your

See also: Your

English

Alternative forms

• ur (informal, Internet, text messaging)
• ya, yer (informal)
• yo, yo' (African American Vernacular)

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English ēower, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Proto-Germanic *izweraz. Compare German euer.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /jɔː/, /jʊə/, (unstressed) /jə/

• Audio (UK)

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)
• (US) enPR: yôr, IPA^(key): /jɔːɹ/, /jʊəɹ/, /jɝ/

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• Audio (US) (unstressed)

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• Rhymes: -oʊɹ, -ɔː(ɹ)
• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ) (some [[w:rhotic dialects|]])

Determiner

your

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

   • (Can we date this quote by Glanvill and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     Like your heroes of antiquity, he charges in iron.

4. (Ireland) That; the specified (usually used with a human referent)

   Your man just bought a new car.

   Have you seen what your one over there is doing?

Translations

belonging to you (singular; one owner)

• Arabic: ـك (ar) (-k) (-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), بتاعك m (bitāʿak), بتاعك f (bitāʿik)

• Armenian: (informal) քո (hy) (kʻo), (informal) Ձեր (Jer)
• Aromanian: tãu m
• Assamese: তোৰ (tür) (least formal), তোমাৰ (tümar) (informal), আপোনাৰ (apünar) (formal)
• Asturian: to (ast), de to, so (ast) (formal), de so (formal)
• Belarusian: твой (tvoj), ваш (vaš) (formal)
• Brahui: naa
• Breton: da (br)
• Bulgarian: твой (tvoj), ваш (vaš) (formal)
• Catalan: el teu, la teva
• Cebuano: imo
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 你的 (zh) (nǐ de), 您的 (zh) (nín de) (formal)

• Chukchi: гынин (gynin)
• Coptic: ⲡⲉⲕ m (pek), ⲧⲉⲕ f (tek), ⲛⲉⲕ m pl or f pl (nek) (owner is male), ⲡⲉ m (pe), ⲧⲉ f (te), ⲛⲉ m pl or f pl (ne) (owner is female)
• Cornish: dha
• Crimean Tatar: seniñ
• Czech: tvůj (cs), váš (cs) (formal)
• Dalmatian: to
• Danish: din (da)
• Dutch: (informal) je (nl), (informal) jouw (nl), (formal in Standard Dutch; used both formally and informally in Flemish Dutch) uw (nl)
• Egyptian: (owner is male) (.k), (owner is female) (.ṯ)
• Eshtehardi: اِشتَ (eşta)
• Esperanto: via (eo)
• Estonian: sinu (et), su (et)
• Finnish: sinun ...si, -si (fi), sinun (fi)
• French: ton (fr) m ta (fr) f tes (fr) m pl or f pl (informal), votre (fr) m or f vos (fr) m pl or f pl (formal)
• Friulian: to m
• Galician: teu m
• Georgian: შენი (šeni)
• German: dein (de), (formal) Ihr (de)

  Cimbrian: dain

  Luxembourgish: däin

  Old High German: dīn

• Gothic: 𐌸𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (þeins)
• Greek: σας (el) (sas), σας (el) n (sas), σου (el) (sou)

  Ancient: σός (sós) (adjective), σου (sou) (genitive personal pronoun)

• Hawaiian: kou, kāu
• Hebrew: (common) שלך m (shelkha), שלך f (shelakh), (formal) ־ך m (-kha), ־ך f (-akh/-ekh)
• Hindi: (least formal) तेरा (hi) (terā), (informal) तुम्हारा (hi) (tumhārā), (formal) आपका (āpkā)
• Hungarian: -d, -od, -ad (hu), -ed (hu), (informal) -öd, -a (hu), -e, -ja, (formal) -je
• Icelandic: þinn (is)
• Ido: vua (io)
• Interlingua: tu (ia)
• Irish: do
• Istro-Romanian: teu m, te f
• Italian: tuo (it)
• Japanese: (polite) あなたの (ja) (anata no), (familiar) きみの (ja) (kimi no)
• Kalmyk: чини (çini)
• Korean: 당신의 (dangsinui)
• Ladino: tu
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Latin: tuus (la)
• Latvian: tavs, jūsu (polite)
• Lithuanian: tàvo (lt)
• Macedonian: твој (tvoj), ваш (vaš) (formal)
• Maltese: tiegħek
• Maori: tāu (singular dominant), tōu (singular subordinate), āu (plural dominant), ōu (plural subordinate), tō (singular neutral and informal), ō (plural neutral or informal)
• Mazanderani: ته (te)
• North Frisian:

