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Etymology
From OE. term|�ow < West proto|Germanic|iwwiz < proto|Indo-European|ju.
See usage notes. term|ye|Ye and term|you are cognate with German term|ihr|langde and term|euch|langde, respectively. term|ye|Ye is also cognate with archaic Swedish term|i|langsv. The presence of final -r in the German form is from an earlier -z, and is mirrored by the final -r�s in German term|er|langde and term|wir|lang=de, whereas English term|he and term|we lack the -r; Dutch and Scandinavian follow English in this respect.

Pronunciation

Stressed

• enPR|yoÍ�o, IPA|/juË�/, SAMPA|/ju:/
• audio|en-us-you.ogg|Audio (US)
• rhymes|uË�

Homophones
ewe
u
yew
i|in h-dropping dialects: hew
i|in h-dropping dialects: hue

Unstressed

• enPR|yÉ�, IPA|/jÉ�/, SAMPA|/j@/
• audio|en-us-you_unstressed.ogg|Audio (US)

When a word ending in /t/, /d/, /s/, or /z/ is followed by term|you, these may coalesce with the /j/, resulting in /t�/, /d�/, /�/ and /�/, respectively. This is occasionally represented in writing, e.g. term|gotcha � term|got term|you.

Alternative spellings
ye i|plural form, archaic
ya, yah, yer i|informal
-cha i|informal, after /t/
-ja i|informal, after /d/
u i|informal
yoo i|eye dialect
eu, iow, yew, yewe, yo, yoow, youe, yow, yowe, yu, yw, �ewe, �how, �hu, �o, �ou, �oue, �ow, �owe i|obsolete

Pronoun
en-pron|desc=second person, singular or plural, nominative or objective|possessive determiner|your|possessive pronoun|yours|singular reflexive|yourself|plural reflexive|yourselves

1. i|subject pronoun The person spoken to, or written to, as a subject.

#: You must do as I tell you.

1. i|object pronoun The person spoken to or written to, as an object.

#: We�ll go with you to the game.
#: You must do as I tell you.

1. i|subject pronoun The group of persons spoken, or written to, as a subject.

#: You are all supposed to do as I tell you.

1. i|object pronoun The group of persons spoken, or written to, as an object.

#: You are all supposed to do as I tell you.

1. i|subject pronoun anyone|Anyone, one; an unspecified individual.

#: You have to be at least 36 inches high to go on this ride.

1. i|object pronoun Anyone, one; an unspecified individual.

#: They don�t smile at you when they serve you in this store.

Usage notes
term|you|You was originally a formal form used when addressing strangers or to show deference, with the singular being term|thou when talking to friends or family. (This usage echoed German usage of "Sie" for polite conversation, and "du" for informal, friendly conversation.) term|you|You gradually came to be generalized to the singular in all circumstances.
term|Ye was the plural form used to address groups. The original nominative form was term|ye, whilst term|you was the objective (accusative and dative) form, but with time term|ye came to represent any plural form. Today the absence of a plural term|ye has led to slang expressions such as term|you guys or term|youse (both are considered colloquial).
Early Modern English works use these archaic meanings. For example the King James Bible uses term|ye when referring to groups, term|you to display politeness or deference, and term|thou to represent a close personal relationship (such as with God).
See Wiktionary:English inflection for other personal pronouns.

Synonyms
i|subject pronoun: the person spoken/written to: thou i|singular, archaic, ye, yer i|dialect
i|subject pronoun: the persons spoken/written to: all of you i|plural, ye, yer i|dialect, you�s i|plural dialect, y�all i|informal US plural, you all i|plural, you + number i|plural, to the specified number of people
i|object pronoun: the person spoken/written to: thee i|singular, archaic, ye, to you, to thee, to ye
i|object pronoun: the persons spoken/written to: ye, to you, to ye, to you all
i|subject pronoun: one: one, people, they
i|object pronoun: one: one, people, them

Translations
trans-top|subject pronoun: the person being addressed
Cornish:

Czech: t+|cs|ty
Danish:

Dutch:

Finnish: t+|fi|sinä, t+|fi|sinä|alt=sinun
German:

Italian:

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Japanese:

