You

Pronoun

 * 1)  The person spoken to or written to, as a subject.
 * Can you help us?
 * You must do as I tell you.
 * 1)  The person spoken to or written to, as an object.
 * I'll give you my pen.
 * We’ll go with you to the game.
 * You must do as I tell you.
 * 1)  The group of persons spoken to or written to, as a subject.
 * Both of you should get ready now.
 * You are all supposed to do as I tell you.
 * 1)  The group of persons spoken, or written to, as an object.
 * Everyone, Chris can help you now.
 * You are all supposed to do as I tell you.
 * 1)  Anyone, one; an unspecified individual or group of individuals.
 * You have to be at least 36 inches high to go on this ride.
 * 1)  Anyone, one; an unspecified individual or group of individuals.
 * They always smile at you when they serve you in this restaurant.

Synonyms

 * : thou, ye, yer
 * : all of you, ye, yer , you’s , y’all , you all , you + number
 * : thee, ye, to you, to thee, to ye
 * : ye, to you, to ye, to you all
 * : one, people, they, them

Derived terms

 * you're

Determiner

 * 1) The individual or group spoken or written to.
 * Have you gentlemen come to see the lady who fell backwards off a bus?
 * 1) Used before epithets for emphasis.
 * You idiot!

Thesaurus
I, I myself, alter, alter ego, alterum, better self, ego, ethical self, he, her, herself, him, himself, inner man, inner self, it, me, my humble self, myself, number one, oneself, other self, ourselves, self, she, subconscious self, subliminal self, superego, them, themselves, they, yours truly, yourself, yourselves

Alternative forms

 * ye
 * ya, yah, yer, y'
 * -cha
 * -ja
 * u
 * yoo
 * eu, iow, yew, yewe, yo, yoow, youe, yow, yowe, yu, yw,, , , , , , ,

Etymology
From you:, yow:, ȝow:, (object case of ye:), from  eow:, iow: (dative case of ge:) <  *undefined: (dative case of undefined:), from  (dative case of ) <, object case of. Cognate with jo:,  jo:,  jou: & u:,  eu:, iu:,  vos:,  vo:.

See usage notes. ye:, you: and your: are cognate with Dutch jij/je, jou, jouw; German ihr:, euch: and euer: respectively. ye: is also cognate with Low German ji and archaic Swedish I:.

Pronunciation



 * , hue
 * , hue
 * , hue
 * , hue
 * , hue
 * , hue
 * , hue
 * , hue
 * , hue

When a word ending in, , , or is followed by you:, these may coalesce with the , resulting in , ,  and , respectively. This is occasionally represented in writing, e.g. gotcha: ← got: you:.

Pronoun

 * Afrikaans: ,
 * American Sign Language:
 * Arabic: أنت, أنت, أنتما, أنتم, حضرتك
 * Egyptian Arabic:, ,
 * Tunisian Arabic:
 * Aramaic:
 * Hebrew: אנת (’ant), אנתי (’antī)
 * Syriac: ܐܢܬ (’ant), ܐܢܬܝ (’antī)
 * Armenian:,  դուն,
 * Old Armenian:
 * Belarusian: ,
 * Bengali:,  ,
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Burmese: နင်, မင်း  ,  ,
 * Catalan: tu, vostè
 * Chamicuro:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:,  , ,
 * Min Nan: ,
 * Teochew: le2
 * Cantonese:
 * Wu: ,
 * Cornish:
 * Kernewek Kemmyn: ty
 * Crimean Tatar:
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch: , ,  , ;
 * Esperanto:
 * Ewe: wò
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * Old French: ,
 * Georgian: ,
 * German: ,
 * Greek: ,
 * Greenlandic:
 * Hawaiian:
 * Hebrew: ,
 * Hindi: ;  ;
 * Hopi:
 * Icelandic: ;
 * Irish: ,
 * Italian: tu;  lei, Lei;  Voi
 * Japanese: 君 (きみ, kimi),  貴方 (あなた, anata),  自分 (jibun),  あんた (anta),  僕 (boku),  お前 (おまえ, omae),  貴様 (きさま, kisama),  そちら (sochira),  そっち (socchi),  われ (ware),  おんどれ (ondore)
 * Javanese: kowe, awakmu
 * Khmer: (lōk, male),  (lōk sray, older female),  (neeung sray, younger female)
 * Korean: 당신 (當身), 너, 네
 * Latgalian: ,
 * Latin: ,


