Why is it there is no plural form of the second-person pronoun?

Question

First person (I / we)
Second person (you / ???)
Third person (he,she,it / they)

Thus, we're reduced to using "you guys", "you people", "you xyz".

Answer 1

there is a plural form "you" (nowadays incorrectly used to speak to one person)

and there's the singular form "thou"/"thee"

Answer 2

There is a plural form. It's "you." The plural form of the second person pronoun is like the word sheep or moose. The spelling doesn't change, but its number can be determined from the context in which the word is used.

Answer 3

The second person is thee-you, but "thee" has essentially gone out of the language, and "you" is now used for both singular and plural.

Answer 4

"You", is actually plural, therefore "you are"
In the old English existed the form "thou" for nominative and "thee" for accusative and dative.
The frequent use of a word makes the rule

Answer 5

You have it wrong:

first person (I / we)
second person (you / you)
third person (he, she, it / they)

The plural 'you' replaced the singular 'thou' in the 1700s.

Answer 6

There is. It's 'you'.

In fact, since we say 'we are' 'you are' 'they are', you could argue that 'you' is the plural form, and the singular is borrowing it.

Colloquial English works around it - y'all, yunz, youse, you guys, etc.

Answer 7

i guess they couldnt think of another word for you