  Föhr: dan m, jau, jamens

• Norwegian: din (no) m, di (no) f, ditt n, dine (no) m pl or f pl or n pl
• Novial:
• Occitan: teu (oc)
• Old Church Slavonic: твои (tvoi)
• Old English: þīn sg
• Oriya: ତୋର (or) (torô), ତୁମର (or) (tumôrô), ତୁମ୍ଭର (or) (tumbhôrô)
• Persian: ـت (fa) (-at), تو (fa) (to)
• Pipil: mu-
• Polish: twój (pl), (formal, to male:) pana (pl), pański (pl), (formal, to female:) pani (pl)
• Portuguese: teu (pt) m, tua (pt) f, (Brazil) seu (pt) m, sua (pt) f
• Romanian: tău (ro) m, ta (ro) f
• Romansch: tes m, tiu m
• Russian: твой (ru) (tvoj) (informal), ваш (ru) (vaš) (formal)
• Sardinian: tou
• Scots: yer
• Scottish Gaelic: do (informal), ur (gd) (formal)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: твој, ваш (formal)

  Roman: tvoj, vaš (sh) (formal)

• Sinhalese: ඔයාගේ (oyāgē)
• Slovak: tvoj (sk), váš (formal)
• Slovene: tvój (sl), vàš (sl) (formal)
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: twój (familiar), waš (polite)

• Spanish: tu (es), su (es) (formal)
• Swedish: din (sv)
• Sylheti: ꠔꠞ (tor) (least formal), ꠔꠥꠝꠣꠞ (tumar) (informal), ꠀꠙ꠆ꠘꠣꠞ (afnar) (formal)
• Talysh: اشته (əštə)
• Tatar: синең (sineñ) (informal), сезнең (sezneñ) (formal)
• Telugu: (formal) మీ (te) (mī), (informal) నీ (te) (nī)
• Thai: ของคุณ (kŏng kun)
• Tlingit: i
• Turkish: senin (tr)
• Ukrainian: твій (tvij) (informal), ваш (uk) (vaš) (formal)
• Urdu: (least formal) تیرا (terā), (informal) تمہارا (tumhārā), (formal) آپ کا (āp kā)
• Vietnamese: của bạn (replace bạn with the appropriate word or kinship term: ông, bà, anh, cô, chị, mày, em, etc.)
• Volapük: olik (vo), ola
• Walloon: ti (wa) m sg or f sg, tes (wa) m pl or f pl (familiar), vosse (wa) m sg or f (before consonant, ordinary and formal), vost (wa) m or f (before vowel, ordinary and formal), vo (wa) m sg or f sg (Western Walloon, ordinary and formal), vos (wa) m pl or f pl (ordinary and formal)
• Welsh: dy
• West Frisian: dyn, jo (fy)
• Yiddish: דײַן (dayn)
• Zhuang: duh mwngz
• Zulu: possessive concord + -kho

belonging to you (plural; more owners)

• American Sign Language: FlatB@Chesthigh-FingerUp RoundHoriz
• Arabic: ـكُم (ar) m (-kum) (most common), ـكُنَّ f (-kunna) (only used in very formal Arabic), ـكُمَا du (-kumā) (only used in very formal Arabic)

  Egyptian Arabic: ـكو (ku), بتاعكوا m pl or f pl (bitāʿko)

  Moroccan Arabic: ـكم m or f (kəm)

• Aramaic: ־כון
• Armenian: ձեր (hy) (jer)
• Aromanian: vostru m
• Asturian: vuestru (ast), de vuestro, so (ast) (formal), de so (formal)
• Belarusian: ваш (vaš)
• Breton: ho (br)
• Bulgarian: ваш (vaš)
• Catalan: el vostre m, la vostra f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 你們的／你们的 (zh), 你们的 (zh) (nǐmen de)

• Coptic: ⲡⲉⲧⲉⲛ m (peten), ⲧⲉⲧⲉⲛ f (teten), ⲛⲉⲧⲉⲛ m pl or f pl (neten)
• Crimean Tatar: siziñ
• Czech: váš (cs)
• Danish: jeres (da) n or c
• Dutch: jullie (nl) (informal), uw (nl) (formal in Standard Dutch; used both formally and informally in Flemish Dutch), ulle (Flemish Dutch, informal)
• Egyptian: (.ṯn)
• Esperanto: viaj (eo)
• Estonian: teie (et)
• Finnish: teidän ...nne, -nne (fi), teidän (fi)
• French: votre (fr), vos (fr)
• Friulian: vuestri
• Galician: voso
• Georgian: თქვენი (tkveni)
• German: euer (de), (formal) Ihr (de)
• Gothic: 𐌹𐌲𐌵𐌰𐍂 (igqar) (two owners), 𐌹𐌶𐍅𐌰𐍂 (izwar) (three or more owners)
• Greek: σας (el) (sas)

  Ancient: ὑμέτερος (huméteros) (adjective), ὑμῶν (humôn) (genitive personal pronoun)

