yes & no
Edith Moravcsik
edith at UWM.EDU
Sat Apr 8 18:15:15 UTC 2006
In Hungarian, there are two ways to report somebody's affirming or negating
something.
1/ "He said yes-ACC.
"He said no-ACC."
2/ "He said that yes-
NOM."
"He said that no-NOM."
Unlike English and like German, Hungarian does not routinely use sentential
echoes (such as English "Yes, he did so.") although the construction is
possible; e.g. "Yes, he acted in this way."
Best - Edith Moravcsik
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