@rebeccannolan: no hate at all to you guys, i love the language. I just find it funny coming from speaking English. like why does it mean yes

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konc165
Kon Chochlakis :
you have a great Vibe girl .keep it up..have a Great stay
2026-06-02 10:15:01
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mariamkelsey
mariamkelsey :
Ναι (Ne) means yes, Όχι (ohi) means No
2026-06-03 21:12:33
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edithhmoraa
edith :
ne also means yes in korean
2026-06-02 13:30:59
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chris.koutsoupis
Chris Koutsoupis :
No is Ohi...👍👍👍👍👍👍😎😎😎😎😎😎
2026-06-03 15:50:33
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ck12436
Chris kat :
No is όχι ochi
2026-06-03 05:59:55
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longlivefridays
Avik Bourne  :
This is one of the ultimate "mind-trick" realities of historical linguistics. It can be incredibly disorienting to hear a Greek speaker say “Nai” and realize they mean yes, while a Russian speaker says “Nyet” or a Russian/Slavic text uses “Ne” to mean no. To understand how this happened, we have to look at two entirely different language families: Indo-European (which covers English, German, Slavic, Romance, and Greek) and Korean (an East Asian language isolate). For the vast majority of European and South Asian languages, words starting with N mean "no." If you go to Greece, Nai (pronounced like "neh") means yes. It sounds shockingly like the Slavic ne or the English nay, but it has a completely separate evolutionary history. Ancient Greek didn't use an "N" word for "no": their ancient words for negation were ou and mḗ (which became the modern Greek word for no, óchi). Instead, the modern Greek word Nai evolved from an ancient Indo-European particle used for emphasis and affirmation, akin to saying "Indeed!" or "Verily!" Over centuries of casual speech, this emphatic "indeed" softened into the standard word for "yes." It is a complete coincidence, what linguists call a false cognate, that it sounds like the "no" used by its Slavic neighbors.
2026-06-04 07:21:38
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xans1
xansgretel :
Pronounce ask
2026-06-04 05:24:22
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gamergrgv
call me Jim :
ha ha clever !
2026-06-04 08:10:26
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voulgariparaskevi
Voula :
💙💙
2026-06-03 22:39:01
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