mm-hm in English: A short humming sound you make with your mouth closed to say yes or show you are listening. (interjection)

Translation

A short humming sound you make with your mouth closed to say yes or show you are listening.

Word origin

An imitative word: it copies the humming sound people make when they agree with their mouth closed.

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"Mm-hm" here is a relaxed, spoken yes.

? -.

The answer means yes without opening the mouth.

- reading .

Here "mm-hm" shows she is listening, but only just.

uh-huh

A short sound you make to say yes, or to show that you are listening.

yes

Used to give a positive answer, or to agree that something is true.

yeah

A relaxed, friendly way of saying yes, used when you speak rather than when you write.

okay

Used to agree or to say yes; it can also mean well, safe, or good enough.

hmm

A sound you make when you are thinking about something or are not sure about it.

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