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English


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Etymology

From Old English ēow (accusative/dative plural of þū ‘thou’) < West Germanic *iuwiz < Proto-Indo-European *ju.

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Usage note

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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Pronunciation

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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.

  1. (subject pronoun) That person spoken to, or written to, as a subject.
    You must do as I tell you.
  2. (subject pronoun) The group of persons spoken, or written to, as a subject.
  3. (object pronoun) That person spoken to or written to, as an object.
    We’ll go with you to the game.
  4. (object pronoun) The group of persons spoken, or written to, as an object.
  5. (subject pronoun) Anyone, one; an unspecified individual.
    You have to be at least 36 inches high to go on this ride.
  6. (object pronoun) Anyone, one; an unspecified individual.
    They don’t smile at you when they serve you in this store.
  7. Used before epithets for emphasis.
    You idiot!
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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

Egyptian: إنت (’ínta) m., إنتى (’ínti) f. familiar; حضرتك (ħɑḍritɑk) m., حضرتك (ħɑḍritik) f. polite
Simplified: 你 (nǐ); 您 (nín, formal)
Traditional: 你 (nǐ); 您 (nín, formal)

subject pronoun: the group spoken/written to

Egyptian: إنتو (’íntu)
Simplified: 你们 (nǐmen)
Traditional: 你們 (nǐmen)

object pronoun: the group spoken/written to

  • Chinese:
Simplified: 你们 (nǐmen)
Traditional: 你們 (nǐmen)
  • Dutch: jullie familiar, u
  • French: vous
  • Greek, Modern: σας (pl and polite genitive and accusative), εσένα (emphatic genitive and accusative sg), εσάς (pl and polite genitive emphatic)
  • Italian:
(preceding direct object): vi
(indirect object): vi
(after a preposition): voi, Loro (formal polite)

subject pronoun: one

object pronoun: one

  • Chinese: 你 (nǐ), 任何人 (rèn hé rén)
  • French: se (preceding direct and indirect object), soi (after a preposition)

used before epithets for emphasis

  • Finnish: senkin
  • French: espèce de (s.), bande de (pl.)
    • You idiot! — Espèce d’idiot !
    • You idiots! — Bande d’idiots !
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Japanese

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Romaji

you (よう)

  1. 酔う: to get drunk, to get tipsy
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See also

es:you fr:you io:you it:you la:you hu:you ja:you pl:you pt:you ru:you sr:you fi:you sv:you uk:you zh:you

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