What part of speech is yes?

Yes can be categorized as a noun and a verb.

Parts of speech

1. yes is a verb, present, 1st person singular of yes (infinitive).
2. yes is a verb (infinitive).
3. yes is a noun, singular of yeses / yesses.

Inflections

Verb

Infinitive

Present

Simple Past

Past Participle

Gerund
(to) yes

yes / yeses / yesses

yessed / yesed

yessed / yesed

yessing / yesing

Infinitive: (to) yes
Present: yes / yeses / yesses
Simple Past: yessed / yesed
Past Participle: (have) yessed / yesed
Gerund: yessing / yesing

Noun

Singular

Plural
yes

yeses / yesses

Singular: yes
Plural: yeses / yesses

What does yes mean?

Definitions

Adverb
yes - Ay; yea; -- a word which expresses affirmation or consent; -- opposed to no.
Verb
yes - To agree with, to affirm, to approve.
yes - To attempt to flatter someone by habitually agreeing.
Noun
yes - an affirmative; "I was hoping for a yes"

Examples of yes

#		Sentence
1.	noun	I was hoping for a yes.
2.	noun	I doubt he will be extradited to Venezuela, which is the only way that question could be answered with a Yes.
3.	noun	Yes, yes and yes.
4.	noun	YE PRC Rating: Satisfactory.

Sentence
noun
I was hoping for a yes.
I doubt he will be extradited to Venezuela, which is the only way that question could be answered with a Yes.
Yes, yes and yes.
YE PRC Rating: Satisfactory.

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