You

From Fresh Dictionary

Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Usage note 1.3 Pronunciation 1.4 Personal pronoun 1.4.1 Synonyms 1.4.2 Translations 2 Japanese 2.1 Romaji 2.2 See also

English

Etymology

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

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.

Pronunciation

• (stressed): AHD: yo͞o, IPA: /juː/, SAMPA: /ju:/
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  Homophones: ewe, u, yew

  Rhymes: -uː

• (unstressed): AHD: yə, IPA: /yə/, SAMPA: /y@/
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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!

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

Translations

subject pronoun: that person spoken/written to

Albanian: ti Arabic: أنتَ (’ínta) m., أنتِ (’ínti) f. Egyptian: إنت (’ínta) m., إنتى (’ínti) f. familiar; حضرتك (ħɑḍritɑk) m., حضرتك (ħɑḍritik) f. polite Blackfoot: kiisto Bulgarian: ти (ti) Catalan: tu familiar, vostè polite Chinese: Simplified: 你 (nǐ); 您 (nín, formal) Traditional: 你 (nǐ); 您 (nín, formal) Cree: kiya Croatian: ti Czech: ty Danish: du familiar, I, De polite. Dyirbal: ŋinda 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: შენ (shen, familiar); თქვენ (thqven, polite) German: du (familiar); Sie (polite) Greek, Modern: εσύ (familiar nominative and vocative), εσείς (polite nominative and vocative) Guaraní: nde Hausa: independent forms: kái m., kée f. Hawaiian: ‘oe s. Hebrew: אתה (attáh) m., את (att) f. Hindi: आप (āp, polite), तुम (tum, mid-polite), तू (tū, 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): 貴方 (あなた, anáta) honorific pl: 貴方方 (あなたがた, anata-gatá) slightly rude: お前 (おまえ, omaé) slightly rude: 手前 (てまえ, temaé) highly insulting: 貴様 (きさま, kisamá) very familiar: あんた (ánta) (insulting if used wrongly) intimate; in business, used toward subordinates: 君 (きみ, kimí) Note: In Japanese, all of these words are actually nouns and are not normally required.

Jèrriais: tu (familiar); ou (polite) Korean: 너 (neo) Kurdish: tu, Hûn polite Kyrgyz: сен (sen, familiar), сиз (siz, polite) Latin: tu Latvian: tu familiar, Tu familiar, but polite, Jūs polite Lithuanian: tu Manx: oo, emphatic form: uss Marathi: तुम्ही (tumhī, formal), तू (tū, informal) Navajo: ni Novial: vu Ojibwe: giin Old English: þū Persian: تو (to, familiar), شُ٠ا (ʃomā, polite) Polish: ty Portuguese: tu familiar, você Quechua: qam Romanian: tu familiar, dumneata polite Russian: ты (ty, familiar), Вы (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: నువ్వు, మీరు (polite) Tetum: ó, imi, Ita, Ita-Boot, Ita-Na'i Thai: คุณ (khoon), เธอ (thuuhr) (familiar, intimate), ท่าน (thààn) (formal, polite), ตัว (duaa) (cutesy), เรา (rao) (colloq.) Tok Pisin: yu Turkish: sen familiar, siz polite Urdu: تو (tū, familiar), آپ (āp, polite) Vietnamese: chị, ông, em (polite) anh, bà, con, bạn; ngươi, mày (rude unless to a friend or subordinate); quý vị (neutral); bác, dì and other words expressing familial relationship; Welsh: ti (familiar); chi (polite) !Xũ: i!a (the Khoisan "!" represents a postalveolar click)

subject pronoun: the group spoken/written to

Albanian: ju Arabic: أنْتُ٠َا (’antumáː) dual, أنتوا (’íntu) pl.; أنْتُ٠ْ (’antum) m. pl., أنْتُ٠ُ (’antumu) m. pl., أنْتُنّ (’antunna) f. pl. Egyptian: إنتو (’íntu) Bulgarian: вие (vie) Catalan: vós, vosaltres, vostès Chinese: Simplified: 你们 (nǐmen) Traditional: 你們 (nǐmen) Croatian: vi Danish: I familiar Dyirbal: ŋubalaɖi dual, ŋuraɖi 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: εσείς (pl or polite nominative and vocative) Guaraní: peẽ Hausa: independent forms: kúu Hawaiian: ‘olua dual, ‘oukou pl. Hebrew: אתם (attém) m/pl, אתן (attén) f/pl Hindi: आप (āp, polite), तुम (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): 貴方達 (あなたたち, anata-tachí) honorific: 貴方方 (あなたがた, anata-gatá) slightly rude: お前達 (おまえたち, omaé-tachi) highly insulting: 貴様等 (きさまら, kisamá-ra) (used to be highly formal) intimate; in business, used toward subordinates: 君達 (きみたち, kimi-tachí) Note: In Japanese, all of these words are actually nouns and are not normally required. Jèrriais: ou

Korean: 너 (neo) 너희 (neo-hwi) is used when making a plural, i.e., 너희들 (neo-hwi-deul) Kurdish: hûn, Hûn polite Kyrgyz: силер (siler, familiar), сиздер (sizder, polite) Latin: vos Latvian: jūs, Jūs polite Lithuanian: jūs Manx: shiu; emphatic form shiuish Navajo: nihí dual, danihí pl. Northern Sami: doai dual, dii pl. Novial: vus Ojibwe: giinawaa Old English: ġit dual, ġē pl. Persian: شُ٠ا (ʃomā, pl or polite) Polish: wy Portuguese: vocês pl., vós polite Quechua: qamkuna Romanian: dumneavoastră polite, voi familiar Russian: вы (vy) Scottish Gaelic: sibh formal nonemphatic, sibhse formal emphatic Sicilian: vuiàtri, vuàutri 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: నువ్వు, మీరు (singular polite & plural) Tetum: ó, imi, Ita, Ita-Boot, Ita-Na'i Thai: คุณ (khoon) Tok Pisin: yupela Turkish: siz Urdu: تو آپ (āp) Vietnamese: chị, ông, em (polite); quý vị (neutral); bác, dì and other words expressing familial relationship (Sango; with các, pl.); các anh, các chị, các ông, các bà, các con, các em, các bạn; các ngươi, các mày (rude unless to a friend or subordinate) Welsh: chi

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)

Jèrriais: ou Novial: vus Old English: inċ dual, ēow 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

Chinese: 你 (nǐ), 任何人 (rèn hé rén) Dutch: men Esperanto: oni French: on German: man Italian: si

Jèrriais: nou Novial: on Old English: man Portuguese: se Spanish: se

object pronoun: one

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

Novial: on Old English: man Spanish: uno

used before epithets for emphasis

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

Novial: vu s., vus pl. Portuguese: seu

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Japanese

Romaji

you (よう)

1. 酔う: to get drunk, to get tipsy

See also

• yōar:you

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