• Hawaiian: (dual) ko ʻolua, kā ʻolua, (plural) ko ʻoukou, kā ʻoukou
• Hebrew: שלכם (shelakhém), שלכן (shelakhén), ־כם (-khém), ־כן (-khén)
• Hindi: आपका (āpkā)
• Hungarian: -tok, -tek, (informal) -tök, -a (hu), -e, -ja, (formal) -je
• Icelandic: ykkar (is)
• Interlingua: vostre
• Irish: bhur
• Istriot: vostro m, vostra f
• 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)
• Kalmyk: тана (tana), тадна (tadna)
• Ladino: vuestro
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Latin: vester (la)
• Latvian: jūsu
• Macedonian: ваш (vaš)
• Maltese: tagħkom
• Maori: tā kōrua (singular dominant referring to two people), ā kōrua (plural dominant referring to two people), tō kōrua (singular subordinate referring to two people), ō kōrua (plural subordinate referring to two people), tā koutou (singular dominant referring to three or more people), ā koutou (plural dominant referring to three or more people), tō koutou (singular subordinate referring to three or more people), ō koutou (plural subordinate referring to three or more people)
• Mazanderani: شمه (šëme)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: deres (no), eders (archaic)

  Nynorsk: dykkar (nn), dokkar

• Old Church Slavonic: вашь (vašĭ)
• Old English: inċer (ang) du, ēower pl
• Pipil: anmu-
• Polish: wasz (pl), (formal:) państwa
• Portuguese: vosso (pt) m, vossa (pt) f
• Romanian: vostru (ro) m, voastră f
• Romansch: vies m
• Russian: ваш (ru) (vaš)
• Scots: yer
• Scottish Gaelic: ur (gd)
• Serbo-Croatian: ваш, vaš (sh)
• Sicilian: vostru (scn) m
• Slovak: váš
• Slovene: vàš (sl)
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: waju (referring to two people), waš (referring to three or more people)

• Spanish: vuestro (es), su (es)
• Swahili: -enu
• Swedish: er (sv), eder (sv) c (formal), edert (sv) n (formal), edra (sv) pl (formal), eran (sv) c (colloquial), erat (sv) n (colloquial)
• Tatar: сезнең (sezneñ)
• Telugu: మీ (te) (mī)
• Tlingit: yee
• Turkish: sizin (tr)
• Ukrainian: ваш (uk) (vaš)
• Urdu: آپ کا (āp kā)
• Venetian: vostro (vec) m, vostra f
• Vietnamese: của các bạn (replace bạn with the appropriate word or kinship term: ông, bà, anh, cô, chị, mày, em, etc.)
• Volapük: olsik (vo), olas
• Walloon: vosse (wa) m sg or f (before consonant), vost (wa) m or f (before vowel), vo (wa) m sg or f sg (Western Walloon), vos (wa) m pl or f pl
• Welsh: eich
• West Frisian: jim (fy)
• Yiddish: אײַער (ayer)
• Zulu: possessive concord + -inu

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Ido: ^{(please verify)} vua (io), ^{(please verify)} tua (io)
• Italian: (belonging to one person; informal) ^{(please verify)} il tuo (it) m , ^{(please verify)} il Suo m , (belonging to one person; formal) ^{(please verify)} il vostro (it) m
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• Japanese: ^{(please verify)} あなたの (ja), ^{(please verify)} 君の (ja)

Contraction

your

1. Misspelling of you're.

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 written English.

See also

English personal pronouns

Dialectal and obsolete or archaic forms are in italics.

			personal pronoun			possessive pronoun	possessive determiner
			subjective	objective	reflexive
first person	singular		I me (colloquial)	me	myself me mysen	mine	my mine (before vowels, archaic) me
	plural		we	us	ourselves ourself oursen	ours	our
second person	singular	standard, formal	you	you	yourself yoursen	yours yourn (obsolete outside dialects)	your
		archaic, informal	thou	thee	thyself theeself thysen	thine	thy thine (before vowels)
	plural	standard	you ye (archaic)	you	yourselves	yours yourn (obsolete outside dialects)	your
		colloquial	you all y'all you guys	you all y'all you guys	y'allselves	y'all's you guys' your guys' (proscribed)	y'all's your all's (nonstandard) you guys' your guys' (proscribed)
		informal / dialectal	(see list of dialectal forms at you and inflected forms in those entries)
third person	singular	masculine	he	him	himself hisself (archaic) hissen	his hisn (obsolete outside dialects)	his
		feminine	she	her	herself hersen	hers hern (obsolete outside dialects)	her
		neuter	it hit	it hit	itself hitself	its his (archaic)	its his (archaic) hits
		genderless	they	them	themself, themselves	theirs	their
		genderless, nonspecific (formal)	one	one	oneself	–	one's
	plural		they	them hem, 'em	themselves theirsen	theirs theirn (obsolete outside dialects)	their

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Middle English

Determiner

your

1. Alternative form of youre

References

• “your (pron.)”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 20 May 2018.