yours

English

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Etymology

From Middle English youres, ȝoures, equivalent to your +‎ -'s.

Pronunciation

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

  Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)z

• (US) enPR: yôrz, IPA: /jɔːɹz/, /jɚz/, /jɝːz/, X-SAMPA: /jO:rz/

  Audio (US)

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  Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)z

• Homophone: yaws (in non-rhotic accents)

Pronoun

yours

1. That which belongs to you (singular); the possessive second person singular pronoun used without a following noun.

   If this edit is mine, the other must be yours.

   Their encyclopedia is good, but yours is even better.

   It’s all yours.

2. That which belongs to you (plural); the possessive second person plural pronoun used without a following noun.
3. Written at the end of a letter, before the signature.

   Yours sincerely, Yours faithfully, Yours, Sincerely yours

Usage notes

• In British English the adverb almost invariably follows the word yours at the end of a letter; in most dialects of American English it usually precedes it. As a general rule, sincerely is only employed if the name of the recipient is already known to the writer; a letter begun with Dear Sir or Dear Madam finishes with faithfully. Yours on its own and yours ever are less formal than the other forms.

Derived terms

• up yours
• what's yours
• yours truly
• you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours

Translations

possessive pronoun, singular

• Arabic: لك (ar) (lak) m, لك (ar) (laki) f (belonging to one person)

  Egyptian Arabic: لك (lik), بتاعك (betaʕak) m, بتاعتاك (betaʕtak) f, بتوعاك (betoʕak) pl (owner is male); لك (liki), بتاعك (betaʕik) m, بتاعتاك (betaʕtik) f, بتوعاك (betoʕik) pl (owner is female)

• Belarusian: твой (be) (tvoj) 
• Bulgarian: твой (bg) (tvoj) 
• Coptic:

  Bohairic: ⲫⲱⲕ (phōk) m, ⲑⲱⲕ (θōk) f, ⲛⲟⲩⲕ (nwk) pl (owner is male); ⲫⲱ (phō) m, ⲑⲱ (θō) f, ⲛⲟⲩ (nw) pl (owner is female)

  Sahidic: ⲡⲱⲕ (pōk) m, ⲧⲱⲕ (tōk) f, ⲛⲟⲩⲕ (nwk) pl (owner is male); ⲡⲱ (pō) m, ⲧⲱ (tō) f, ⲛⲟⲩ (nw) pl (owner is female)

• Crimean Tatar: seniñ
• Dutch: het jouwe, de jouwe, van jou

• Egyptian: 𓅮𓇌𓎡 (payk) m, 𓏏𓇌𓎡 (tayk) f, 𓈖𓄿𓇌𓎡 (nayk) pl (owner is male); 𓅮𓇌𓁐 (payt) m, 𓏏𓇌𓁐 (tayt) f, 𓈖𓄿𓇌𓁐 (nayt) pl (owner is female)
• French: le tien m, la tienne f, les tiens pl, les tiennes f pl
• Galician: teu (gl) m
• German: deins (de), deines (de) (formal)
• Icelandic: þinn (is)
• Interlingua: tue
• Italian: tuo (it) m, tua (it) f, tuoi (it) m pl, tue (it) f pl (informal); Suo (it) m, Sua (it) f, Suoi (it) m pl, Sue (it) f pl (formal)
• Latvian: tavs (lv), tavējs (lv), tavējais (lv), jūsu (lv) (polite), jūsējs (lv) (polite), jūsējais (lv) (polite)
• Swedish: din c, ditt n, dina pl

possessive pronoun, plural

• Arabic: لكما (ar) (lakuma) m and f (belonging to two persons); لكم (ar) (lakum) m, لكن (ar) (lakun) f (belonging to many persons)

  Egyptian Arabic: ليكو (liko), بتاعكو (betaʕko) m, بتاعتكو (betaʕetko) f, بتوعكو (betoʕko) pl (many owners)

• Belarusian: ваш (be) (vaš) 
• Bulgarian: ваш (bg) (vaš) 
• Coptic:

  Bohairic: ⲫⲱⲧⲉⲛ (phōten) m, ⲑⲱⲧⲉⲛ (θōten) f, ⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉⲛ (nwten) pl (many owners)

  Sahidic: ⲡⲱⲧⲉⲛ (pōten) m, ⲧⲱⲧⲉⲛ (tōten) f, ⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉⲛ (nwten) pl (many owners)

• Crimean Tatar: siziñ
• Dutch: het uwe, de uwe, van jullie
• Egyptian: 𓅮𓇌𓀀 (payi) m, 𓏏𓇌𓀀 (tayi) f, 𓈖𓄿𓇌𓀀 (nayi) pl
• French: les vôtres pl, les vôtres f pl
• Galician: voso (gl) m pl
• German: Ihres (de)
• Icelandic: ykkar (is)
• Interlingua: vostre
• Latvian: jūsu (lv), jūsējs (lv), jūsējais (lv)
• Swedish: er c, ert n, era pl

possessive pronoun (to be sorted into the preceding tables)

• Chinese:

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

• Esperanto: la via (eo)
• Finnish: sinun (fi)
• French: le vôtre m, la vôtre f,
• Hawaiian: ou, āu
• Hindi: (least formal) तेरा (hi) (tera), (formal) आपका (hi) (aapka), (informal) तुम्हारा (hi) (tumhaara)
• Hungarian: tiéd (hu), tied (hu), tiétek (hu), tietek (hu)
• Italian: (formal and informal belonging to multiple people, uncommon formal belonging to one person) vostro (it) m, vostra (it) f, vostri (it) m pl, vostre (it) f pl; (uncommon, very formal belonging to multiple people) Loro (it) m and f
• Japanese: (polite) あなたのもの (ja) (anata-no mono), (familiar) きみのもの (ja) (kimi-no mono), (polite) あなたたちのもの (ja) (anatatachi-no mono) pl, (familiar) きみたちのもの (ja) (kimitachi-no mono) pl
• Latin: tuus (la), tui (la), vestri (la), vestrum (la), vester (la), voster (la)
• Macedonian: твој (mk) (tvoj) m, твоја (mk) (tvója) f, твое (mk) (tvóe) n (singular, informal), ваш (mk) (vaš) m, ваша (mk) (váša) f, ваше (mk) (váše) n (plural), Ваш (mk) (Vaš) m, Ваша (mk) (Váša) f, Ваше (mk) (Váše) n (singular, formal)

• Old English: þīn (ang), inċer (ang) dual, ēower (ang) pl
• Russian: твой (ru) (tvoj)  (informal), ваш (ru) (vaš)  (formal)
• Serbo-Croatian: твој (sh), tvoj (sh); ваш (sh), vaš (sh) (formal)
• Slovak: tvoj (sk), váš (sk) (formal)
• Slovene: tvój (sl), vàš (sl) (formal)
• Spanish: tuyo sg, vuestro pl, suyo (formal)
• Swahili: wako (sw)
• Thai: ของคุณ (th) (kŏng kun)
• Turkish: seninki (tr), sizinki (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.)

sincerely

• Finnish: terveisin (fi)
• Macedonian: Твој (mk) (Tvoj) m, Твоја (mk) (Tvója) f (informal), Ваш (mk) (Vaš) m, Ваша (mk) (Váša) f (formal)

• Russian: Твой (ru) (Tvoj)  (informal), Ваш (ru) (Vaš)  (formal)
• Swahili: wako (sw)

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	—