"YOU"
Pronunciation
(stressed): AHD: yoÍo, IPA: /juË/, SAMPA: /ju:/
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Homophones: ewe, u, yew
Rhymes: -uË
(unstressed): AHD: yÉ, IPA: /jÉ/, SAMPA: /y@/
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When a word ending in /t/, /d/, /s/, or /z/ is followed by you, these may coalesce with the /j/, resulting in /tÊ/, /dÊ/, /Ê/ and /Ê/, respectively. This is occasionally represent in writing, e.g. gotcha â got you.
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Alternative spellings
ya, yah, yer (informal)
-cha (informal, after /t/)
-ja (informal, after /d/)
u (informal)
yoo (eye dialect)
eu, iow, yew, yewe, yo, yoow, youe, yow, yowe, yu, yw, Èewe, Èhow, Èhu, Èo, Èou, Èoue, Èow, Èowe (obsolete)
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Etymology
From Old English Äow < West Germanic *iwwiz < Proto-Indo-European *ju.
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Personal pronoun
you (Second person, singular or plural, nominative or objective) (Possessive determiner: your; possessive pronoun: yours; reflexive: yourself [singular] or yourselves [plural]). See Wiktionary:Inflection Templates for other personal pronouns.
(subject pronoun) That person spoken to, or written to, as a subject.
You must do as I tell you.
(subject pronoun) The group of persons spoken, or written to, as a subject.
You are all supposed to do as I tell you.
(object pronoun) That person spoken to or written to, as an object.
We’ll go with you to the game.
(object pronoun) The group of persons spoken, or written to, as an object.
(subject pronoun) Anyone, one; an unspecified individual.
You have to be at least 36 inches high to go on this ride.
(object pronoun) Anyone, one; an unspecified individual.
They don’t smile at you when they serve you in this store.
Used before epithets for emphasis.
You idiot!
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Usage notes
You was originally a plural form, the singular 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 was ye, whilst you was the objective (accusative and dative) form. Ye and you are cognate with German ihr and euch, respectively. Ye is also cognate with archaic Swedish i. The presence of final -r in the German form is from an earlier -z, and is mirrored by the final -r's in German er and wir, whereas English he and we lack the -r; Dutch and Scandinavian follow English in this respect.
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Synonyms
(subject pronoun: that person(s) spoken/written to): all of you (plural), thou (singular, archaic), 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: that person(s) spoken/written to): thee (singular, archaic), ye, to you, to thee, to ye, to you all
(subject pronoun: one): one, people, they
(object pronoun: one): one, people, them
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Translations
subject pronoun: that person spoken/written to
Afrikaans: jy, jou
Albanian: ti
Arabic: Ø£Ùت٠(’Ãnta) m., Ø£Ùت٠(’Ãnti) f.
Egyptian: Ø¥Ùت (’Ãnta) m., Ø¥Ùت٠(’Ãnti) f. familiar; Øضرت٠(ħÉá¸ritÉk) m., Øضرت٠(ħÉá¸ritik) f. polite
Blackfoot: kiisto
Bengali: তà§à¦®à¦¿ (tumi)
Bulgarian: Ñи (ti)
Catalan: tu familiar, vostè polite
Chinese:
Simplified: ä½ (nÇ); æ¨ (nÃn, formal)
Traditional: ä½ (nÇ); æ¨ (nÃn, formal)
Cree: kiya
Croatian: ti
Czech: ty
Danish: du familiar, I, De polite.
Dyirbal: Åinda
Esperanto: vi, ci familiar
Estonian: sina, sa
Fijian: iko
Filipino: ikaw familiar; kayo polite
Finnish: sinä familiar; te polite
French: tu (familiar); vous (polite)
Georgian: á¨áá (shen, familiar); áá¥ááá (thqven, polite)
German: du (familiar); Sie (polite)
Greek, Modern: εÏÏ (familiar nominative and vocative), εÏÎµÎ¯Ï (polite nominative and vocative)
GuaranÃ: nde
Hausa: independent forms: kái m., kée f.
Hawaiian: ‘oe sg.
Hebrew: ××ª× (attáh) m., ×ת (att) f.
