jes

jes (not comparable)

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

• JSE

• jet, mbes, mbet

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

jes (aorist jeta, participle jetë)

1. to remain
2. to exist

• jetë

Borrowed from English yes. Related to ja.

• IPA^(key): [jes]

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• Hyphenation: jes

jes

1. yes

   Antonym: ne

   Jes, mi ja parolas Esperanton.

   Yes, I do speak Esperanto.

• Ido: yes

Borrowed from English yes.

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

jes! (informal)

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

   Synonyms: jee, jipii, oujee

   Alternative form: jess

2. all right, I see, okay

   Synonyms: aivan, okei, selvä

• “jes”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

jes

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

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

From English yes.

Can be replaced with Russian да (da) (and, probably, Norwegian ja, which is not attested).

jes

1. yes

A result of confusion between English yes and Russian да (da, “yes, and”).

Can be replaced with Norwegian og and ja or Russian и (i)

jes

1. and

• Ingvild Broch, Ernst H. Jahr (1984) Russenorsk: Et pidginspråk i Norge [Russenorsk: A pidgin language in Norway], 2 edition, Oslo: Novus Forlag

From English yes.

IPA^(key): /jês(ː)/

jȅs (Cyrillic spelling је̏с)

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

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

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?