Sun Dutch "zon", Old High German "sunna", modern German "Sonne", Old Norse "sunna", and Gothic "sunnō". All Germanic terms for the Sun stem from Proto-Germanic *"sunnōn". The Latin name for the Sun, "Sol", is used at times as another name for the Sun, but is not commonly used in everyday English. "Sol" is also used by planetary astronomers to refer to the duration of a solar day on another planet, such as Mars. The related word "solar" is the usual adjectival term used for the Sun, in terms such as solar day, solar eclipse, and Solar System. A mean Earth solar
Yes and no as well. In all Sinitic/Chinese languages, yes-no questions are often posed in A-not-A form, and the replies to such questions are echo answers that echo either "A" or "not A". In Mandarin Chinese, the closest equivalents to "yes" and "no" are to state "" (; ) and "" (; ). (In Cantonese, the preceding are 係 "hai6" and 唔係 "m4 hai6", respectively.) The phrase () may also be used for the interjection "no". Japanese also lacks words for "yes" and "no". The words "" ("hai") and "" ("iie") are mistaken by English speakers for equivalents to "yes" and "no", but