you
English
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Alternative forms
- ye (plural form, archaic or dialectal)
- ya, yah, yer, yeh, y', yo, yu, yuh (informal or eye dialect)
- -cha (informal, after /t/)
- -ja (informal, after /d/)
- u (informal, internet)
- yoo (eye dialect)
- yew (became obsolete as English spelling became more standardised, then was ‘recoined’ as a nonstandard variant for (chiefly humorous) use in informal situations and on the internet)
- youe, yow, yowe (obsolete)
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English (deprecated template usage) you, (deprecated template usage) yow, (deprecated template usage) ȝow, (object case of <span class="deprecated" title="Template:term is deprecated; use Template:m.">(deprecated template usage) ye), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English ēow, īow ("you"; dative case of ġē), from *iwwiz ("you"; dative case of *jīz), Western form of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *izwiz ("you"; dative case of *jūz), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Indo-European *yūs (“you (plural)”), *yū́. Cognate with (deprecated template usage) [etyl] West Frisian (deprecated template usage) jo, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Low German (deprecated template usage) jo, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Dutch (deprecated template usage) jou and (deprecated template usage) u, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle High German (deprecated template usage) eu, (deprecated template usage) iu (obj. pron.), (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin vōs (“you”), (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Avestan (deprecated template usage) 𐬬𐬋 (vō).
See usage notes. (deprecated template usage) Ye, (deprecated template usage) you and (deprecated template usage) your are cognate with Dutch (deprecated template usage) jij/(deprecated template usage) je, (deprecated template usage) jou, (deprecated template usage) jouw; Low German (deprecated template usage) ji, (deprecated template usage) jo/(deprecated template usage) ju, (deprecated template usage) jug and German (deprecated template usage) ihr, (deprecated template usage) euch and (deprecated template usage) euer respectively. (deprecated template usage) Ye is also cognate with archaic Swedish (deprecated template usage) I.
Pronunciation
- (stressed)
- (UK) enPR: yo͞o, Lua error: Please specify a language code in the first parameter; the value "En-uk-you.ogg" is not valid (see Wiktionary:List of languages).
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parameter) Rhymes: -uː
- (UK) enPR: yo͞o, Lua error: Please specify a language code in the first parameter; the value "En-uk-you.ogg" is not valid (see Wiktionary:List of languages).
- (unstressed)
- (US) enPR: yə, Lua error: Please specify a language code in the first parameter; the value "en-us-you unstressed.ogg" is not valid (see Wiktionary:List of languages).
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- (US) enPR: yə, Lua error: Please specify a language code in the first parameter; the value "en-us-you unstressed.ogg" is not valid (see Wiktionary:List of languages).
- (deprecated use of
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parameter) Homophones: ewe, u, yew, hew (in h-dropping dialects), hue (in h-dropping dialects)
When a word ending in /t/, /d/, /s/, or /z/ is followed by (deprecated template usage) you, these may coalesce with the /j/, resulting in /tʃ/, /dʒ/, /ʃ/ and /ʒ/, respectively. This is occasionally represented in writing, e.g. (deprecated template usage) gotcha (from (deprecated template usage) got (deprecated template usage) you).
Pronoun
you (second person, singular or plural, nominative or objective, possessive determiner your, possessive pronoun yours, singular reflexive yourself, plural reflexive yourselves)
- (deprecated template usage) (object pronoun) The people spoken, or written to, as an object. [from 9th c.]
- 1611, Bible, Authorized (King James) Version. Genesis XLII:
- And Joseph said unto them, That is it that I spake unto you, saying, Ye are spies [...].
- 1611, Bible, Authorized (King James) Version. Genesis XLII:
- (deprecated template usage) (reflexive, now US colloquial) (To) yourselves, (to) yourself. [from 9th c.]
- c. 1591 William Shakespeare, Richard III:
- If I may counsaile you, some day or two / Your Highnesse shall repose you at the Tower [...].
- 1611, Bible, Authorized (King James) Version. Genesis XIX:
- And Lot went out, and spake unto his sons in law, which married his daughters, and said, Up, get you out of this place; for the LORD will destroy this city.
- 1975, Joseph Nazel, Death for Hire:
- You'd better get you a gun and kill him before he kills you or somebody.
- c. 1591 William Shakespeare, Richard III:
- (deprecated template usage) (object pronoun) The person spoken to or written to, as an object. (Replacing (deprecated template usage) thee; originally as a mark of respect.) [from 13th c.]
- c. 1485 Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book VIII:
- I charge you, as ye woll have my love, that ye warne your kynnesmen that ye woll beare that day the slyve of golde uppon your helmet.
- c. 1485 Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book VIII:
- (deprecated template usage) (subject pronoun) The people spoken to or written to, as a subject. (Replacing (deprecated template usage) ye.) [from 14th c.]
- Both of you should get ready now.
- You are all supposed to do as I tell you.
