respond in a strong way, use or You can also use and if you want “yes” “no”. “yes” “no” to sound cold or are in a very formal situation. In many cases you can use and “yeah” and this is the normal form. In normal conversation, the most common way to “no” answer is with and This is probably most common because “uh-huh” “huh-uh.” “yes,” and are usually followed by a comma and more response such as have,” “yeah,” “no” “I are,” is,” has,” etc… Because these responses need to have correct “we “there “it grammar matching the question, it is much easier to use and “uh-huh” “huh-uh”. Note that has a rising intonation and has falling intonation. “uh-huh” “huh-uh” Strong, cold, formal Normal Warm, friendly, relaxed (10%) (30%) (60%) [jes] [jæ] [ ] ʌhʌ↗ Yes, Yeah, Uh-huh. No, No, Huh-uh. [no] [no] [ hʌʔʌ↘ ] Do you like ice cream? Uh-huh. → [ dujə laik aiscrim ] [ ] ʌhʌ↗ Have you been to Denver? Huh-uh. → [ bın tə denvr ] [ hʌʔʌ↘ ] Be careful not to get and confused with and huh?”. “uh-huh” “huh-uh” “Huh?” “…, or did you say?”. “Huh?” “what?” “What huh?” is a replacement for any kind of tag question such as aren’t you?”, “…, “…, “…, haven’t you?”, weren’t there?”, or wasn’t it?”. “…, “…, A: It’s a beautiful day, huh? [ biudıfəl dei hʌ↘ ] ıts ə B: Huh? [ hʌ↗ ] A: It’s a beautiful day, huh? [ biudıfəl dei hʌ↘ ] ıts ə B: Uh-huh. But it’s a little too hot, huh? [ . bʌdıts lıdl tu hat hʌ↘] ʌhʌ↗ ə A: Huh-uh. It’s perfect.
respond in a strong way, use “yes” or “no”. You can also use “yes” and “no” if you want to sound cold or are in a very formal situation. In many cases you can use “yeah” and “no” and this is the normal form. In normal conversation, the most common way to answer is with “uh-huh” and “huh-uh.” This is probably most common because “yes,” “yeah,” and “no” are usually followed by a comma and more response such as “I have,” “we are,” “there is,” “it has,” etc… Because these responses need to have correct grammar matching the question, it is much easier to use “uh-huh” and “huh-uh”. Note that “uh-huh” has a rising intonation and “huh-uh” has falling intonation. Strong, cold, formal (10%) Normal (30%) Warm, friendly, relaxed (60%) [jes] [jæ] [ ʌhʌ↗ ] Yes, Yeah, Uh-huh. No, No, Huh-uh. [no] [no] [ hʌʔʌ↘ ] Do you like ice cream? → Uh-huh. [ dujə laik aiscrim ] [ ʌhʌ↗ ] Have you been to Denver? → Huh-uh. [ bın tə denvr ] [ hʌʔʌ↘ ] Be careful not to get “uh-huh” and “huh-uh” confused with “Huh?” and “…, huh?”. “Huh?” “what?” or “What did you say?”. “…, huh?” is a replacement for any kind of tag question such as “…, aren’t you?”, “…, haven’t you?”, “…, weren’t there?”, or “…, wasn’t it?”. A: It’s a beautiful day, huh? [ ıts ə biudıfəl dei hʌ↘ ] B: Huh? [ hʌ↗ ] A: It’s a beautiful day, huh? [ ıts ə biudıfəl dei hʌ↘ ] B: Uh-huh. But it’s a little too hot, huh? [ ʌhʌ↗ . bʌdıts ə lıdl tu hat hʌ↘] A: Huh-uh. It’s perfect.
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