Hindi: à¤à¤ª (Äp, polite), तà¥à¤® (tum, mid-polite), तॠ(tÅ«, familiar)
Hungarian: te (familiar), ön (polite)
Icelandic: þú
Ido: vu polite, tu familiar
Indonesian: engkau, kau, kamu familiar; Anda, Saudara, Bapak / Ibu polite
Interlingua: tu familiar, vos polite
Irish: tú conjunctive, thú disjunctive, emphatic form: tusa
Italian: tu (familiar); Lei, voi (polite)
Japanese:
generic (if used for a superior, discourteous): è²´æ¹ (ããªã, anáta)
honorific pl: è²´æ¹æ¹ (ããªããã, anata-gatá)
slightly rude: ãå (ãã¾ã, omaé)
slightly rude: æå (ã¦ã¾ã, temaé)
highly insulting: è²´æ§ (ããã¾, kisamá)
very familiar: ããã (ánta) (insulting if used wrongly)
intimate; in business, used toward subordinates: å (ãã¿, kimÃ)
Note: In Japanese, all of these words are actually nouns and are not normally required. Jèrriais: tu (familiar); ou (polite)
Korean: ë (neo)
Kurdish: tu, Hûn polite
Kyrgyz: Ñен (sen, familiar), Ñиз (siz, polite)
Latin: tu
Latvian: tu familiar, Tu familiar, but polite, JÅ«s polite
Lithuanian: tu
Manx: oo, emphatic form: uss
Marathi: तà¥à¤®à¥à¤¹à¥ (tumhÄ«, formal), तॠ(tÅ«, informal)
Navajo: ni
Novial: vu
Ojibwe: giin
Norwegian: du, De (polite)
Old English: þū
Persian: ت٠(to, familiar), Ø´ÙÙ
ا (ÊomÄ, polite)
Polish: ty
Portuguese: tu familiar, você
Punjabi: ਤà©à¨¸à©à¨ (tusÄ«á¹, polite) ਤà©à©° (tÅ«á¹, familiar)
Quechua: qam
Rohingya: tui
Romanian: tu familiar, dumneata polite
Romany: tu
Russian: ÑÑ (ty, familiar), ÐÑ (Vy, polite)
Scottish Gaelic: thu familiar nonemphatic, thusa familiar emphatic, sibh formal nonemphatic, sibhse formal emphatic
Sicilian: tu (familiar), Lei (polite)
Slovak: ty familiar, vy polite
Slovene: ti familiar, vi polite
Spanish: tú, vos familiar, usted polite
Swahili: wewe
Swedish: du, ni polite
Tagalog: mo (ng form), iyo (sa form), ka / ikaw (unmarked forms)
Telugu: à°¨à±à°µà±à°µà±, à°®à±à°°à± (polite)
Tetum: ó, imi, Ita, Ita-Boot, Ita-Na'i
Thai: à¸à¸¸à¸ (khun), à¹à¸à¸ (ter) (familiar, intimate), à¸à¹à¸²à¸ (thà à n) (formal, polite), à¸à¸±à¸§ (duaa) (cutesy), à¹à¸£à¸² (rao) (colloq.)
Tok Pisin: yu
Turkish: sen familiar, siz polite
Urdu: ت٠(tÅ«, familiar), آپ (Äp, polite)
Vietnamese:
chá», ông, em (polite) anh, bà , con, bạn;
ngươi, mà y (rude unless to a friend or subordinate);
quý vỠ(neutral);
bác, dì and other words expressing familial relationship;
Welsh: ti (familiar); chi (polite)
!XÅ©: i!a (the Khoisan "!" represents a postalveolar click)
subject pronoun: the group spoken/written to
Afrikaans: julle
Albanian: ju
Arabic: Ø£ÙÙتÙÙ
Ùا (’antumáË) dual, Ø£ÙتÙا (’Ãntu) pl.; Ø£ÙÙتÙÙ
Ù (’antum) m. pl., Ø£ÙÙتÙÙ
Ù (’antumu) m. pl., Ø£ÙÙتÙÙÙ (’antunna) f. pl.
Egyptian: Ø¥Ùت٠(’Ãntu)
Bulgarian: вие (vie)
Catalan: vós, vosaltres, vostès
Chinese:
Simplified: ä½ ä»¬ (nÇmen)
Traditional: ä½ å (nÇmen)
Croatian: vi
Danish: I familiar
Dyirbal: ÅubalaÉi dual, ÅuraÉi pl.
Esperanto: vi
Estonian: teie, te
Fijian: kemudrau (dual), kemudou (paucal), kemunii (pl)
Filipino: kayo
Finnish: te
French: vous
German: ihr (familiar); Sie (polite)
Greek, Modern: εÏÎµÎ¯Ï (pl or polite nominative and vocative)
GuaranÃ: peẽ
Hausa: independent forms: kúu
Hawaiian: ‘olua dual, ‘oukou pl.