Macedonian: �и (ti)
Old Church Slavonic: ��� (ty)
Old English: t-|ang|þū|xs=Old English
Polish: t+|pl|ty i|often omitted
Romanian:

Russian:

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trans-top|object pronoun: the person being addressed
Cornish:

Danish:

Dutch:

Finnish: t+|fi|sinä|altsinut i|accusative, {{t-|fi|telic, t+|fi|sinä|altsinua i|partitive, {{t-|fi|atelic
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Japanese:

Old English: t-|ang|þe|altþ�|xsOld English
Portuguese:

Romanian:

Russian:

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trans-top|subject pronoun: the group being addressed
Afrikaans: julle
Albanian: t-|sq|ju|xs=Albanian
Arabic:

Aramaic:

Bulgarian: вие (vie)
Catalan: vós, vosaltres, vostès
Chinese:

Cornish:

Croatian: t+|hr|vi
Czech: t+|cs|vy
Danish:

Dutch:

Dyirbal:

Esperanto: t+|eo|vi|xs=Esperanto
Estonian: t-|et|teie, t+|et|te
Ewe: miawo
Fijian:

Filipino: kayo
Finnish: t+|fi|te, t+|fi|te|alt=teidän
French: t+|fr|vous
German:

Greek: t+|el|ε�εί�||p|sc=Grek (esís),
Guaraní: peẽ
Hausa: i|independent form kúu
Hawaiian:

Hebrew: �ת� (attém) mp, �ת� (attén) fp
Hindi:

Hungarian:

Icelandic: t+|is|þið
Ido:

Indonesian:

Interlingua: vos
Irish: tú sibh, i|emphatic form sibhse
Italian:

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Japanese:

Jèrriais: ou#Jèrriais|ou
Korean:

ttbc|Kurdish: KUchar|ئ���

Kyrgyz:

Latin: t+|la|vos
Latvian:

Lithuanian: t+|lt|jūs|xs=Lithuanian
Lower Sorbian:

Macedonian: вие (vie)
Maltese: t-|mt|intkom|xs=Maltese
Manx: shiu, i|emphatic shiuish
Navajo:

Northern Sami:

Norwegian:

Novial: vus
Ojibwe: giinawaa
Old Church Slavonic: ва (va) (dual), в�� (vy) p
Old English:

ttbc|Persian: FAchar|ش�ا|ش��ا IPAchar|(šom�) i|plural or polite <!-- polite in section on singular you? -->
Polish: t+|pl|wy
Portuguese:

Quechua: qamkuna
Romani: tu
Romanian:

Russian: в� (vy)
Scottish Gaelic: sibh i|formal nonemphatic, sibhse i|formal emphatic
Sicilian: vuiàtri, vuàutri
Slovak: t-|sk|vy
Slovene: t+|sl|vi
Spanish:

Swahili: t-|sw|ninyi|xs=Swahili
Swedish: t+|sv|ni
Tagalog: ninyo i|ng form, inyo i|sa form, kayo i|unmarked form
Telugu: న�వ�వ�, మ�ర�
Tetum: ó, imi, Ita, Ita-Boot, Ita-Na�i
Thai: t-|th|�ุ�|scTHchar|xsThai
Tok Pisin: yupela
Turkish: t+|tr|siz
Upper Sorbian:

Urdu:

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Welsh: t-|cy|chi|xs=Welsh
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trans-top|object pronoun: the group being addressed
Afrikaans: julle
Chinese:

Cornish:

Czech:

Danish: t-|da|jer
Dutch:

Ewe: miawo
Finnish: teidät i|accusative, telic, teitä i|partitive, atelic
French: t+|fr|vous
German:

:: familiar: euch
:: polite: Sie

:: familiar: ihnen
:: polite: Ihnen
Greek: t|el|ε�ά�||p|sc=Grek (esás)
Italian:

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Japanese:

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Jèrriais: ou
Norwegian: dere, i|if only one object deg
Novial: vus
Old English: inc|in� i|dual, eow|�ow p
Romanian:

Russian: ва� (vas), вам (vam), вами (vami)
Spanish:

