why in english i have to say "yes I do/ no i dont"

But do you ?

>>76818683
i find it unecessary
i want to make english better

Since when do you have to compliment "I do/ I don't"? Just say "yes/no" if you think it's easier that way.

who's the woman?

>>76822604
Olivia Mears

who's the cat ?

Sometimes it's for emphasis, sometimes it's because one word responses can seem rude or off-putting.

>>76818636
I need to get used to not doing this in other langauges I'm learning

>>76818636
you don't

>>76822631
Alejando Santiago.

>>76818636
No you don't

>>76818636
What? Idgi.

>>76818636
there is another weird thing.
When someone ask "Don't you do something?", If I answer "yes" then it means that I do something.
It is really weird. You asked "Don't you" so "yes" should mean "I don't do that" and "No" means "I do that". Don't you guys think it is more logical?

>>76818636
Because its more descriptive, if you don't wanna do that speak money.

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>>76825957
>speak money.
Money talks

>>76825941
In Old English, double negations were *always* positive. This is all the remnants of that system.

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_negative#Two_or_more_negatives_resolving_to_a_negative.

>>76818636
You don't have to.
It's just more affirmative.

>>76825941
There are no clear rules. In conversation we have to clarify what we mean when we respond "no" to something like "do you not eat hamburgers?"

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Why when I'm speaking Chinese do I have to say part of the question back because there is no word for yes and no?

For example if someone says "Can I have that" I must say "Can have".

And if someone says "Do you like this" I must say "I like"

Why no simple yes/no?

>>76826033
>there is no word for yes and no
在 / 不在 is normally used for questions that don't use 是 or 有 in the main clause.

>>76826141
weeb lmao

>>76818636
you don't - it's just more explicit, use it as required