More Than Words

Tag: Hebrew

  • Getting to ‘Yes’

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    There are many different ways to accentuate the positive. We continue the guided tour of world languages with forty (plus) ways of expressing ‘yes’. As with its counterpart, the essential, and toddler-beloved ‘No!’, we will observe that the words for ‘yes’ exhibit a great deal of similarity within language families. As a general rule, when…

  • Starting from ‘No’

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    A word that’s powerful, useful, understood by everyone… Even babies. To kick off our guided tour of 40 world languages, as they say, “a simple yes or no will suffice.” Or more precisely, a simple ‘No’ (don’t worry, ‘Yes’ will follow soon behind.) Why start here? First: Because you have to start somewhere. As Chinese…