jes

jes

See also: Jes, jes', ješ, jeś, jěś, and -jes

English

Adverb

jes (not comparable)

1. Pronunciation spelling of just, representing African-American Vernacular English.

Anagrams

• JSE

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Albanian

Alternative forms

• jet, mbes, mbet

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *etja, a denominative of jetë.[1]

Verb

jes (first-person singular past tense jeta, participle jetë)

1. I remain
2. I exist

Related terms

• jetë

References

1. Orel, Vladimir (1998), “jes”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden, Boston, Cologne: Brill, →ISBN, page 186

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Esperanto

Etymology

Borrowed from English yes. Related to ja.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [jes]
• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: jes

Adverb

jes

1. yes

   Jes, mi ja parolas Esperanton.

   Yes, I do speak Esperanto.

   Antonym: ne

Derived terms

• jesa
• jese
• jesi
• jesigi
• jeso
• kapjesi
• kapjeso

 

Descendants

• Ido: yes

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Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from English yes.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjes/, [ˈje̞s̠]
• Rhymes: -es
• Syllabification^(key): jes

Interjection

jes!

1. (informal) yes! (used to express pleasure, joy, or great excitement)

   Alternative form: jess

   Synonyms: jee, jipii, oujee

2. (informal) all right, I see, okay

   Synonyms: aivan, okei, selvä

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Kom (Cameroon)

Verb

jes

1. to decay
2. to degrade, to wear out

References

• Randy Jones, Provisional Kom - English lexicon (2001, Yaoundé, Cameroon)

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology 1

From English yes.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /jês(ː)/

Interjection

jȅs (Cyrillic spelling је̏с)

1. yes!, yeah! (used to express pleasure, joy, or great excitement)

Etymology 2

Shortened from various inflected forms of bȉti (“to be”).

Verb

jes (Cyrillic spelling јес)

1. (colloquial) Alternative form of jest or jeste, often sarcastically as part of the phrase ma jes
   • 1851, D. Ignacio Gjorgji, “Uzdisanje četvàrto” in Uzdasi mandaljene pokornice u Spili od Marsilje, page 50:

     Sad ti osudi sudom pravim,
     Ako istine jes što u tebi;
     Je li razlog, da ja ostavim
     Za tvé slave slavu od nebi:
     I za siene pustim tvoje,
     Što je istino, što viečno je?

     Now judge with true judgement,
     If there is anything of the truth in you;
     Is it reason, that I leave behind
     Glory from heaven for the sake of your glories:
     And for your shadows let go of
     What is true, what is eternal?

   • 2004, Faruk Šehić, Pod pritiskom: priče, page 21:

     ― Pa jel pretrčo?
     ― Jes.

     ―Well, did he run past?
     ―He did.

2. (colloquial) Alternative form of jesi
   • 1848, anonymous (folk song), “Djevojka sama sebe opisuje” in Narodne pjesme, page 325:

     Jesi l’ iš’o u čaršiju?
     Jes’ video list artije?
     Onako je lice moje.

     Have you been to town?
     Have you seen a sheet of paper?
     That’s what my face is like.

   • 2005, Književna revija, Volume 45, page 137:

     KARLO (sa smijehom): Mogao bi inspektor da objavi ovo što smo pričali u lokalnim novinama pa da sutra demantira.
     STAJKI: Šta da objavi? Jes ti normalan?

     KARLO (laughing): Maybe the inspector could announce what we’ve been talking about in the local newspapers so that he could deny it tomorrow.
     STAJKI: Announce what? Are you sane?