- (deprecated template usage) (subject pronoun) The person spoken to or written to, as a subject. (Originally as a mark of respect.) [from 15th c.]
- c. 1395 Geoffrey Chaucer, "The Clerk's Tale", Canterbury Tales, Ellesmere manuscript (c. 1410):
- certes lord / so wel vs liketh yow / And al youre werk / and euere han doon / þat we / Ne koude nat vs self deuysen how / We myghte lyuen / in moore felicitee [...].
- 1814, Jane Austen, Mansfield Park:
- You are right, Fanny, to protest against such an office, but you need not be afraid.
- c. 1395 Geoffrey Chaucer, "The Clerk's Tale", Canterbury Tales, Ellesmere manuscript (c. 1410):
- (deprecated template usage) (indefinite personal pronoun) Anyone, one; an unspecified individual or group of individuals (as subject or object). [from 16th c.]
- 2001, Polly Vernon, The Guardian, 5 May 2001:
- You can't choose your family, your lovers are difficult and volatile, but, oh, you can choose your friends - so doesn't it make much more sense to live and holiday with them instead?
- 2001, Polly Vernon, The Guardian, 5 May 2001:
Usage notes
- Originally, (deprecated template usage) you was specifically plural (indicating multiple people), and specifically objective (serving as the direct or indirect object of a verb, or object of a preposition; like present-day (deprecated template usage) us, as opposed to (deprecated template usage) we). The corresponding subjective pronoun was (deprecated template usage) ye, and their corresponding singular pronouns were (deprecated template usage) thee and (deprecated template usage) thou, respectively. (Thus (deprecated template usage) you was to (deprecated template usage) ye, (deprecated template usage) thee, and (deprecated template usage) thou as (deprecated template usage) us is to (deprecated template usage) we, (deprecated template usage) me, and (deprecated template usage) I, respectively.)
- In some forms of English, (deprecated template usage) you and (deprecated template usage) ye have doubled as plural forms and as polite singular forms, used in addressing superiors and (in some forms) equals, with (deprecated template usage) thee and (deprecated template usage) thou being the non-polite singular forms. Such alternation, insofar as it still exists, is now only dialectal: in present-day English, (deprecated template usage) thee and (deprecated template usage) thou are all but nonexistent.
- Although (deprecated template usage) you no longer distinguishes singular from plural, various forms of English have marked plural forms, such as (deprecated template usage) you guys, (deprecated template usage) y'all, or (deprecated template usage) youse (though not all of these are completely equivalent or considered Standard English).
- The pronoun (deprecated template usage) you is usually omitted in imperative sentences, but need not be. In affirmative imperatives, it may be included before the verb (You go right ahead; You stay out of it); in negative imperatives, it may be included either before the don't, or, more commonly, after it (Don't you dare go in there; Don't you start now).
- See Appendix:English parts of speech for other personal pronouns.
Synonyms
- (subject pronoun: person spoken/written to):
- (subject pronoun: persons spoken/written to):
- all of you (plural)
- you all (plural, especially Southern US)
- you + number (plural, to the specified number of people)
- ye (plural, archaic outside Northern England, Cornwall, and Ireland)
- yous/youse (plural, dialectal, chiefly Australia, some parts of the US, Ireland, Scotland)
- y'all, all y'all (Southern US)
- ya'll (AAVE)
- you-uns (yoons, you'uns, y'ins, y'uns, yunz, yuns) (Midwestern US and Appalachia)
- yinz (yens, yins, yeens) (Pennsylvania, especially Pittsburgh, Appalachia)
- you guys/you gals (Australia, New Zealand, some parts of North America)
- you lot (UK)
- allyou (Caribbean)
- yer (UK eye dialect)
- (object pronoun: person spoken/written to): thee (singular, archaic), ye, to you, to thee, to ye
- (object pronoun: persons spoken/written to): ye, to you, to ye, to you all
- (one): one, people, they, them
Derived terms
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See also
Determiner
you
- The individual or group spoken or written to.
- Have you gentlemen come to see the lady who fell backwards off a bus?
- Used before epithets for emphasis.
- You idiot!
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Verb
you (third-person singular simple present yous, present participle youing, simple past and past participle youed)
- (deprecated template usage) (transitive) To address (a person) using the pronoun you, rather than thou.
Statistics
Japanese
Romanization
you
See also
Mandarin
Romanization
you
- (deprecated use of
|lang=
parameter) Nonstandard spelling of yōu. - (deprecated use of
|lang=
parameter) Nonstandard spelling of yóu. - (deprecated use of
|lang=
parameter) Nonstandard spelling of yǒu. - (deprecated use of
|lang=
parameter) Nonstandard spelling of yòu.
Usage notes
- Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English ēow.
Pronoun
you
Descendants
- English: you
Mirandese
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Pronunciation
- (deprecated use of
|lang=
parameter) IPA(key): /jow/
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