Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to yes
Participle: yesed
Gerund: yesing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | yes |
| you | yes |
| he;she;it | yeses |
| we | yes |
| you | yes |
| they | yes |
Perfect
| I | have yesed |
| you | have yesed |
| he;she;it | has yesed |
| we | have yesed |
| you | have yesed |
| they | have yesed |
Past
| I | yesed |
| you | yesed |
| he;she;it | yesed |
| we | yesed |
| you | yesed |
| they | yesed |
Pluperfect
| I | had yesed |
| you | had yesed |
| he;she;it | had yesed |
| we | had yesed |
| you | had yesed |
| they | had yesed |
Future
| I | will yes |
| you | will yes |
| he;she;it | will yes |
| we | will yes |
| you | will yes |
| they | will yes |
Future Perfect
| I | will have yesed |
| you | will have yesed |
| he;she;it | will have yesed |
| we | will have yesed |
| you | will have yesed |
| they | will have yesed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | yes |
| you | yes |
| he;she;it | yes |
| we | yes |
| you | yes |
| they | yes |
Perfect
| I | have yesed |
| you | have yesed |
| he;she;it | have yesed |
| we | have yesed |
| you | have yesed |
| they | have yesed |
Imperfect
| I | yesed |
| you | yesed |
| he;she;it | yesed |
| we | yesed |
| you | yesed |
| they | yesed |
Pluperfect
| I | had yesed |
| you | had yesed |
| he;she;it | had yesed |
| we | had yesed |
| you | had yesed |
| they | had yesed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would yes |
| you | would yes |
| he;she;it | would yes |
| we | would yes |
| you | would yes |
| they | would yes |
Perfect
| I | would have yesed |
| you | would have yesed |
| he;she;it | would have yesed |
| we | would have yesed |
| you | would have yesed |
| they | would have yesed |
Imperative
| you | yes |
| we | Let's yes |
| you | yes |
Verbs conjugated like 'yes'
abash,
abolish,
abroach,
accomplish,
accroach,
address,
admix,
admonish,
ado,
adpress,
affamish,
affix,
alloo,
amass,
ambush,
anguish,
annex,
appeach,
appears,
approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'yes'
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English yes, from Old English ġīese (“by all means, of course, yes”), derived from the same root as yea. Compare Faroese júsá (“yes, indeed, certainly”).
Sample Sentences
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Did he yes the veto?
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"That's really what you wanted?" I yessed both; ... [1972 Oct, John Barth, “Perseid”, in Harper's Magazine, page 79:]
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The next day another writer asked us: “Didja hear about So-and-So? Got two hundred and fifty bucks for an idea!” We “yessed” and went our way. [1923 February 25, “Going Up!”, in Sunday State Journal, Lincoln, Neb., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 12—B, column 2:]
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“Heaven knows why a woman ‘Noes’!” / Clarrie nodded glumly. “And why she ‘Yesses’ in the end.” [1994, Malcolm Ross, “Part Three: The New Woman”, in Kernow & Daughter, London: BCA, →ISBN, page 293:]
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"[…] Are you—?" / ". . . all right?" / We yessed simultaneously. / "At least, I think so." [2005, Tyree Campbell, chapter 11, in Nyx, Cedar Rapids, Ia.: Sam’s Dot Publishing, page 93:]