yeah

«yeah» in Mova's school dictionary: Yes — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adverb; interjection (informal)

meaning for a pupil

1) (informal) Yes. tree →

2) (informal) Said to show you are listening or to agree. tree →

3) yeah, right (informal, sarcastic): I don't believe that. tree →

sense in the lessons

Used everywhere in casual speech and real-speech lessons. Not used in formal writing or exams. Phrases: oh yeah, yeah yeah, yeah right, yeah, no (Australia, NZ: no).

examples

• "Do you want a biscuit?" "Yeah, please." tree →
• Yeah, I've finished my homework. tree →
• Oh yeah, I forgot to tell you! tree →
• "I'll clean my room tomorrow." "Yeah, right." tree →
• Yeah, that's the answer: 24. tree →
• (Australia, NZ) "Yeah, nah, I'm all right." tree →

note

Informal; in school writing use "yes". "Yeah, right" said sarcastically means "no". "Yeah, nah" in Australia and NZ usually means no. Pronounced like "yeh".

In the corpora

• He shrugged, said «yeah, all right», and later he passed Maddie the ball.
• «They're right there, Dad.» «Yeah nah, caught out.
• Sorry, mate.» «Yeah, it was.
• In Australian talk «yeah nah» means no and «nah yeah» means yes.
• A silly impossible add-on like "Yeah, sure, and a pony too" means "no".

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «yeah» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.