# your

Pronunciation: US say "YOR" /jɔɹ/; UK say "YAW" /jɔː(ɹ)/

## Determiner

1. Belonging to or associated with the person or people being spoken or written to.
   - Simple: Belonging to the person or people you are talking or writing to.
   - _Please bring your passport tomorrow._
   - _Your mother called while you were out._
2. One's; belonging to or affecting people generally, or anyone at all, not specifically the listener.
   - Simple: Used to mean belonging to or affecting anyone or people in general, not only the person you are talking to.
   - _Smoking damages your lungs long before you notice any symptoms._
   - _In this city, your rent can easily eat up half of what you earn._
3. Used to mark a familiar or typical example, with no actual person addressed.
   - Simple: Used to talk about a typical thing that everyone knows.
   - _It was your standard hotel breakfast._
   - _She is not your ordinary teacher._
4. That, or the person we both know of, nearly always in 'your man' and 'your one', with no possession meant. *(Ireland)*
   - Simple: In Ireland, used to point out a person, as in 'your man'.
   - _In Dublin, my aunt nodded toward a stranger at the bus stop and said, "Your man there has been waiting an hour."_
   - _Hearing the singer on the radio, my Irish friend said, "Your one has a lovely voice, but I can't stand her songs."_

## Origin

This developed from Middle English "your" (also spelled "youre" or "ȝoure"), from Old English "ēower," the plural form meaning "your," going back to Proto-West Germanic "*iuwar" and Proto-Germanic "*izweraz." It is related to Dutch "jouw," German "euer," and Danish "jeres."

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