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English
Other Spellings
Pronunciation
- (stressed): yo͞o, /juː/, /ju:/
- Homophones: ewe, u, yew
- Rhymes: -uː
- (unstressed): yə, /yə/, /y@/
Etymology
Originally used in the plural only, the old singular pronoun being thou. You gradually came to be used as the polite singular, and was eventually generalized to the singular in all circumstances. The original nominative form of you was ye, whilst you was the objective (accusative and dative) form. The word is of Germanic origin, cognate with German ihr and archaic Swedish i. The presence of final r in the German form is mirrored by final rs in er and wir, where English he and we lack the r; Dutch and Scandinavian follow English in this respect.
Personal pronoun
you
Second person, singular or plural, nominative or objective (accusative) case.
(Possessive determiner: your; possessive pronoun: yours; reflexive: yourself [singular] or yourselves [plural]). See Wiktionary:Inflection Templates for other personal pronouns.
- That person or persons who are spoken to, or written to.
- I'll meet you at the bar at six o'clock.
- We'll go with you to the game.
- Anyone, one; an unspecified individual.
- You have to be at least 36 inches high to go on this ride.
Translations
- Arabic: أنتَ (’ínta) m, أنتِ (’ínti) f, أنْتُمَا (’antumáː) dual, أنتوا (’íntu) pl.
- Bulgarian: ти (ti) sg., вие (vie) pl.
- Catalan: tu sg. familiar, vostè sg. polite; vós, vosaltres, vostès pl.
- Chinese: 你 (nǐ, familiar), 您 (nín, polite)
- Danish: du sg. familiar, I pl. familiar, De sg. and pl. polite.
- Dutch: jij, je sg. familiar, jullie pl. familiar, u pl.
- Dyirbal: ŋinda sg., ŋubalaɖi dual, ŋuraɖi pl.
- Esperanto: vi; ci sg. familiar
- Fijian: iko (sg.), kemudrau (dual), kemudou (paucal), kemunii (pl.)
- Finnish: sinä sg. familiar; te pl. or polite
- French: tu sg. familiar; vous pl. or polite
- German: du sg. familiar, ihr pl. familiar; Sie polite
- Guaraní: nde sg., peẽ pl.
- Hausa: independent forms: kái m, kée f, kúu pl.
- Hawaiian: ‘oe sg., ‘olua dual, ‘oukou pl.
- Hebrew: אתה (attáh) m, את (att) f, אתם (attém) m/pl., אתן (attén) f/pl.
- Hindi: तु (tū, sg. familiar), आप (āp, pl. or polite)
- Hungarian: te (familiar), ön (polite), ti (familiar plural), önök (polite plural)
- Icelandic: þú sg.; þið pl.
- Indonesian: engkau, kau, kamu sg. familiar; Anda, Saudara, Bapak / Ibu sg. polite; kalian pl. familiar
- Interlingua: tu sg. familiar, vos pl. or polite
- Italian: tu sg. familiar; Lei pl.; voi pl. or polite
- Japanese:
- generic (if used for a superior, discourteous): 貴方 (あなた, anáta; sg.); 貴方達 (あなたたち, anata-tachí; pl.)
- honorific plural: 貴方方 (あなたがた, anata-gatá)
- slightly rude: お前 (おまえ, omaé; sg.); お前達 (おまえたち, omaé-tachi; pl.)
- slightly rude: 手前 (てまえ, temaé)
- horribly insulting: 貴様 (きさま, kisamá; sg.); 貴様等 (きさまら, kisamá-ra; pl.) (used to be highly formal)
- very familiar: あんた (ánta) (insulting if used wrongly)
- family and romantic: 君 (きみ, kimí; sg.); 君達 (きみたち, kimi-tachí; pl.)
- Note: In Japanese, all of these words are actually nouns and are not normally required.
- Korean: 너 (neo)
- pronomial adjective: 네 (ne)
- reflexive: 너자신 (neo-jasin)
- 너희 (neo-hwi) is used to form plural, i.e. 너희들
- Latin: tu sg., vos pl.
- Latvian: tu sg. familiar, Tu sg. familiar, but polite, Jūs sg. polite; jūs pl., Jūs pl. polite
- Lingua Franca Nova: tu sg., vos pl.
- Persian: تو (to, sg. familiar), شُما (ʃomā, pl. or polite)
- Portuguese: tu sg. familiar, você sg., vocês pl., vós pl. polite
- Quechua: qam sg., qamkuna pl.
- Romanian: tu sg. familiar, dumneata sg. polite, dumneavoastră sg. or pl. polite, voi pl. familiar
- Russian: ты (ty, familiar), Вы (Vy, sg. polite), вы (vy, pl.)
- Slovenian: ti sg. familiar, vi polite or pl.
- Spanish: tú, vos sg. familiar, Usted sg. polite, Ustedes pl., vosotros m/pl. familiar, vosotras f/pl. familiar (Castilian)
- Swahili: wewe sg., ninyi pl.
- Swedish: du sg., ni pl. or polite,
- Tagalog: singular: mo (ng form), iyo (sa form), ka / ikaw (unmarked forms)
- Tok Pisin: yu sg.; yupela pl.
- Turkish: sen sg. familiar, siz polite or pl.
- Urdu: تو (tū, sg. familiar), آپ (āp, polite or pl.)
- Vietnamese: chị, ông, em (sg. or pl. polite) anh, bà, con, bạn (all sg.); ngươi, mày (sg.; rude, unless to a friend or subordinate); quý vị (sg. or pl.; neutral); bác, dì and other words expressing familial relationship (sg.; with các, pl.); các anh, các chị, các ông, các bà, các con, các em, các bạn (all pl.; các ngươi, các mày (pl.; rude, unless to a friend or subordinate)
- !Xũ: i!a (the Khoisan "!" represents a postalveolar click)
