вы
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Belarusian [edit]
Pronoun [edit]
вы (vy)
- you (plural)
Declension [edit]
declension of вы
See also [edit]
Belarusian personal pronouns
Russian [edit]
Alternative forms [edit]
- Вы (Vy) (alternative capitalisation in formal writing)
Pronunciation [edit]
Pronoun [edit]
вы (vy)
- second-person singular formal, as well as second-person plural, nominative case: you
Usage notes [edit]
The personal pronoun вы is comparable to French vous, German Sie, Spanish usted, and is used not only in the plural sense, but also as the formal singular. The formal вы is appropriate with strangers, business contacts, neighbors, and all but the very closest of friends. (The informal ты should only be used with close family and very intimate friends. Even then, a speaker may suddenly switch to вы in order to broach an especially serious topic, or to indicate displeasure or anger.) For more information, see Appendix:Russian pronouns
Declension [edit]
declension of вы
Related terms [edit]
See also [edit]
Russian personal pronouns
| singular | plural | reflexive | |||||||||
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| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||||||
| m | n | f | |||||||||
| nominative | я (ja) |
ты (ty) |
он (on) |
оно (onó) |
она (oná) |
мы (my) |
вы (vy) |
они (oní) |
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| genitive | меня (menjá) |
тебя (tebjá) |
его (jevó)** (него) (nevó)* ** |
его (jevó)** (него) (nevó)* ** |
её (jejó) (неё) (nejó)* |
нас (nas) |
вас (vas) |
их (ix) (них) (nix)* |
себя (sebjá) |
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| dative | мне (mne) |
тебе (tebé) |
ему (jemú) (нему) (nemú)* |
ему (jemú) (нему) (nemú)* |
ей (jej) (ней) (nej)* |
нам (nam) |
вам (vam) |
им (im) (ним) (nim)* |
себе (sebé) |
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| accusative | меня (menjá) |
тебя (tebjá) |
его (jevó)** (него) (nevó)* ** |
его (jevó)** (него) (nevó)* ** |
её (jejó) (неё) (nejó)* |
нас (nas) |
вас (vas) |
их (ix) (них) (nix)* |
себя (sebjá) |
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| instrumental | мной (mnoj), мною (mnóju)**** |
тобой (tobój), тобою (tobóju)**** |
им (im) (ним) (nim)* |
им (im) (ним) (nim)* |
ей (jej), ею) (jéju)**** (ней) (nej)*, (нею) (néju)* **** |
нами (námi) |
вами (vámi) |
ими (ími) (ними) (ními)* |
собой (sobój), собою (sobóju)**** |
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| prepositional *** | обо мне (obo mne) |
о тебе (o tebé) |
о нём (o njom)* |
о нём (o njom)* |
о ней (o nej)* |
о нас (o nas) |
о вас (o vas) |
о них (o nix)* |
о себе (o sebé) |
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| * The alternative forms starting with "н-" (n-) are used after a preposition. ** Letter "г" (g) in the genitive/accusative case ending is pronounced as IPA: /v/ *** The prepositional case is never used without a preposition **** Instrumental forms ending in "-ю" (ju) are either dated, poetic, or dialectal. |
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