your

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Etymology

From Old English ēower, from Proto-Germanic *izweraz. Compare German euer.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /jɔː(ɹ)/, X-SAMPA: /jO:(r)/

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  Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)

• (US) enPR: yôr, IPA: /joʊɹ/, /jɔːɹ/, /jʊəɹ/, /jɚ/, /jɝ/, X-SAMPA: /jO:r/

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  Rhymes: -oʊr, -ɔː(ɹ)

Pronoun

your possessive

1. Belonging to you; of you; related to you (singular; one owner).

   Let's meet tomorrow at your convenience.

   Is this your cat?

2. Belonging to you; of you; related to you (plural; more owners).
3. A determiner that conveys familiarity and mutual knowledge of the modified noun.

   Not your average Tom, Dick and Harry.

   Your Show of Shows

   Your World with Neil Cavuto

   Not Your Average Travel Guide

Usage notes

• In US English, /jɚ/ is generally the unstressed version of /jɔːɹ/; in many dialects, however, /jɝ/ is frequent even in positions of stress.
• The use of your instead of you're is a common mistake in English.

Translations

belonging to you (singular; one owner)

• Arabic: ـك (ar) (-ak, -uk(a), etc: pronunciation differs according to case and level of language formality)

  Egyptian Arabic: ـك (-ak or k) (owner is male), ـك (-ek or ki) (owner is female)

• Armenian: քո (k'o) (informal), Ձեր (DZer) (informal)
• Aromanian: tãu (rup) m
• Belarusian: твой (be) (tvoj), ваш (be) (vaš) (formal)
• Breton: da (br)
• Bulgarian: твой (bg) (tvoj), ваш (bg) (vaš) (formal)
• Catalan: el teu (ca), la teva (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 你的 (cmn) (nǐ-de), 您的 (cmn) (nín-de) (formal)

• Coptic: ⲡⲉⲕ (pek) m, ⲧⲉⲕ (tek) f, ⲛⲉⲕ (nek) m pl and f pl (owner is male); ⲡⲉ (pe) m, ⲧⲉ (te) f, ⲛⲉ (ne) m pl and f pl (owner is female)
• Crimean Tatar: seniñ
• Czech: tvůj (cs), váš (cs) (formal)
• Dalmatian: to
• Danish: din (da) c, dit (da) n
• Dutch: je (informal), jouw (informal), uw (formal in Standard Dutch; used both formally and informally in Flemish Dutch)
• Egyptian: 𓎡 (k) (owner is male), 𓏏 (t) (owner is female)
• Eshtehardi: اِشتَ (eşta)
• Esperanto: via (eo), viaj (eo)
• Finnish: sinun, -si possessive suffix
• French: ton (fr) m ta (fr) f tes (fr) m pl and f pl (informal), votre (fr) m and f vos (fr) m pl and f pl (formal)
• Friulian: to m
• Galician: teu (gl) m
• German: dein (de) m, deine (de) f, (formal) Ihr (de) m, Ihre (de) f
• Gothic: 𐌸𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (þeins)
• Greek: σας (el) (sas), σας (el) (sas) n
• Hawaiian: kou, kāu
• Hebrew: (common) שלך (he) (shelkha for male, shelakh for female) m and f, (formal) ך (he) (-kha for male, -akh for female) m and f
• Hindi: (least formal) तेरा (hi) (terā), (formal) आपका (hi) (āpkā), (informal) तुम्हारा (hi) (tumhāra)
• Hungarian: -d/-od/-ad/-ed/-öd (informal), -a/-e/-ja/-je (formal)
• Icelandic: þinn (is)
• Ido: vua (io)
• Interlingua: tu (ia)
• Irish: do (ga)
• Italian: tuo (it)
• Japanese: (polite) あなたの (ja) (anata-no), (familiar) きみの (ja) (kimi-no)

• Latin: tuus (la) m
• Latvian: tavs (lv), jūsu (lv) (polite)
• Lithuanian: tàvo (lt)
• Lojban: do (jbo)
• Macedonian: твој (mk) (tvoj), ваш (mk) (vaš) (formal)
• Norwegian: din (no)
• Occitan: teu (oc)
• Persian: ـت (fa) (-at), تو (fa) (to)
• Pipil: mu-
• Polish: twój (pl); (formal, to male:) pana (pl), pański (pl) m; (formal, to female:) pani (pl)
• Portuguese: teu (pt) m, tua (pt) f; Br-PT seu (pt) m, sua (pt) f
• Romanian: tău (ro) m, ta (ro) f
• Romansch: tes (rm) m, tiu (rm) m
• Russian: твой (ru) (tvoj) (informal), ваш (ru) (vaš) (formal)
• Sardinian: tou (sc)
• Scottish Gaelic: do (gd) (informal), ur (gd) (formal)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: твој (sh), ваш (sh) (formal)

  Roman: tvoj (sh), vaš (sh) (formal)

• Sinhalese: ඔයාගේ (si) (oyāgē)
• Slovak: tvoj (sk), váš (sk) (formal)
• Slovene: tvój (sl), vàš (sl) (formal)
• Spanish: tu (es), su (es)
• Swedish: din (sv) (ditt, dina)
• Talysh:

  Asalemi: اشته (əštə)

