you

A1 Topic:Grammar & Function Words

US /jə/ UK /ju/ See IPA manual

Freq #1

Meanings

1

pron
The person or people being spoken to, as the subject of a sentence.

You are all supposed to do as I tell you.
2

pron
The person or people being spoken to, as the object of a sentence.

Both of you should get ready now.
3

pron
People in general; anyone.

You get a lot of rude drivers in big cities.

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Synonyms

3 pron · people in general; anyone. one people

More allyouoonuhthee thouwunnay'ally'insy'unsyeyeensyensyins

Word family

Forms yayah’llyah’reyah’s

Derived forms ioupee-youput-you-upsee-you-next-tuesdaytold-you-soy'allyou'dyou'llyou'reyou'veyou-pickyou-uns

Related forms he herherselfhersenhershernhimhimselfhisselfhissenhishishisnimeithititselfhitselfitshis

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Windmills and the Millwheel
To the windmills said the millwheel: “As the wind wills do you still wheel?” “Yes, we still wheel when the wind wills!” To the millwheel said the windmills.

Wind here means moving air and rhymes with pinned. Contrast the vowel in will with the longer vowel in wheel, keeping the final /l/ in both.

Etymology

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, “yo…

you Middle English ēow Old English *iwwi Proto-West Germanic *iwwiz Proto-Germanic *izwiz Proto-Germanic *yúHs Proto-Indo-European

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# you

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A1
**Part of speech:** pron
**IPA (US):** /jə/
**IPA (UK):** /ju/
**Frequency rank:** 1

## Meanings
1. The person or people being spoken to, as the subject of a sentence.
2. The person or people being spoken to, as the object of a sentence.
3. People in general; anyone.

## Examples
- You are all supposed to do as I tell you.
- Both of you should get ready now.
- You get a lot of rude drivers in big cities.

## Synonyms
- allyou
- oonuh
- thee
- thou
- wunna
- y'all
- y'ins
- y'uns
- ye
- yeens
- yens
- yins

## Derived Forms
- iou
- pee-you
- put-you-up
- see-you-next-tuesday
- told-you-so
- y'all
- you'd
- you'll
- you're
- you've
- you-pick
- you-uns

## Related Forms
- he
- her
- herselfhersen
- hershern
- him
- himselfhisselfhissen
- his
- hishisn
- ime
- ithit
- itselfhitself
- itshis

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: you
- Root: ēow
- Root: *iwwi
- Root: *iwwiz
- Root: *izwiz
- Root: *yúHs

## Etymology
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, “yo…

## AI Etymology
You is 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). Important historical forms include Middle English you, Old English ēow, Proto-West Germanic *iwwi, Proto-Germanic *iwwiz, Proto-Germanic *izwiz, and Proto-Indo-European *yúHs. In present-day use, it can mean the person or people being spoken to, as the subject of a sentence, or the person or people being spoken to, as the object of a sentence.

## Topics
- Grammar & Function Words

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