you

CEFRA1

/ju/

pronoun · determiner

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In plain English

  1. 01

    pronoun

    The person or people being spoken or written to.

  2. 02

    pronoun

    Extra detail

    (To) yourselves, (to) yourself.

Examples

  • You're in better shape than I am.

  • You are in my way.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Also pronounced

  • [jɪu̯]
  • /(j)iː/

Deep Dive

pronoun

Extra meanings

  1. The person spoken to or written to, as an object. (Replacing thee; originally as a mark of respect.)

  2. The people spoken, or written to, as an object.

determiner

Extra meaning

  1. The individual or group spoken or written to.

More examples

In context

  • You said you knew the way.

  • Both of you should get ready now.

  • I'll look up you and your sister.

Synonyms

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Origin

pronoun

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....