• Telugu: (formal) మీ (te) (mee), (informal) నీ (te) (nee)
• Thai: ของคุณ (th) (kŏng kun)
• Tlingit: i
• Turkish: senin (tr)
• Ukrainian: твій (uk) (tvij) (informal), ваш (uk) (vaš) (formal)
• Urdu: (least formal) تیرا (ur) (tera), (informal) تمہارا (ur) (tumhaara), (formal) آپ کا (ur) (aap ka)
• Vietnamese: của bạn (vi) (replace bạn with the appropriate word or kinship term: ông, bà, anh, cô, chị, mày, em, etc.)
• Volapük: olik (vo), ola (vo)
• Welsh: dy (cy)
• West Frisian: dyn (fy), jo (fy)
• Zulu: possessive concord + -kho (zu)

belonging to you (plural; more owners)

• American Sign Language: FlatB@Chesthigh-FingerUp RoundHoriz
• Arabic: ـكم (ar) (kum) m (most common), ـكن (ar) (kunna) f (only used in very formal Arabic), ـكما (ar) (kuma) dual (only used in very formal Arabic)

  Egyptian Arabic: ـكو (ku)

• Armenian: ձեր (hy) (dzer)
• Aromanian: vostru (rup) m
• Belarusian: ваш (be) (vaš)
• Breton: ho (br)
• Bulgarian: ваш (bg) (vaš)
• Catalan: el vostre (ca) m, la vostra (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 你們的 (cmn), 你们的 (cmn) (nǐmen-de)

• Coptic: ⲡⲉⲧⲉⲛ (peten) m, ⲧⲉⲧⲉⲛ (teten) f, ⲛⲉⲧⲉⲛ (neten) m pl and f pl
• Crimean Tatar: siziñ
• Czech: váš (cs)
• Danish: jeres (da) n and c
• Dutch: jullie (nl) (informal), uw (nl) (formal in Standard Dutch; used both formally and informally in Flemish Dutch), ulle (nl) (Flemish Dutch, informal)
• Egyptian: 𓏏𓈖𓏥 (tn)
• Esperanto: via (eo), viaj (eo)
• Finnish: teidän (fi), -nne possessive suffix
• French: votre (fr), vos (fr)
• Friulian: vuestri
• Galician: voso (gl) m
• German: euer (de) m, eure f, (formal) Ihr (de) m, Ihre f
• Gothic: 𐌹𐌲𐌵𐌰𐍂 (igqar) (two owners), 𐌹𐌶𐍅𐌰𐍂 (izwar) (three or more owners)
• Hawaiian: (dual) ko ʻolua, kā ʻolua, (plural) ko ʻoukou, kā ʻoukou
• Hindi: आपका (hi) (āpka)
• Hungarian: -tok/-tek/-tök (informal), -a/-e/-ja/-je (formal)
• Icelandic: ykkar (is)
• Interlingua: vostre (ia)

• Irish: bhur (ga)
• Italian: vostro (it)
• Japanese: (polite) あなたがたの (ja) (anatagata-no), あなたたちの (ja) (anatatachi-no) (familiar) きみたちの (ja) (kimitachi-no)
• Latin: vester (la) m
• Latvian: jūsu (lv)
• Macedonian: ваш (mk) (vaš)
• Norwegian: dine (no)
• Pipil: anmu-
• Polish: wasz (pl); (formal:) państwa (pl)
• Portuguese: vosso (pt) m, vossa (pt) f;
• Romanian: vostru (ro) m
• Romansch: vies (rm) m
• Russian: ваш (ru) (vaš)
• Scottish Gaelic: ur (gd)
• Serbo-Croatian: ваш (sh), vaš (sh)
• Slovak: váš (sk)
• Slovene: vàš (sl)
• Spanish: vuestro (es), su (es)
• Swedish: er (sv) (ert, era)
• Telugu: మీ (te) (mee)
• Tlingit: yee
• Turkish: sizin (tr)
• Ukrainian: ваш (uk) (vaš)
• Urdu: آپ کا (ur) (aap ka)
• Vietnamese: của các bạn (vi) (replace bạn with the appropriate word or kinship term: ông, bà, anh, cô, chị, mày, em, etc.)
• Volapük: olsik (vo), olas (vo)
• Welsh: eich (cy)
• West Frisian: jim (fy)
• Zulu: possessive concord + -inu (zu)

determiner

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• Estonian: sinu, su (singular); teie, te (plural or formal)
• Ido: vua, tua
• Italian: il tuo m (belonging to one person; informal); il Suo m, il vostro m (belonging to one person; formal)

• Japanese: あなたの (ja), 君の (ja)
• Latin: tuus (la)
• Old English: þīn sg, inċer dual, ēower pl
• Polish: twój m, twoja f, twoje n, n plural, twoi m pl; wasz m, wasza f, wasze n, n plural, wasi m pl; (formal to male) pański m; (formal to female) pani m, f, n, plural
• Swedish: din (sv) (ditt, dina) (singular owner), er (sv) (ert, era) (plural owners)

See also

English personal pronouns

Number	Person	Gender	Subject	Objective	Reflexive	Possessive adjective	Possessive pronoun
Singular	First	—	I	me	myself	my	mine
	Second	—	you, thou (archaic)	you, thee (archaic)	yourself, thyself (archaic) theeself (archaic)	your, thy (archaic)	yours, thine (archaic)
	Third	Masculine	he	him	himself	his
		Feminine	she	her	herself	her	hers
		Neuter	it		itself	its	its (rare)
		Gender-neutral	they	them	themself	their	theirs
Plural	First	—	we	us	ourselves	our	ours
	Second	—	you, ye (archaic)	you	yourselves	your	yours
	Third	—	they	them	themselves	their	theirs
Indefinite	Third	—	one		oneself	one's	—

Statistics

• Most common English words before 1923: out · into · up · #57: your · any · what · do