chideraokoye

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[small umbra]

You use si when you answer a negative question.

[livid pumice]

When your answer negates the negative question.

You aren't going to the party, right?
No, I am. -> Si

[barren blaze]

English regrettably deals with this terribly, but it used to have a four-way yes/no/yea/nay distinction

historically to answer a positive question, yea and nay were used

Are you hungry?
Yea, I am hungry.
Nay, I'm not hungry.

and to answer a negative question, yes and no were used
Are you not hungry?
Yes, I am hungry.
No, I'm not hungry.

[livid pumice]

. I agree, this would have been so much simpler.