:: familiar: t+|es|os
:: polite: t+|es|les

:: familiar: vosotros m, vosotras f
:: polite: ustedes
Swedish: t+|sv|er
Welsh: t-|cy|chi|xs=Welsh
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trans-top|subject pronoun: one
Afrikaans: jy
Arabic: ARchar|�� (man)
Chinese: 你 (n�), 任�人 (rèn hé rén)
Czech: t+|cs|vy
Danish: t-|da|man
Dutch: t+|nl|men i|archaic, t+|nl|je, i|Flemish t-|nl|ge
Esperanto: t-|eo|oni|xs=Esperanto
Ewe: wò
Finnish: passive tense used
French: t+|fr|on
German: t+|de|man
Italian: t+|it|si
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Japanese:

Jèrriais: nou
Kurdish: t+|ku|mirov, t+|ku|ت�|sc=KUchar
Novial: tø|nov|on|xs=Novial
Norwegian: t+|no|man
Old English: t+|ang|man|xs=Old English
Portuguese: t+|pt|se
Spanish: t+|es|se
Swedish: t+|sv|man
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trans-top|object pronoun: one
Afrikaans: jou
Czech:

Chinese: 你 (n�), 任�人 (rèn hé rén)
Danish: t+|da|en
Dutch: t+|nl|je, i|Flemish t+|nl|u
Finnish: passive tense used
French:

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Japanese:

Kurdish: mirov, mirovî
Novial: tø|nov|on|xs=Novial
Norwegian: t+|no|en, t-|no|noen
Old English: t+|ang|man|xs=Old English
Spanish: t+|es|uno
Swedish: t+|sv|en
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Determiner
you

1. The individual or group spoken or written to.

#: Have you gentlemen come to see the lady who fell backwards off a bus?

1. Used before epithets for emphasis.

#: You idiot!

Translations
trans-top|the individual or group spoken/written to
Albanian: t-|sq|ti|xs=Albanian
Dutch: translated by the definite article: t+|nl|de
Finnish:

German:

Hebrew: t+|he|�ת�|m|s|trattáh|scHebr, t+|he|�ת|f|s|tratt|scHebr, t-|he|�ת�|m|p|trattém|scHebr, t-|he|�ת�|f|p|trattén|scHebr
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Japanese:

Spanish:

Swahili: t-|sw|wewe|xs=Swahili
Swedish:

Tok Pisin: yu
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trans-top|used before epithets for emphasis
Afrikaans: jy
Czech: t+|cs|ty|s, t+|cs|vy|p
Dutch:

Finnish: t-|fi|senkin
French:

German: t+|de|du
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Japanese:

Kurdish: t+|ku|ey, t+|ku|hey, t+|ku|wey
Norwegian:

Novial:

Portuguese: t+|pt|seu
Swedish:

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ttbc|Afrikaans: jy, jou
ttbc|Ancient Egyptian: *antak/*tuw
ttbc|Arabic: ARchar|ا�ت|أ�ت� (�ínta) m, ARchar|ا�ت|أ�ت� (�ínti) f
ttbc|Cornish:

:: familiar: ARchar|ا�ت|إ�ت (�ínta) m ARchar|ا�ت|إ�ت (�ínti) f
:: polite: ARchar|حضرت� IPAchar|(ħ��rit�k) m, ARchar|حضرت� IPAchar|(ħ��ritik) f
ttbc|Aramaic:

ttbc|Blackfoot: kiisto
ttbc|Bengali: ত�মি (tumi)
ttbc|Bulgarian: �и (ti)
ttbc|Catalan:

ttbc|Cherokee: �� (nehi), �� (nihi)
ttbc|Chinese:

:: familiar: 你 (n�)
:: formal: � (nín)

