# you

Pronunciation: US/AUS say "YUH" /jə/; UK say "YOO" /ju/

## Pronoun

1. The person or people being spoken or written to, used as the subject or object of a verb or after a preposition.
   - Simple: The person or people you are talking or writing to.
   - _Are you coming with us, Anna?_
   - _You could have told me sooner._
2. Used to mean anyone, one, or people in general, including to say what is usual or can be found ('You find these beetles under bark').
   - Simple: Anyone or people in general, as in 'You can't buy a house that cheap now.'
   - _In those days you could buy a house for a year's wages._
   - _The mountain air makes you sleepy._
4. Yourself, yourselves, or for yourself. *(colloquial, US)*
   - Simple: Used, mostly in US casual speech, instead of 'yourself' or 'yourselves'.
   - _Y'all get you a plate and sit down._
   - _Go find you a good spot by the window._
6. A person's favorite sports team, addressed as if the fan were a member of it. *(colloquial)*
   - Simple: Used to mean the team a person supports, as if they were on it.
   - _When I wore my team's cap to work, a coworker laughed and said, "You guys looked terrible last night."_
   - _You beat us last week, but we'll get you next time._

## Determiner

3. Used before a noun or epithet to address or describe the person or people spoken to, often in exclamations ('you Londoners', 'you lucky thing').
   - Simple: Used before a word that describes the person you are talking to, as in 'you idiot!'
   - _You Londoners never carry an umbrella._
   - _You boys can carry the chairs._

## Verb

5. To address someone with the pronoun 'you', historically in contrast to the familiar 'thou'.
   - Simple: To speak to someone using 'you', especially instead of the old familiar 'thou'.
   - _Children were taught to you their parents but to thou their brothers and sisters._
   - _In the play, the young lord youed the duke with care but thoued his old servant without a thought._

## Origin

"You" comes from Middle English you (the object form of ye), from Old English ēow, the dative of ġē. It traces back through Proto-West Germanic and Proto-Germanic to Proto-Indo-European *yúHs ("you," plural), and is cognate with Dutch jou/u, German euch, Latin vōs, and Sanskrit yūyám.

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