Latin
Latin, which has no single words for "yes" and "no", also employs echo answers. For example:
- Nōnne Doofus molestus discipulus est?
- "Doofus is an annoying student, isn't he?"
- Est.
- "He is."
- Num Doofus litterās memoriā tenēre potest?
- "Doofus cannot remember the alphabet, can he?"
- Nōn potest.
- "He cannot."
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