for sure. For sure is a great way to say yes. This has

been kinda changed over time with pronunciation, especially from America. So fo' shizz is one

way of saying it, or fo' sho. I'm saying it wrong, but you will see it on your Instagram

stickers. There are varieties of ways to say for sure. I would just say for sure, personally.

So if someone makes a statement, you could say, for sure, yeah, for sure. So if someone

says to you like, ah, I'm so worried about you know, climate change in the environment.

You're like, yeah, for sure, yeah, me too, for sure. Uh-oh stop, don't go anywhere, we've

got a bonus one! Hells yeah. This is cool, this is kind of American one that has been

brought over to Britain. Hells yeah, or hell yeah. Like it's super emphatic. Hells yeah

I'd do that! So if someone says, do you wanna go on a boat trip? Hells yeah I wanna go on

a boat trip. It's an emphatic yes. Now there are rude versions of this. yeah would be another

one, but we're not gonna go there today. But you know what our word was. That's another

great way to say yes, with emphasis, only with friends, though, all right? Only with

people that you're comfortable with. Don't use that at work. All right guys, do you know

any other ways to say yes in English? Put them in the comments below. If you would like

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