Hebrew: ××ª× (attém) m/pl, ××ª× (attén) f/pl
Hindi: à¤à¤ª (Äp, polite), तà¥à¤® (tum, mid-polite)
Hungarian: ti (familiar), önök (polite)
Icelandic: þið
Ido: vu (polite)
Indonesian: kalian (familiar)
Interlingua: vos
Irish: tú sibh, emphatic form: sibhse
Italian: voi (polite), Loro (formal polite)
Japanese:
generic (if used for a superior, discourteous): è²´æ¹é (ããªããã¡, anata-tachÃ)
honorific: è²´æ¹æ¹ (ããªããã, anata-gatá)
slightly rude: ãåé (ãã¾ããã¡, omaé-tachi)
highly insulting: è²´æ§ç (ããã¾ã, kisamá-ra) (used to be highly formal)
intimate; in business, used toward subordinates: åé (ãã¿ãã¡, kimi-tachÃ)
Note: In Japanese, all of these words are actually nouns and are not normally required.
Jèrriais: ou
Korean: ë (neo)
ëí¬ (neo-hwi) is used when making a plural, i.e., ëí¬ë¤ (neo-hwi-deul)
Kurdish: hûn, Hûn polite
Kyrgyz: ÑÐ¸Ð»ÐµÑ (siler, familiar), ÑÐ¸Ð·Ð´ÐµÑ (sizder, polite)
Latin: vos
Latvian: jūs, Jūs polite
Lithuanian: jūs
Manx: shiu; emphatic form shiuish
Navajo: nihà dual, danihà pl.
Northern Sami: doai dual, dii pl.
Norwegian: dere, Dere (polite)
Novial: vus
Ojibwe: giinawaa
Old English: Ä¡it dual, Ä¡Ä pl.
Persian: Ø´ÙÙ
ا (ÊomÄ, pl or polite)
Polish: wy
Portuguese: vocês pl., vós polite
Quechua: qamkuna
Romanian: dumneavoastrÄ polite, voi familiar
Russian: Ð²Ñ (vy)
Scottish Gaelic: sibh formal nonemphatic, sibhse formal emphatic
Sicilian: vuià tri, vuà utri
Slovak: vy
Slovene: vi
Spanish: ustedes; vosotros familiar, vosotras f familiar (Spain)
Swahili: ninyi
Swedish: ni
Tagalog: ninyo (ng form), inyo (sa form), kayo (unmarked form)
Telugu: à°¨à±à°µà±à°µà±, à°®à±à°°à± (singular polite & plural)
Tetum: ó, imi, Ita, Ita-Boot, Ita-Na'i
Thai: à¸à¸¸à¸ (khoon)
Tok Pisin: yupela
Turkish: siz
Urdu: ت٠(tÅ«, familiar), آپ (Äp, polite)
Vietnamese:
chá», ông, em (polite);
quý vỠ(neutral);
bác, dì and other words expressing familial relationship (Sango; with các, pl.);
các anh, các chá», các ông, các bà , các con, các em, các bạn;
các ngươi, các mà y (rude unless to a friend or subordinate)
Welsh: chi
object pronoun: the group spoken/written to
Afrikans: julle
Chinese:
Simplified: ä½ ä»¬ (nÇmen)
Traditional: ä½ å (nÇmen)
Dutch: jullie familiar, u
French: vous
German:
euch (familiar, accusative), Sie (polite, accusative)
ihnen (familiar, dative), Ihnen (polite, dative)
Greek, Modern: ÏÎ±Ï (pl and polite genitive and accusative), εÏÎνα (emphatic genitive and accusative sg), εÏÎ¬Ï (pl and polite genitive emphatic)
Italian:
(preceding direct object): vi
(indirect object): vi
(after a preposition): voi, Loro (formal polite)
Jèrriais: ou
Norwegian: dere, if only one object: deg
Novial: vus
Old English: inÄ dual, Äow pl.
Spanish:
(preceding or attached to a verb): os (familiar), les (polite)
(object of a preposition): vosotros (masc familiar), vosotras (fem familiar), ustedes (polite)
Welsh: chi
subject pronoun: one
Afrikaans: jy
Chinese: ä½ (nÇ), ä»»ä½äºº (rèn hé rén)
Dutch: men
Esperanto: oni
French: on
German: man
Italian: si
Jèrriais: nou
Kurdish: mirov
Novial: on
Norwegian: man
Old English: man
Portuguese: se
Spanish: se
object pronoun: one
Afrikaans: jou
Chinese: ä½ (nÇ), ä»»ä½äºº (rèn hé rén)
French: se (preceding direct and indirect object), soi (after a preposition)
Kurdish: mirov, mirovî
Novial: on
Norwegian: en, noen
Old English: man
Spanish: uno
used before epithets for emphasis
Afrikaans: jy
Finnish: senkin
French: espèce de (sg.), bande de (pl.)
You idiot! — Espèce d’idiot !
You idiots! — Bande d’idiots !
Kurdish: ey, hey, wey
Norwegian: din (only in sg)
Novial: vu sg., vus pl.
Portuguese: seu
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Japanese
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Romaji
you (ãã)
é
ã: to get drunk, to get tipsy
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See also
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