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English

Pronunciation

  • AHD: yoo͞
  • IPA: /juː/
  • SAMPA: /ju:/

Homophones

  • ewe
  • u (the letter)
  • yew

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

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.

  1. That person or persons who are spoken to, or written to.
    I'll meet you at the bar at six o'clock.
  2. We'll go with you to the game.
  3. Anyone, one; an unspecified individual.
    You have to be at least 36 inches high to go on this ride.

Translations

  • French:
Nominative After preposition Direct object Direct object,
emphatic 		Indirect object Indirect object,
emphatic
sing pl sing pl sing pl sing pl sing pl sing pl
Informal tu vous toi vous te vous te ... toi vous ... vous te vous te ... à toi vous ... à vous
Polite vous vous,
vous autres 		vous vous vous vous vous ... vous vous ... vous vous vous vous ... à vous vous ... à vous
  • Note: Tu (and its forms in other cases) is used to someone the speaker or writer knows well; to a child; to an animal; to God; or in order to be offensive where vous is required; it is the analogue of the archaic thou. Vous (and its forms in other cases) is used to more than one person, child or animal and in all other instances.

  • Italian:
    • Nominative After preposition Direct object Direct object,
    emphatic     		Indirect object Indirect object,
    emphatic
    sing pl sing pl sing pl sing pl sing pl sing pl
    Informal tu voi te voi ti vi te voi ti vi a te a voi
    Polite Lei,
    voi     		Loro,
    voi,
    voialtri    		 Lei,
    voi     		Loro,
    voi,
    voialtri     		La,
    vi     		Loro,
    vi     		Lei,
    voi     		Loro,
    voi     		Le,
    vi,
    gli     		a Loro,
    vi     		a Lei,
    a voi     		a Loro,
    a voi,
    a voialtri
    • (Table needs to be checked by a native speaker)
      Note: Tu (and its forms in other cases) is used to someone the speaker or writer knows well; to a child; to an animal; to God; or in order to be offensive where the formal form is required; it is the analogue of the archaic thou.

    Singular nominative

    Casual form

    Formal polite form

    • Catalan: vosté, vós
    • Dutch: u
    • Esperanto: vi (no distinction is made)
    • Finnish: te
    • German: Sie (like the third person pl)
    • Guarani: nde
    • Hindi: (aap)
    • Interlingua: vos
    • Latin: tu
    • Mandarin: 您 nín
    • Persian: شُما (ʃomā)
    • Portuguese: você
    • Romanian: dumneata, dumneavoastră
    • Russian: Вы (Vi, capitalized in single polite form, as opposed to all plural forms)
    • Slovene: vi
    • Spanish: Usted
    • Swedish: ni (du is also in polite use)
    • Tok Pisin: yu (no distinction is made)
    • Turkish: siz
    • Vietnamese: anh, chị, ông, bà, con, em; (neutral) quý vị

    Familial form

    • Vietnamese: (to family members) anh, chị, ông, bà, con, em, bác, dì, and other words expressing familial relationship

    Singular accusative

    Casual form

    Formal polite form

    • Catalan: vosté, li, -lo
    • Dutch: u
    • Esperanto: vin (no distinction is made)
    • German: Sie, Ihnen (dative)
    • Guarani: nde
    • Hindi: (aap)
    • Interlingua: vos
    • Persian: شُما را (ʃomā rā)
    • Portuguese: você, a você, o, a
    • Russian: Вас (Vas, capitalized in single polite form, as opposed to all plural forms)
    • Spanish: le
    • Swedish: er
    • Tok Pisin: yu (no distinction is made)
    • Turkish: siz
    • Vietnamese: anh, chị, ông, bà, con, em; (neutral) quý vị

    Familial form

    • Vietnamese: (to family members) anh, chị, ông, bà, con, em, bác, dì, and other words expressing familial relationship

    Plural nominative

    Casual form

    • Catalan: vosaltres
    • Dutch: jullie
    • Esperanto: vi
    • Finnish: te
    • German: ihr
    • Guarani: peẽ
    • Hindi: (aap)
    • Interlingua: vos
    • Persian: شُما (ʃomā)
    • Portuguese: vocês
    • Romanian: voi
    • Russian: вы (vi)
    • Slovene: vi
    • Spanish: vosotros m, vosotras f (Spain); ustedes (Latin America & Andalusía)
    • Swedish: ni
    • Tok Pisin: yupela
    • Turkish: siz
    • Vietnamese: các anh, các chị, các ông, các bà, các con, các em, các bạn; (rude, unless to a friend or subordinate) các ngươi, các mày

    Formal polite form

    • Catalan: vostés
    • Dutch: u
    • Esperanto: vi (no distinction is made)
    • German: Sie
    • Guarani: peẽ
    • Hindi: (aap)
    • Interlingua: vos
    • Persian: شُما (ʃomā)
    • Portuguese: vocês, vós
    • Romanian: dumneavoastră
    • Russian: вы (vi)
    • Spanish: Ustedes
    • Swedish: ni
    • Tok Pisin: yupela (no distinction is made)
    • Turkish: siz
    • Vietnamese: các anh, các chị, các ông, các bà, các con, các em; (neutral) quý vị, ông chị em

    Familial form

    • Vietnamese: (to family members) các anh, các chị, các ông, các bà, các con, các em, các bác, các dì, and các + other words expressing familial relationship

    Plural accusative

    Casual form

    Formal polite form

    Familial form

    • Vietnamese: (to family members) các anh, các chị, các ông, các bà, các con, các em, các bác, các dì, and các + other words expressing familial relationship



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