 * Latvian: tu, jūs
 * Lojban:
 * Macedonian: ,
 * Malay: kamu
 * Manx:,  ;  ,
 * Mongolian: ,
 * Navajo:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: du,  De,  I
 * Nynorsk: du,  De
 * Old Church Slavonic:
 * Cyrillic:
 * Glagolitic:
 * Old English:
 * Old Irish:
 * Old Persian:
 * Persian:
 * Polish:,  ,  Pani,  Państwo
 * Portuguese:,  ,  ,
 * Romani:
 * Romanian:,  dumneata,
 * Romansch:,  Vus
 * Russian: ,
 * Scots:
 * Scottish Gaelic:, ,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: ти,  ви
 * Roman: ti,  vi
 * Sichuan Yi:
 * Sinhalese:
 * Slovak: ,
 * Slovene: familiar,  polite
 * Sotho: wena
 * Spanish: tú,  usted,  vos, ,
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: ikaw,  kayo,  iyo,  inyo,  mo,  niyo,  nila
 * Tajik:
 * Tamil: நீ (nii - familiar); நீங்கள் (niingaL - polite); தாங்கள் (thaangaL - most polite),
 * Taos: ę̋
 * Telugu: నువ్వు (nuvvu),  మీరు (meeru)
 * Thai: ,
 * Turkish:
 * Ugaritic:
 * Ukrainian: ,
 * Urdu: آپ,  تم,  تو,  تم,  تو
 * Vietnamese:
 * Volapük: ol
 * Welsh:,  ,
 * West Frisian: ,
 * !Xóõ:, (emphatic) , (dual)


 * Afrikaans: ,
 * American Sign Language:
 * Arabic:
 * Egyptian Arabic:
 * Tunisian Arabic:
 * Aramaic:
 * Syriac: ܠܟ (lāk), ܠܟܝ (lēkī)
 * Hebrew: לך (lāk), לכי (lēkī)
 * Armenian: ,
 * Old Armenian:
 * Burmese: နင်, မင်း, ခင်ဗျား, ရှင်
 * Catalan: tu, vostè
 * Chamicuro:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ;  您
 * Min Nan: ,
 * Cornish:
 * Kernewek Kemmyn: ’th
 * Crimean Tatar:
 * Czech:, , ,
 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch: , ,  ;
 * Esperanto: ,
 * Ewe: wò
 * Finnish:, ,  ,
 * French: ,
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hindi: तुझ;  ;
 * Hopi:
 * Icelandic: ,
 * Irish: ,
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 君 (きみ, kimi),  貴方 (あなた, anata),  お前 (おまえ, omaé),  貴様 (きさま, kisamá)
 * Latin: te, te,  tibi
 * Lojban:


 * Macedonian:,  ,
 * Manx:,  ;  ,
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: deg,  Dem,  eder
 * Nynorsk: deg,  Dykk
 * Old English:
 * Old Irish:, , ,
 * Old Persian:
 * Persian: ترا  شمارا
 * Polish: ciebie, ,  Pani
 * Portuguese: ,  ,  ,   ,  ,  ,
 * Quechua: qam
 * Romani:
 * Romanian: te, pe tine ;  îţi , ţie
 * Russian:, , ;  , ,
 * Scots: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: ,
 * Spanish:,  , , , ,
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: ka,  ikaw,  kita,  kayo,  sila
 * Tajik:
 * Taos: ę̋
 * Turkish:   sizi
 * Volapük: oli
 * Welsh:,  ,  ,
 * West Frisian: ,


 * Afrikaans: julle
 * Albanian:
 * American Sign Language: 1@InsideChesthigh-RadialUp
 * Arabic:  (’antumā),   (’íntu),  (’antum),  (’antumu) ,  (’antunna)
 * Egyptian: (’íntu)
 * Tunisian Arabic:
 * Aramaic:
 * Syriac: ܐܢܬܘܢ (’antōn), ܐܢܬܝܢ (’antēn)
 * Hebrew: אנתון (’antōn), אנתין (’antēn)
 * Armenian:
 * Old Armenian:
 * Belarusian:
 * Bengali:,  ,
 * Bulgarian:
 * Burmese: နင်တို့, မင်းတို့, ခင်ဗျားတို့, ရှင်တို့, မင်းတို့, ခင်ဗျားတို့, ရှင်တို့
 * Catalan: vosaltres, vostès, vós
 * Chechen:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 你們, 你们
 * Min Nan:
 * Teochew: ning2
 * Cornish:
 * Kernewek Kemmyn: hwi
 * Crimean Tatar:
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch: ,  gijlie, , gulder;  gijlieden;  ,
 * Dyirbal: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Estonian: ,
 * Ewe: mi, miawo
 * Fijian: kemudrau,  kemudou,  kemunii
 * Filipino: kayo
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Old French:
 * Galician: ,
 * Georgian:
 * German: ,
 * Greek: (esís),
 * Greenlandic:
 * Guaraní: peẽ
 * Hausa: kúu
 * Hawaiian: ‘olua,  ‘oukou
 * Hebrew: ,
 * Hindi: ;
 * Hungarian: ti,  önök
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido: vu
 * Indonesian: kalian
 * Interlingua: vos
 * Irish: ,
 * Italian: voi,  Loro
 * Japanese:
 * generic : 貴方達 (あなたたち, anata-tachí)
 * honorific: 貴方方 (あなたがた, anata-gatá)
 * slightly rude, occasionally generic: お前達 (おまえたち, omaé-tachi)
 * highly insulting: 貴様等 (きさまら, kisamá-ra)
 * intimate; in business, used toward subordinates: 君達 (きみたち, kimi-tachí)
 * Jèrriais: ou
 * Korean:
 * generic : 너희 (neohui)
 * honorific: 여러분 (yeoreobun)
 * slightly rude: 너희 (neohui), 당신들 (dangsin deul)
 * highly insulting: 이놈들 (inomdeul), 이 새끼들 (i saekkideul)
 * very familiar: 니네 (nine), 니들 (nideul)
 * intimate : 자네들 (janedeul)


