yo

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Interjection 1.4 Contraction 1.5 Pronoun 1.5.1 Synonyms 2 Amuzgo 2.1 Adjective 3 Haitian Creole 3.1 Article 3.1.1 Usage notes 3.1.2 See also 3.2 Pronoun 4 Japanese 4.1 Romaji 5 Lingala 5.1 Pronoun 6 Mandarin 6.1 Pinyin 6.2 Pinyin syllable 6.2.1 Usage notes 7 Spanish 7.1 Etymology 7.2 Pronunciation 7.3 Pronoun 7.3.1 See also 7.4 Usage notes 7.5 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /jəʊ/, SAMPA: /j@U/

  Rhymes: -əʊ

• Homophones: yo

[edit] Interjection

yo

1. (slang) A greeting similar to hi.

   Yo Paulie! How's it going?

2. (slang) An interjection similar to hey.

   Yo, check this out!

3. (military slang) Present! Here!

   Sergeant: Smith? Private Smith: Yo!

[edit] Contraction

yo

1. (African American Vernacular) contraction of you're

   Yo a fool.

[edit] Pronoun

yo

1. (colloquial) shortened form of your.

   Yo sandwich only has bacon in it. Want some ketchup on that?

2. (Baltimore) third-person singular, familiar

   Yo was tuckin' in his shirt! (Stotko and Troyer 2007)

[edit] Synonyms

• (greeting): hey, hi; see also Category:Greetings
• (interjection): hey

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[edit] Amuzgo

[edit] Adjective

yo

1. with

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[edit] Haitian Creole

[edit] Article

yo pl.

1. the

[edit] Usage notes

This word is only used in its article sense when it modifies a plural noun.

[edit] See also

• a
• an
• la
• lan
• nan
• yon

[edit] Pronoun

yo

1. they
2. them

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[edit] Japanese

[edit] Romaji

yo (よ)

1. よ: sentence emphasis particle
2. 余: over, more than

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[edit] Lingala

yo

[edit] Pronoun

yo

1. The second person singular pronoun; you.

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[edit] Pinyin

yo (form of yo0 or yo5)

1. 哟, 喲: ah, final particle

[edit] Pinyin syllable

yo

1. An incorrect transliteration of yō.

[edit] Usage notes

English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the 4 critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

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[edit] Spanish

[edit] Etymology

Vulgar Latin eo < Latin ego; akin to Greek εγώ, Sanskrit aham

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /ʝo/

[edit] Pronoun

yo

1. First person singular pronoun in the nominative case. I.

[edit] See also

[edit] Usage notes

• When more pronouns are included in the same sentence, it is considered impolite to say the pronoun yo at first, it most be the last one, and tú most be said after absent (this applies also for ti and mí):
  • Iremos Rosa, tú y yo, "Rosa, you and I will go"

[edit] Noun

yo m. (plural yos)

1. In psychoanalysis, Freud's concept of the ego.