"Yes!"

Translation: Oui !

[ElizabethT888424]

I just looked up when you use "si" in French to mean "yes". It is in response to a negative question. For example, "You're not hungry are you?" The response would be, "si" meaning: yes, I am hungry. So the way Duolingo used it here would not be best usage. Since the yes translation is in isolation, it should be "oui" - in my opinion.

[RuggarolxSiempre]

"Si" is in Spanish. "Oui" is in French :)

[DavidLamb53073]

Yes, "si" is a word in Spanish, but it is also used in French, when answering yes to a question phrased in a negative format, such as, "You don't have a cat, do you?" or "He doesn't have a job, does he?"

[iamchessy]

Thank you for the explanation.

[deactivated user]

Yes, that's correct.

[ChaseThoma12]

Thats in spansih

[Georgina84003]

I'm glad I read the comments because I was like that's Spanish lok

[MauroQuil]

There must be a better way to demonstrate the correct use of "Si".

[deactivated user]

Oui = the common way of saying "yes", in answer to a question
Ouais = an informal form of oui
Mouais = a variant of ouais, they're equivalent
Si = used in reply to a negative question, like "you don't like coffee, do you?"

Vous aimez le café ?

Oui !

Tu aimes le café ?

Ouais !

Tu n'aimes pas le café, non ?

Si !

[spade4deux]

I almost put in Ouai! (as in yeah)

[Sue205114]

I've never heard of si in French and it's not been in any previous lessons. Surely the choice should have been oui

[Uma853398]

Why wasn't this introduced to us in the tips before starting the chapter?

[loisannk]

Si vs oui

[Deli133925]

It is supposed to be oui is it

[carlinw]

But in this app i just learned yes = Qui

[PragyaSing570053]

This a great app for poor people if they can not go to school at least they can study by this app i love you DUOLINGO

[QueenKhushi]

Oui meaning is yes and si meaning is yes but how is this possible

[King22Loading...]

i got no idea how si works in french all i know is that yes is oui not si

*if u can tell me something big brain y si is in french plz do

[DavidLamb53073]

I don't know what the sentence about "big brain" means. I know I haven't got one :) But I do know that "Si" is used in French for "yes" when answering a question with a negative, like "no" or "not" in it, like "He does not work, does he?" and "You have no idea, have you?"

[AyushPande6]

Salut, comment ça va

[Sadashivaa]

Yep

[ramvishod]

Cooooooooooooooooool

[Kate261850]

Oui should have been the correct answer (but it wasn't offered as an option!) because the question was not posed in the negative.

[Minni666358]

Please fix it ASAP!!

[ph.YM7HpE]

I mean Si is in spanish and in mine and others opinoin it's Oui

[Merlissa15]

I got confused isnt si spanish

[DavidLamb53073]

Yes, but it is also French, used when "Yes" is an answer to a question with a negative flavour, such as "You aren't going to the concert, are you?"

[norabunny]

I thought "is" meant "if"! It must be slang.

[rilorz1]

si is spanish and oui is french

[DavidLamb53073]

"Si" is French too, as has already been explained several times here.

[Deniz2021]

Qui not Si!!!

[DavidLamb53073]

No, it can't be "qui". The French word "Qui" means "who". "Yes" is usually "oui", but when answering a question with a negative flavour, such as, "Do yo not have to work today?", French uses "si" for "yes".

[HeatherFra52743]

Duo literally never taught si as a French word this question should not be in here

[ph.bMTM6Z]

Si !? Instead of typing sir i typed si instead lol

[SpicyWolf216]

Whats the difference between "Si" and "Oui"?

[DavidLamb53073]

The usual word for "yes" is "oui". However, if the question has a negative element, like "You don't work in an office, do you?" then "si" is used for "yes".