 * Kyrgyz: силер (siler),  сиздер (sizder)
 * Lao: (to an equal)
 * Latgalian:
 * Latin:
 * Latvian: jūs,  Jūs
 * Lithuanian:
 * Lower Sorbian: wej,  wy
 * Macedonian:
 * Maltese:
 * Manx: ,
 * Mongolian:
 * Navajo: ,
 * Norfuk:
 * Northern Sami: doai,  dii
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: dere,  I,  Dere
 * Nynorsk: de,  De
 * Novial: vus
 * Ojibwe: giinawaa
 * Old Church Slavonic: ,
 * Old English: ,
 * Old Irish: ,
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ;  ;   ,
 * Quechua: qamkuna
 * Romani:
 * Romanian: voi,  dumneavoastră
 * Romansch:,  Vus
 * Russian:
 * Scots:, , ,
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Sichuan Yi:
 * Sicilian: vuiàtri, vuàutri
 * Slovak:
 * Slovene:
 * Sotho:
 * Spanish: vosotros, vosotras  ;  ustedes
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: ninyo, inyo , kayo , niyo
 * Tajik:
 * Taos: ę̋
 * Telugu: నువ్వు, మీరు
 * Tetum: ó, imi, Ita, Ita-Boot, Ita-Na’i
 * Thai:
 * Tok Pisin: yupela
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian:
 * Upper Sorbian: wój,  wy
 * Urdu:  (tū),   (āp)
 * Volapük: ols
 * Welsh: ,
 * West Frisian: ,
 * !Xóõ:, (emphatic)
 * Yiddish: איר


 * Afrikaans: julle
 * American Sign Language: 1@InsideChesthigh-RadialUp
 * Arabic:, ,
 * Egyptian Arabic:
 * Tunisian Arabic:
 * Aramaic:
 * Syriac: ܠܟܘܢ (lkōn), ܠܟܝܢ (lkēn)
 * Hebrew: לכון (lkōn), לכין (lkēn)
 * Armenian:
 * Old Armenian:
 * Catalan: vosaltres, vostès, vós
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 你們, 你们
 * Min Nan:
 * Cornish:
 * Kernewek Kemmyn ’gas
 * Crimean Tatar:
 * Czech:, ,
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * informal:, ,
 * formal:
 * Esperanto:
 * Ewe: mi, miawo
 * Finnish: teidät, teitä
 * French:
 * Old French:
 * German:
 * accusative
 * familiar: euch
 * polite: Sie
 * dative
 * familiar: ihnen
 * polite: Ihnen
 * Greek: εσάς (esás)
 * Hindi: ;
 * Icelandic:
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: ,
 * Italian:
 * direct object:
 * indirect object:
 * after preposition: voi, Loro
 * Japanese:
 * generic : 貴方達 (あなたたち, anata-tachí)
 * honorific: 貴方方 (あなたがた, anata-gatá)
 * slightly rude, occasionally generic: お前達 (おまえたち, omaé-tachi)
 * highly insulting: 貴様等 (きさまら, kisamá-ra)
 * intimate; in business, used toward subordinates: 君達 (きみたち, kimi-tachí)
 * Note: In Japanese, all of these words are actually nouns and are not normally required.


