How do you use the word "you" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "you": You're in better shape than I am. You are in my way.

You

/ju/

Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

pronThe people spoken, or written to, as an object.

pron(To) yourselves, (to) yourself.

Sentence Examples

You're in better shape than I am.

You are in my way.

You said you knew the way.

CEFR Practice Quiz

I am talking to ____ alone right now, not to anyone else.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

What are ____ planning to do for your next summer vacation trip?

Word Origin & History

From Middle English you, yow, ȝow (object case of ye), from Old English ēow (“you”, dative case of ġē), from Proto-West Germanic *iwwi (“you”, dative case of *jiʀ), from Proto-Germanic *iwwiz (“you”, dative case of *jīz), the Western form of Proto-Germanic *izwiz (“you”, dative case of *jūz), from Proto-Indo-European *yúHs (“you”, plural). Cognate with Scots you (“you”), Saterland Frisian jou (“you”), West Frisian jo (“you”), Low German jo, joe and oe (“you”), Dutch jou and u (“you”), German euch (“you”), Middle High German eu, iu (“you”, object pronoun), Latin vōs (“you”), Avestan 𐬬𐬋 (vō, “you”), Ashkun yë̃ (“you”), Kamkata-viri šo (“you”), Sanskrit यूयम् (yūyám, “you”). See usage notes. Ye, you and your are cognate with Dutch jij/je, jou, jouw; Low German ji, jo/ju, jug and German ihr, euch and euer respectively. Ye is also cognate with Danish I and archaic Swedish I.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"And Ioſeph ſaid vnto them, That is it that I ſpake vnto you, ſaying, Ye are ſpies." — 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 42:14, column 1:

"If I may counsaile you, some day or two / Your Highnesse shall repose you at the Tower [...]." — c. 1593 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedy of Richard the Third: […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):

"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." — 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis XIX::

"'Draw near, and wash you in the living flames, and take their virtue into your poor frames in all its virgin strength[.]'" — 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:

"‘Pull you up a chair,’ she offered." — 1970, Donald Harington, Lightning Bug:

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