your

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Etymology

From Old English ēower.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /jɔː(ɹ)/, SAMPA: /jO:(r)/

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(r)
• (US) enPR: yôr, IPA: /joʊɹ/, /jɔːɹ/, /joʊɻ/, /jɔːɻ/, /jʊəɹ/, /jɚ/, SAMPA: /jO:r/

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• Rhymes: -oʊr, -ɔː(r)
• Homophones: yore, you're
• Homophone: yaw (in non-rhotic accents)

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 very common mistake in English.

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. An 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

Translations

belonging to you (singular; one owner)

American Sign Language: FlatB@Chesthigh-FingerUp Arabic: ـك (ar) (-ak, -uk(a), etc. pronunciation differs according to case or level of language formality, 'ismak - "your name"") Egyptian Arabic: (owner is male) ـك (-ak or k), (owner is female) ـك (-ek or ki) Armenian: քո (k'o) (informal), Ձեր (DZer) (informal) 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: (owner is male) ⲡⲉⲕ (pek) m. ⲧⲉⲕ  (tek) f. ⲛⲉⲕ (nek) m. and f. pl., (owner is female) ⲡⲉ (pe) m. ⲧⲉ  (te) f. ⲛⲉ (ne) m. and f. pl. Crimean Tatar: seniñ Croatian: tvoj (hr), (formal) vaš (hr) Czech: tvůj (cs), váš (cs) (formal) Danish: din (da) c., dit (da) n. Dutch: je (informal), jouw (informal), uw (formal) Flemish: uw (both formal/informal) Egyptian: (owner is male) 𓎡 (k), (owner is female) 𓏏 (t) Eshtehardi: اِشتَ (eşta) Esperanto: via (eo), viaj (eo) Finnish: sinun, -si possessive suffix French: ton (fr) m. ta f. tes pl. (informal), votre (fr) sg. vos pl. (formal) German: dein (de) m., deine (de) f., (formal) Ihr (de) m., Ihre (de) f. Greek: σας  (el), σας  (el) (sas) n. Hawaiian: kou 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) 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. Lithuanian: tàvo (lt) Lojban: do (jbo) Macedonian: твој (mk) (tvoj), ваш (mk) (vaš) (formal) Norwegian: din (no) Persian: ـت (fa) (-at), تو (fa) (to) Polish: twój (pl), pański (pl) (formal) Portuguese: teu (pt) m., tua (pt) f.; Br-PT seu (pt) m., sua (pt) f. Romanian: tău (ro) Russian: твой (ru) (tvoj) (informal), ваш (ru) (vaš) (formal) Scottish Gaelic: do (gd) (informal), ur (gd) (formal) Serbo-Croatian: твој (sh), tvoj (sh); ваш (sh), vaš (sh) (formal) Sinhalese: ඔයාගේ (si) (oyāgē) Slovak: tvoj (sk), váš (sk) (formal) Slovene: tvoj (sl), vaš (sl) (formal) Spanish: tu (es) sg., su (es) sg. Swedish: din (sv) (ditt, dina) Telugu: (formal) మీ (te) (mee), (informal) నీ (te) (nee) Thai: ของคุณ (th) (kŏng kun) 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: -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) 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. and f. pl. Crimean Tatar: siziñ Czech: váš (cs) Danish: jeres (da) n. and c. Dutch: jullie (informal), uw (formal) Flemish: uw (both formal/informal), ulle (informal) Egyptian: 𓏏𓈖𓏥 (tn) Esperanto: via (eo), viaj (eo) Finnish: teidän, -nne possessive suffix French: votre (fr), vos (fr) German: euer (de) m., eure f., (formal) Ihr (de) m., Ihre f. Hindi: आपका (hi) (āpka) Hungarian: -tok/-tek/-tök (informal), -a/-e/-ja/-je (formal) Interlingua: vostre (ia)

Irish: bhur (ga) Italian: vostro (it) Japanese: (polite) あなたたちの (ja) (anatatachi-no), (familiar) きみたちの (ja) (kimitachi-no) Latin: vester (la) m. Macedonian: ваш (mk) (vaš) Norwegian: dine (no) Polish: wasz (pl) Portuguese: vosso (pt) m., vossa (pt) f.; Romanian: vostru (ro) Russian: ваш (ru) (vaš) Scottish Gaelic: ur (gd) Serbo-Croatian: ваш (sh), vaš (sh) Slovak: váš (sk) Slovene: vaš (sl) Spanish: vuestro (es) m. sg., su (es) m. sg. Swedish: er (sv) (ert, era) Telugu: మీ (te) (mee) 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)

determiner

belonging to you (to be sorted)

Estonian: singular: sinu, su plural or formal: teie, te 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	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)
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