you

Etymology 1
From, , , from , from , Western form of , from ,.

Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, and, 🇨🇬 and , 🇨🇬, , 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬

See usage notes. , and  are cognate with 🇨🇬/,, ; 🇨🇬, /,  and 🇨🇬,  and  respectively. is also cognate with 🇨🇬 and archaic 🇨🇬.

Pronunciation


When a word ending in, , , or is followed by , these may coalesce with the , resulting in , ,  and , respectively. This is occasionally represented in writing, e.g. (from  ) or whatcha doin'? (more formally what are you doing?).

Pronoun

 * 1)  The people spoken, or written to, as an object.
 * 2)  (To) yourselves, (to) yourself.
 * 3)  The person spoken to or written to, as an object. (Replacing ; originally as a mark of respect.)
 * 4)  The people spoken to or written to, as a subject. (Replacing .)
 * You are all supposed to do as I tell you.
 * 1) * 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)
 * Are you excited? ―  Yes, I am excited!
 * 1)  The person spoken to or written to, as a subject. (Originally as a mark of respect.)
 * 2)  A person's favorite sports team.
 * I get that you're from Southeast Michigan, but I'm still surprised that you're a Detroit Lions fan. You have been on the receiving end of losing seasons for a while now.
 * 1)   Anyone, one; an unspecified individual or group of individuals (as subject or object).
 * 1)  The people spoken to or written to, as a subject. (Replacing .)
 * You are all supposed to do as I tell you.
 * 1) * 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)
 * Are you excited? ―  Yes, I am excited!
 * 1)  The person spoken to or written to, as a subject. (Originally as a mark of respect.)
 * 2)  A person's favorite sports team.
 * I get that you're from Southeast Michigan, but I'm still surprised that you're a Detroit Lions fan. You have been on the receiving end of losing seasons for a while now.
 * 1)   Anyone, one; an unspecified individual or group of individuals (as subject or object).
 * I get that you're from Southeast Michigan, but I'm still surprised that you're a Detroit Lions fan. You have been on the receiving end of losing seasons for a while now.
 * 1)   Anyone, one; an unspecified individual or group of individuals (as subject or object).

Usage notes

 * Originally, was specifically plural (indicating multiple people), and specifically the object form (serving as the object of a verb or preposition; like  as opposed to ). The subject pronoun was, and the corresponding singular pronouns were  and , respectively. In some forms of (older) English,  and  doubled as polite singular forms, e.g. used in addressing superiors, with  and  being the non-polite singular forms. In the 1600s, some writers objected to the use of "singular you" (compare objections to the singular ), but in modern English  and  are archaic and all but nonexistent and  is used for both the singular and the plural.
 * Several forms of English now distinguish singular you from various marked plural forms, such as, , , or , though not all of these are completely equivalent or considered Standard English.
 * The pronoun is usually, but not always, omitted in imperative sentences. In affirmatives, 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).
 * The pronoun is also used in an indefinite sense: the generic you.
 * See Appendix:English parts of speech for other personal pronouns.

Synonyms

 * yer
 * plus the alternative forms listed above and at Appendix:English personal pronouns
 * , ye, to you, to thee, to ye
 * , to you, to ye, to you all
 * , ye, to you, to thee, to ye
 * , to you, to ye, to you all

Determiner

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

Verb

 * 1)   To address (a person) using the pronoun you (in the past, especially to use you rather than thou, when you was considered more formal).

Etymology
From.

Pronoun

 * 1) thou, thee,

Noun

 * 1) water

Etymology
, from.

Pronoun

 * 1) I

Etymology
, from.

Pronoun

 * 1) I the first-person singular pronoun

Noun

 * 1) water

Etymology
Borrowed from and 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1) water

Noun

 * 1) fire