 * Jèrriais: ou
 * Latin: vos,  vobis,  vos,  vobis,  vos,  vobis
 * Macedonian: ,
 * Manx: ,
 * Norfuk:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: dere,  eder,  Dere
 * Nynorsk: dykk,  Dykk
 * Novial: vus
 * Old English: inċ, ēow
 * Old Irish:, , ,
 * Persian: شمارا
 * Polish:,  Państwa
 * Portuguese:    ; ,  ;   ,
 * Romani:
 * Romanian:
 * accusative: vă, pe voi
 * dative: vă, vouă
 * Russian:, ,
 * Scots:, , ,
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Sotho:
 * Spanish:
 * vosotros, vosotras ; ustedes
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: kayo
 * Tajik:
 * Taos: ę̋
 * Turkish:
 * Volapük: olis
 * Welsh: ,
 * Welsh: ,


 * Afrikaans: jy, jou
 * Arabic: (man)
 * Catalan: hom, tu, u
 * Chinese: 你 (nǐ), 任何人 (rèn hé rén)
 * Czech:, , , , , , ,
 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch:, ,  ,
 * Esperanto: ,
 * Ewe: wò
 * Finnish: passive voice used
 * French:, ,
 * German:
 * Icelandic: ,
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * generic: 君 (きみ, kimi)
 * polite: 貴方 (あなた, anata)
 * slightly rude, or often friendly: お前 (おまえ, omaé)
 * highly insulting: 貴様 (きさま, kisamá)
 * Note: In Japanese, all of these words are actually nouns and are not normally required.


 * Jèrriais: nou
 * Kurdish:, mirovî,
 * Latin: te,  tibi,  vos,  vobis
 * Norwegian:
 * Norwegian Bokmål:, , du
 * Norwegian Nynorsk:, du
 * Novial:
 * Old English:
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Russian: ты
 * Scots:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: ,


 * : ඔය (oya)
 * polite: chị, ông,
 * neutral: quý vị
 * bác, dì and other words expressing familial relationship (with các, )
 * các anh, các chị, các ông, các bà, các con, các em, các bạn
 * rude unless to a friend or subordinate: các ngươi, các mày
 * rude unless to a friend or subordinate: các ngươi, các mày

Determiner

 * Albanian:
 * Aramaic:
 * Syriac: ܐܢܬ (’ant), ܐܢܬܝ (’antī) , ܐܢܬܘܢ (’antōn) , ܐܢܬܝܢ (’antēn)
 * Hebrew: אנת (’ant), אנתי (’antī) , אנתון (’antōn) , אנתין (’antēn)
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: translated by the definite article:
 * Esperanto:, familiar, rarely used
 * Estonian:
 * familiar:, , ,
 * polite:, , Teie,
 * Finnish:
 * familiar: ,
 * polite: and
 * French:
 * familiar:
 * polite:
 * German:
 * familiar: ,
 * polite: and


 * Hebrew:, , ,
 * Japanese:
 * Korean:
 * Latin: tu, vos, vos
 * Polish: ty, wy
 * Russian:, (or polite) (may be omitted, depending on where it is placed)
 * Scots:
 * Slovene: familiar,  polite
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * familiar: ,
 * polite:, and
 * Tok Pisin: yu
 * Tok Pisin: yu


 * Afrikaans:
 * Czech: ,
 * Dutch:
 * singular: ,
 * plural:,  gulder
 * Esperanto:, familiar, rarely used
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * singular: espèce de
 * plural: bande de
 * German:
 * Japanese: ,
 * Kurdish:, ,


 * Latin: tibi, vobis, tuus, tua, tuum, tuum, tui, tuae, tua, voster, voster, vostra, vostra, vostrum, vostrum, vostri, vostrae, vostra, vester, vestra, vestrum, vestri, vestrae, vestra
 * Norwegian:
 * Novial:
 * singular: vu
 * plural: vus
 * Polish: ty, wy
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, (often omitted, making the epithet more insulting)
 * Swedish:, ,


 * : jy, jou
 * : (’ínta),  (’ínti)
 * Egyptian
 * familiar: (’ínta)   (’ínti)
 * polite: (HaDritak),  (HaDritik)
 * : kiisto
 * : তুমি (tumi)
 * familiar:
 * polite: vostè
 * : ᏁᎯ (nehi), ᏂᎯ (nihi)
 * Simplified
 * familiar: 你 (nǐ)
 * formal: 您 (nín)
 * Traditional:
 * familiar: 你 (nǐ)
 * formal: 您 (nín)
 * Teochew: le2
 * Kernewek Kemmyn: 'th
 * : kiya
 * : ti
 * : ŋinda
 * : *antak/*tuw
 * : iko
 * : ikaw; kayo (formal or )
 * : შენ (shen, familiar); თქვენ (thqven, polite)
 * : (esí),  (esís),
 * : nde
 * : independent forms: kái, kée
 * : te, ön
 * : þið
 * : vu, tu
 * : engkau, kau, kamu ; Anda, Saudara, Bapak / Ibu
 * : tu familiar, vos polite
 * : tu ; ou
 * : vu, tu
 * : engkau, kau, kamu ; Anda, Saudara, Bapak / Ibu
 * : tu familiar, vos polite
 * : tu ; ou