:: familiar: 你 (n�)
:: formal: � (nín)

ttbc|Cree: kiya
ttbc|Croatian: ti
ttbc|Dyirbal: �inda
ttbc|Esperanto: vi, ci familiar
ttbc|Estonian: sina, sa#Estonian|sa
ttbc|Fijian: iko
ttbc|Filipino: ikaw ; kayo formal
ttbc|French: tu#French|tu i|familiar; vous i|polite
ttbc|Georgian: ��� (shen, familiar}}; ����� (thqven, polite}}
ttbc|Greek: t+|el|ε��||s|scGrek (esí), t+|el|ε�εί�||p|scGrek (esís),
ttbc|Guaraní: nde
ttbc|Hausa: independent forms: kái m, kée f
ttbc|Hawaiian: �oe s
ttbc|Hindi: �प (�p, polite}}, त�म (tum, mid-polite}}, त� (tū, familiar}}
ttbc|Hungarian: te (familiar), ön (polite)
ttbc|Icelandic: þið
ttbc|Ido: vu polite, tu familiar
ttbc|Indonesian: engkau, engkau|kau, kamu familiar; Anda, Saudara, Bapak / Ibu polite
ttbc|Interlingua: tu#Interlingua|tu familiar, vos polite
ttbc|Irish: tú conjunctive, thú disjunctive, emphatic form: tusa
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ttbc|Jèrriais: tu i|familiar; ou i|polite
ttbc|Korean:

ttbc|Kurdish: tu, Hûn polite
ttbc|Kyrgyz: �ен (sen, familiar}}, �из (siz, polite}}
ttbc|Latin: tu
ttbc|Latvian: tu familiar, Tu familiar, but polite, JÅ«s polite
ttbc|Lithuanian: tu
ttbc|Maltese: int
ttbc|Manx: oo, emphatic form: uss
ttbc|Marathi: त�म�ह� (tumhī, formal}}, त� (tū, informal}}
ttbc|Navajo: ni#Navajo|ni
ttbc|Novial: vu
ttbc|Ojibwe: giin
ttbc|Norwegian: du, De (polite)
ttbc|Old English: þu|þū
ttbc|Persian: FAchar|ت� (to, familiar}}, FAchar|ش�ا|ش��ا IPAchar|(�om�, polite}} <!-- accusatives in را-� (-r�): ترا|ت�را (tor�), ش�ا را|ش��ا را (�om� r�), should go on the relevant pages -->
ttbc|Polish: ty
ttbc|Portuguese: tu familiar, você (also familiar in Brazil, more polite elsewhere)
ttbc|Punjabi: ਤ�ਸ�� (tusī�, polite}} ਤ�ੰ (tū�, familiar}}
ttbc|Quechua: qam
ttbc|Rohingya: tui
ttbc|Romany: tu
ttbc|Scottish Gaelic: thu familiar nonemphatic, thusa familiar emphatic, sibh formal nonemphatic, sibhse formal emphatic
ttbc|Sicilian: tu i|familiar, Lei i|polite
ttbc|Slovak: ty familiar, vy polite
ttbc|Slovene: ti familiar, <!-- acc te/tebe --> vi polite
ttbc|Tagalog: mo (ng form), iyo (sa form), ka / ikaw (unmarked forms)
ttbc|Telugu: న�వ�వ�, మ�ర� (polite)
ttbc|Tetum: ó, imi, Ita, Ita-Boot, Ita-Na'i
ttbc|Thai: THchar|�ุ�, THchar|��อ (familiar, intimate), THchar|��า� (formal, polite), THchar|�ัว (cutesy), THchar|�รา (colloquial)
ttbc|Turkish: sen familiar, siz polite <!-- acc seni, sana, siz -->
ttbc|Urdu: URchar|ت� (tū, familiar}}, URchar|آپ (�p, ''polite}}
ttbc|Vietnamese:

ttbc|Welsh: ti i|familiar; chi i|polite
ttbc|!XÅ©: i!a
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Category:100 English basic words
Category:English determiners
Category:English second person pronouns

Japanese

Verb
ja-verb|r|type1|hira��

1. ja-def|�� to get drunk, to get tipsy

See also
y�

Mandarin

Pinyin syllable
you

1. A transliteration of any of a number of Chinese characters properly represented as having one of four tones, y�u, yóu, y�u, or yòu.

Usage notes
English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Category:Mandarin pinyin

am:you
ar:you
de:you
et:you
el:you
es:you
fa:you
fr:you
gd:you
ko:you
hy:you
io:you
it:you
kk:you
ku:you
la:you
hu:you
ja:you
pa:you
pl:you
pt:you
ru:you
sg:you
simple:you
sr:you
fi:you
sv:you
ta:you
te:you
vi:you
tr:you
uk:you
zh:you

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