'Io' is it Yes or No?

Io is the Fijian word for yes but when answering a negative question it means the opposite of 'yes' in English. For example to answer in the affirmative, the English negative question 'You're not hungry?' one would say 'No I am not'.

In Fijian the question would be:
 'Iko sega ni via kana?'

The affirmative answer would be:

' Io, au sega ni via kana.'                        Or transliterally in English 'Yes I am not.' !


Try to answer these negative questions in the affirmative before seeing the answers:


Q: Iko sega ni kila?                     (You don't know?)


A: Io, au sega ni kila?

Q: Iko sega ni via moce?             (Are you not sleepy?) 

A: Io au sega ni via moce?         

(Thanks for your interest to Learn to speak the Fijian  Language)