 * generic : 너 (neo)
 * slightly rude: 당신 (當身, dangsin), 너 (neo)
 * highly insulting: 이놈 (inom), 이 새끼(i saekki)
 * very familiar: 니 (ni)
 * intimate; in business, used toward subordinates: 자네 (jane)
 * Note: In Korean, all of these words are not normally required.
 * : tu, Hûn polite,
 * familiar: hûn
 * polite: Hûn
 * : сен (sen, familiar), сиз (siz, polite)
 * : tu
 * : tu, Tu (familiar polite), Jūs
 * : tu
 * : int
 * : तुम्ही (tumhī, formal), तू (tū, informal)
 * : vu
 * : giin
 * : du, De
 * : þū
 * : (to, familiar),
 * : tu familiar, você (also familiar in Brazil, more polite elsewhere)
 * : ਤੁਸੀਂ (tusīṁ, polite) ਤੂੰ (tūṃ, familiar)
 * : tu
 * : tui
 * : tu, Lei
 * : ty, vy
 * : mo (ng form), iyo (sa form), ka / ikaw (unmarked forms)
 * : నువ్వు, మీరు
 * : ó, imi, Ita, Ita-Boot, Ita-Na'i
 * :, (familiar, intimate),  (formal, polite),  (cutesy),
 * : sen, siz
 * : (tū, familiar),  (āp, polite)
 * chị, ông, em anh, bà, con, bạn;
 * ngươi, mày ;
 * quý vị ;
 * bác, dì and other words expressing familial relationship;
 * : ti ; chi
 * : i!a
 * : ti ; chi
 * : i!a

Verb

 * 1)  to get drunk, to get tipsy

Noun

 * 1) oil

Derived terms

 * jiayou

Verb

 * 1) have; possess
 * anmianyao you fuzuoyong
 * Sleeping pills have side effects.
 * 1) be; exist


 * 1) * zhege diqu you hen duo shumu bei kanfa le.
 * There are many trees have been felled in this area.
 * 1) * Zhongguo yinggai you yi-zhong tǒngyī de yuyan.
 * China should have a unified language.
 * 1) * zhe-fen baozhi you hen duo guanggao.
 * This newspaper has a lot of advertisement.
 * 1) * women xuexiao de jianshenfang you hen duo tiyu qixie.
 * There are many sports apparatuses in the gymnasium of our school.
 * 1) * zhe-jian yiyuan li you hen duo bingren.
 * There are many patients in this hospital.
 * 1) * Zhongwen "wenti" zhege ciyu you 3-zhong yisi: 1. yi2wen4 2. kun4nan5 3. yi4ti2.
 * There are 3 kinds of meaning for the Chinese word "wenti", it may refer to "query", "problem" or "issue".
 * 1) * tamen you caizheng wenti.
 * They have financial problems.
 * 1) * qingnian you lixiang.
 * Youth have ideals.
 * 1) * zher you yi-jia qiongku de renjia.
 * There is a needy family.
 * 1) * zhengfu you zeren xiang suoyou ertong tigong jiaoyu.
 * the government is responsible for the provision of education for all the children.
 * 1) * Tangrenjie you hen duo Zhongguo fandian.
 * there are many Chinese restaurants in Chinatown.
 * 1) * guangchang de zhongyang you yige jinianbei.
 * there is a monument in the center of the public square.
 * 1) * Dongnanya Guojia Lianmeng you 10 ge chengyuanguo
 * The Association of Southeast Asian Nations has 10 member countries.
 * 1) * Zhongguo Renmin Daxue limian you yi-tiao lu jiaozuo Wu Yuzhang Lu.
 * there is a road called Wu Yuzhang Lu [Wu Yuzhang Lu] inside Renmin University of China.
 * 1) * renhe gongju dou you youdian he quedian.
 * any tool has advantage and disadvantage.

Derived terms

 * meiyou
 * youlimao
 * youshihou
 * youyiyi

Adverb

 * 1) again; moreover
 * ta yòu lai le!
 * she/he come again!

Derived terms

 * youyao

Pinyin syllable
you



Etymology
From eow:.

Descendants

 * English:

Pronoun

 * 1) I