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See also: yōu, yóu, yǒu, and yòu

English

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Alternative forms

  • ye (plural form, archaic or dialectal)
  • ya, yah, yer, y' (informal)
  • -cha (informal, after /t/)
  • -ja (informal, after /d/)
  • u (informal)
  • yoo (eye dialect)
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Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English (deprecated template usage) you, (deprecated template usage) yow, (deprecated template usage) Lua error in Module:parameters at line 370: Parameter "sc" should be a valid script code; the value "Latinx" is not valid. See WT:LOS., (object case of <span class="deprecated" title="Template:term is deprecated; use Template:m.">(deprecated template usage) ye), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English (deprecated template usage) ēow, (deprecated template usage) īow ("you"; dative case of <span class="deprecated" title="Template:term is deprecated; use Template:m.">(deprecated template usage) ġē), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 370: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "gmw" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. Template:recons ("you"; dative case of :Template:recons), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic Template:recons ("you"; dative case of :Template:recons), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European Template:recons, Template:recons, Template:recons, object case of Template:recons, Template:recons, Template:recons. Cognate with (deprecated template usage) [etyl] West Frisian (deprecated template usage) jo, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Low German (deprecated template usage) jo, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Dutch (deprecated template usage) jou & (deprecated template usage) u, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle High German (deprecated template usage) eu, (deprecated template usage) iu (obj. pron.), (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin (deprecated template usage) vōs, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Avestan (deprecated template usage) .Lua error in Module:parameters at line 370: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Avestan" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.

See usage notes. (deprecated template usage) Ye, (deprecated template usage) you and (deprecated template usage) your are cognate with Dutch (deprecated template usage) jij/(deprecated template usage) je, (deprecated template usage) jou, (deprecated template usage) jouw; Low German (deprecated template usage) ji, (deprecated template usage) jo/(deprecated template usage) ju, (deprecated template usage) jug and German (deprecated template usage) ihr, (deprecated template usage) euch and (deprecated template usage) euer respectively. (deprecated template usage) Ye is also cognate with archaic Swedish (deprecated template usage) I.

Pronunciation

When a word ending in /t/, /d/, /s/, or /z/ is followed by (deprecated template usage) you, these may coalesce with the /j/, resulting in /tʃ/, /dʒ/, /ʃ/ and /ʒ/, respectively. This is occasionally represented in writing, e.g. (deprecated template usage) gotcha(deprecated template usage) got (deprecated template usage) you.

Pronoun

you (second person, singular or plural, nominative or objective, possessive determiner your, possessive pronoun yours, singular reflexive yourself, plural reflexive yourselves)

  1. (object pronoun) The people spoken, or written to, as an object. [from 9th c.]
    • 1611, Bible, Authorized (King James) Version. Genesis XLII:
      And Joseph said unto them, That is it that I spake unto you, saying, Ye are spies [...].
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    • c. 1591, William Shakespeare, Richard III:
      If I may counsaile you, some day or two / Your Highnesse shall repose you at the Tower [...].
    • 1611, Bible, Authorized (King James) Version. Genesis XIX:
      And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the LORD will destroy this city.
    • 1975, Joseph Nazel, Death for Hire:
      You'd better get you a gun and kill him before he kills you or somebody.
  3. (object pronoun) The person spoken to or written to, as an object. (Replacing (deprecated template usage) thee; originally as a mark of respect.) [from 13th c.]
    • c. 1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book VIII:
      I charge you, as ye woll have my love, that ye warne your kynnesmen that ye woll beare that day the slyve of golde uppon your helmet.
  4. (subject pronoun) The people spoken to or written to, as a subject. (Replacing (deprecated template usage) ye.) [from 14th c.]
    Both of you should get ready now.
    You are all supposed to do as I tell you.
  5. (subject pronoun) The person spoken to or written to, as a subject. (Originally as a mark of respect.) [from 15th c.]
    • c. 1395, Geoffrey Chaucer, "The Clerk's Tale", Canterbury Tales, Ellesmere manuscript (c. 1410):
      certes lord / so wel vs liketh yow / And al youre werk / and euere han doon / þat we / Ne koude nat vs self deuysen how / We myghte lyuen / in moore felicitee [...].
    • 1814, Janes Austen, Mansfield Park:
      You are right, Fanny, to protest against such an office, but you need not be afraid.
  6. (indefinite personal pronoun) Anyone, one; an unspecified individual or group of individuals (as subject or object). [from 16th c.]
    • 2001, Polly Vernon, The Guardian, 5 May 2001:
      You can't choose your family, your lovers are difficult and volatile, but, oh, you can choose your friends - so doesn't it make much more sense to live and holiday with them instead?

Usage notes

Synonyms

  • (subject pronoun: the person spoken/written to): thou (singular, archaic), ye, yer (dialect)
  • (subject pronoun: the persons spoken/written to): all of you (plural), ye, yer (dialect), you’s (plural dialect), y’all (informal US plural), you all (plural), you + number (plural, to the specified number of people)
  • (object pronoun: the person spoken/written to): thee (singular, archaic), ye, to you, to thee, to ye
  • (object pronoun: the persons spoken/written to): ye, to you, to ye, to you all
  • (one): one, people, they, them

Derived terms

Translations

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See also

Determiner

you

  1. The individual or group spoken or written to.
    Have you gentlemen come to see the lady who fell backwards off a bus?
  2. Used before epithets for emphasis.
    You idiot!

Translations

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Japanese

Verb

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  1. 酔う: to get drunk, to get tipsy

See also


Mandarin

Romanization

you

  1. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Nonstandard spelling of yōu.
  2. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Nonstandard spelling of yóu.
  3. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Nonstandard spelling of yǒu.
  4. (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Nonstandard spelling of yòu.

Usage notes

English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.


Middle English

Alternative forms

  • yow
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Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English (deprecated template usage) ēow.

Pronoun

you

  1. you

Descendants


Mirandese

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Pronunciation

Pronoun

you

  1. I (the first person singular pronoun)
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