you guys

Pronoun

 * 1)  You.

Usage notes

 * The term is generally restricted to males, as in Was that a guy or a girl?, but the form you guys may be used for groups of any combination of genders whether it is all male, all female or any combination.
 * Some speakers don't perceive this form as gender-neutral and thus avoid it.
 * Unlike or the French, you guys is typically used only as an identifier, meaning it is said only once in a short conversation, and thereafter you is used. This is due to Modern English's lack of differentiation between singular and plural "you". For example:
 * I'm going to be on the outside basketball court at noon if you guys want to practice. You should bring some water because it's going to be hot.
 * Generally the standard your is used as the possessive. However, possessive forms like you guys&apos; and you guys's are also used; (with a change of you to your) is nonstandard, limited to colloquial or dialectal speech.

Alternative forms
Also constructed with alternative forms of plural :
 * yous guys
 * youse guys
 * youze guys

Synonyms

 * see the list of other second-person pronouns in