yours

English

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Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /jɔː(ɹ)z/, SAMPA: /jO:(r)z/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)z
• (US) enPR: yôrz, IPA: /jɔːɹz/, /jɚz/, /jɝːz/, SAMPA: /jO:rz/

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)z
• Homophone: yaws (in non-rhotic accents)

Pronoun

yours

1. That which belongs to you; the possessive second person 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. 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

Arabic: (belonging to one person) لك (ar) (lak) m. لك (ar) (laki) f. (belonging to tow persons) لكما (ar) (lakuma) m. and f. (belonging to many persons) لكم (ar) (lakum) m. لكن (ar) (lakun) f. Egyptian Arabic: owner is male لك (lik), بتاعك (betaʕak) m., بتاعتاك (betaʕtak) f., بتوعاك (betoʕak) pl. owner is female لك (liki), بتاعك (betaʕik) m., بتاعتاك (betaʕtik) f., بتوعاك (betoʕik) pl. many owners ليكو (liko), بتاعكو (betaʕko) m., بتاعتكو (betaʕetko) f., بتوعكو (betoʕko) pl. Belarusian: твой (be) (tvoj), ваш (be) (vaš) (formal) Bulgarian: твой (bg) (tvoj), ваш (bg) (vaš) (formal) Chinese: Mandarin: 你的 (cmn) (nǐ-de), 您的 (cmn) (nín-de) (formal) Coptic: Bohairic: owner is male ⲫⲱⲕ (phōk) m., ⲑⲱⲕ (θōk) f., ⲛⲟⲩⲕ (nwk) pl. owner is female ⲫⲱ (phō) m., ⲑⲱ (θō) f., ⲛⲟⲩ (nw) pl. many owner ⲫⲱⲧⲉⲛ (phōten) m., ⲑⲱⲧⲉⲛ (θōten) f., ⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉⲛ (nwten) pl. Sahidic: owner is male ⲡⲱⲕ (pōk) m., ⲧⲱⲕ (tōk) f., ⲛⲟⲩⲕ (nwk) pl. owner is female ⲡⲱ (pō) m., ⲧⲱ (tō) f., ⲛⲟⲩ (nw) pl. many owner ⲡⲱⲧⲉⲛ (pōten) m., ⲧⲱⲧⲉⲛ (tōten) f., ⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉⲛ (nwten) pl. Crimean Tatar: Singular seniñ, Plural siziñ Dutch: Singular: het jouwe, de jouwe, van jou Plural: het uwe, de uwe, van jullie Egyptian: owner is male 𓅮𓇌𓎡 (payk) m., 𓏏𓇌𓎡 (tayk) f., 𓈖𓄿𓇌𓎡 (nayk) pl. owner is female 𓅮𓇌𓁐 (payt) m., 𓏏𓇌𓁐  (tayt) f., 𓈖𓄿𓇌𓁐 (nayt) pl. many owner 𓅮𓇌𓀀 (payi) m., 𓏏𓇌𓀀 (tayi) f., 𓈖𓄿𓇌𓀀 (nayi) pl. Esperanto: la via (eo) Finnish: sinun (fi) French: Informal, belonging to one person: le tien m., la tienne f., les tiens pl., les tiennes f. pl. Formal, belong to multiple people: le vôtre m., la vôtre f., les vôtres pl., les vôtres f. pl. Galician: teu (gl) m. sg., voso (gl) m. pl. Hindi: (least formal) तेरा (hi) (tera), (formal) आपका (hi) (aapka), (informal) तुम्हारा (hi) (tumhaara) Hungarian: tiéd (hu), tied (hu), tiétek (hu), tietek (hu) Interlingua: tue sg., vostre pl.

Italian: Informal, belonging to one person: il tuo m., la tua f., i tuoi pl., le tue f. pl. Formal, belonging to one person: il Suo/il vostro m., la Sua/la vostra f., i Suoi/i vostri pl., le Sue/le vostre f. pl. Informal, belonging to multiple people: il vostro m., la vostra f., i vostri pl., le vostre f. pl. Formal, belonging to multiple people: il vostro/il Loro m., la vostra/la Lora f., i vostri/i Lori pl., le vostre/le Lore f. pl. 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 sg., inċer dual, ēower 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: tvoj (sl), vaš (sl) (formal) Spanish: tuyo sg., vuestro pl., suyo (formal) Swahili: wako (sw) Swedish: Informal, belonging to one person: din c., ditt n., dina pl. Belonging to multiple people: er c., ert n., era pl. Thai: ของคุณ (th) (kŏng kun) 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 (tvoj) (informal), Ваш (vaš) (formal) Swahili: wako (sw)

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	—