Yes and no "Ja", and the affirmative answer to "Snakker du ikke norsk?" ("Do you not speak Norwegian?") is "Jo", while the negative answer to "both" questions is "Nei". Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Icelandic, Faroese, Hungarian, German, Dutch, and French all have three-form systems. Swedish and Danish have "ja", "jo", and "nej". Norwegian has "ja", "jo"/"jau", and "nei". Icelandic has "já", "jú" and "nei". Faroese has "ja", "jú" and "nei". Hungarian has "igen", "de", and "nem". German has "ja", "doch", and "nein". Dutch has "ja", "jawel", and "nee". French has "oui", "si", and "non". Swedish, and to some extent Danish and Norwegian, also has
Yes, and... Yes, and... "Yes, and...", also referred to as "Yes, and..." thinking is a rule-of-thumb in improvisational comedy that suggests that a participant should accept what another participant has stated ("yes") and then expand on that line of thinking ("and"). It is also used in business and other organizations as a principle that improves the effectiveness of the brainstorming process, fosters effective communication, and encourages the free sharing of ideas. The "Yes" portion of the rule encourages the acceptance of the contributions added by others. Participants in an improvisation are encouraged to agree to proposition, fostering a sense of cooperation rather