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it was a bit difficult for me to answer to a yes-no question by saying

"Yes, I do."

or

"I do."

before I lived abroad and used english every day basis. I tended to say, simply,

"Yes"

or

"No"

to such questions, as the most Japanese would do. It's one way to answer but I found out saying

"I do"

might be better in some cases..

Ex.

Did you go see the movie ?

> I did.

Will you go back to your country ?

> I will.

I was confused when asked a negative question like,

> Didn't you bring that form ?

That's a difficult one for Japanese. If you did bring it, you should say "yes" but Japanese might say "no" for meaning "yes"... and I made these mistakes a lot, hahaha. To answer to such a question it's better or easier to say "(Yes), I did ( bring it)" as you make a full sentence to answer it, and I heard many said like "I did" for such a question.

Did you have a difficult time to answer to such a question or are you still having it ? LOL

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[1] mixiユーザー 11月09日 22:13

yap...its really difficult.

I used to make mistake when somebody asked me
'Do you mind???'

If you don't mind you say 'no'I dont mind...
If you do mind you say 'yes'....I mind

I practiced a lot..I mean I was careful to answer to negative questions and now I sometimes make mistake for answering in Japanese.

[2] mixiユーザー 11月09日 22:41

Tommy, i know it!!

Now I got used to answer to these Japanese version of negative questions !! haha.

You will get used to if when you get back home :-)

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