your

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your

Etymology 1

From Middle English your, youre, ȝour, ȝoure, from Old English ēower, īower (“your”, plural), from Proto-West Germanic *iuwar, from Proto-Germanic *izweraz. Cognate with Saterland Frisian jou (“your”), Dutch jouw (“your”), German Low German jo, jos (“your”), German euer (“your”, plural), Danish jeres (“your”).

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /jɔː/, /jʊə/, (unstressed) /jə/
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(General American) enPR: yôr, IPA^(key): /joɹ/, /jʊɹ/, /jɝ/, (unstressed form) /jɚ/
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(Canada) IPA^(key): /jʊəɹ/, /jɜ(ː)ɹ/, (unstressed form) /jɚ/
- (Dialectal) IPA^(key): /jɪʊɹ/, /jɪəɹ/, (unstressed form) /jəɹ/
(rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: yōr, IPA^(key): /jo(ː)ɹ/
(non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /joə/
(non-rhotic, show–sure merger, African-American Vernacular) IPA^(key): /joʊ/
Homophone: you're
Homophone: yore (pour–poor merger or dialectal)
Homophone: yaw (non-rhotic, paw–poor merger or dialectal)
Homophone: yo (non-rhotic, show–sure merger)
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ), -ʊə(ɹ), -ɜː(ɹ)

Determiner

your

Belonging to you; of you; related to you (singular; one owner).
Let’s meet tomorrow at your convenience.

Is this your cat?
Belonging to you; of you; related to you (plural; more owners).
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, John 6:7, column 1:
  Then Ieſus ſaid vnto them, My time is not yet come: but your time is alway ready.
A determiner that conveys familiarity and mutual knowledge of the modified noun.
Not your average Tom, Dick and Harry.

Your Show of Shows

Your World with Neil Cavuto

Not Your Average Travel Guide
(Ireland) That; the specified (usually used with a human referent)
Your man just bought a new car.

Have you seen what your one over there is doing?

Derived terms

Translations

belonging to you (singular; one owner)

Aghwan: 𐕛𐔶 (vē)
Arabic: ـك (ar) (-k) (-ak, -uk(a), etc: pronunciation differs according to case and level of language formality)
Egyptian Arabic: ـك (-ak or k) (owner is male), ـك (-ek or ki) (owner is female), بتاعك m (bitāʕak), بتاعك f (bitāʕik)
Armenian: (informal) քո (hy) (kʻo), (formal) Ձեր (Jer)
Aromanian: tãu m
Assamese: তোৰ (tür) (least formal), তোমাৰ (tümar) (informal), আপোনাৰ (apünar) (formal)
Asturian: to (ast), de to, so (ast) (formal), de so (formal)
Baluchi: تئی (tai) (informal), شمائی (šomài) (formal)
Belarusian: твой (tvoj), ваш (vaš) (formal)
Belizean Creole: yu, fi yu
Bengali: তোর (bn) (tor) (very familiar), তোমার (bn) (tomar) (familiar), আপনার (bn) (apnar) (polite)
Bikol Central: saimo (bcl) (before a noun), mo (bcl) (after a noun)
Brahui: naa
Breton: da (br)
Bulgarian: твой (tvoj), ваш (vaš) (formal)
Catalan: el teu, la teva, ta (ca) f, ton (ca) m
Cebuano: imo
Chinese:
Mandarin: 你的 (zh) (nǐ de), 您的 (zh) (nín de) (formal)
Chukchi: гынин (gynin)
Coptic: ⲡⲉⲕ m (pek), ⲧⲉⲕ f (tek), ⲛⲉⲕ m pl or f pl (nek) (owner is male), ⲡⲉ m (pe), ⲧⲉ f (te), ⲛⲉ m pl or f pl (ne) (owner is female)
Cornish: dha
Crimean Tatar: seniñ
Czech: tvůj (cs), váš (cs) (formal)
Dalmatian: to
Danish: din (da)
Dutch: (informal) je (nl), (informal) jouw (nl), (formal in Standard Dutch; used both formally and informally in Flemish Dutch) uw (nl)
Egyptian: (owner is male)

(.k), (owner is female)

(.ṯ)
Eshtehardi: اِشتَ (eşta)
Esperanto: via (eo)
Estonian: sinu (et), su (et)
Finnish: sinun ...si, -si (fi), sinun (fi)
French: ton (fr) m ta (fr) f tes (fr) m pl or f pl (informal), votre (fr) m or f vos (fr) m pl or f pl (formal)
Friulian: to m
Galician: teu m, túa f
Georgian: შენი (šeni)
German: dein (de), (formal) Ihr (de)
Cimbrian: dain

Old High German: dīn
Gothic: 𐌸𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (þeins)
Greek: σας (el) (sas), σας (el) n (sas), σου (el) (sou)
Ancient: σός (sós) (adjective), σου (sou) (genitive personal pronoun)
Hawaiian: kou, kāu
Hebrew: (common) שלך (he) m (shelkha), שלך (he) f (shelakh), (formal) ־ך m (-kha), ־ך f (-akh/-ekh)
Hindi: (least formal) तेरा (hi) (terā), (informal) तुम्हारा (hi) (tumhārā), (formal) आपका (āpkā)
Hungarian: (informal) -d (hu), -od, -ad (hu), -ed (hu), -öd, (formal) -a (hu), -e (hu), -ja, -je
Icelandic: þinn (is)
Ido: vua (io)
Indonesian: -mu (id), kamu (id), Anda (id)
Interlingua: tu (ia)
Irish: do
Istro-Romanian: teu m, te f
Italian: tuo (it)
Japanese: (polite) あなたの (ja) (anata no), (familiar) きみの (ja) (kimi no), (familiar) ^{(please verify)} 君の (ja)
Kalmyk: чини (çini)
Kapampangan: kekang, kekamung, kekanang, mu
Korean: 당신의 (dangsinui)
Kyrgyz: сенин (ky) (senin), сиздин (sizdin)
Ladino: tu
Latin: tuus (la)
Latvian: tavs, jūsu (polite)
Lithuanian: tàvo (lt)
Louisiana Creole French: tô m, tâ f, tê pl, vô m (formal, polite)
Luxembourgish: däin
Macedonian: твој (tvoj), ваш (vaš) (formal)
Maltese: tiegħek
Maori: tāu (singular dominant), tōu (singular subordinate), āu (plural dominant), ōu (plural subordinate), tō (singular neutral and informal), ō (plural neutral or informal)
Mazanderani: ته (te)
Middle English: þi (preconsonantal, informal), þin (prevocalic, informal), your (formal)
Mongolian: таны (tany),таныг (tanyg) (owner is older than speaker), чиний (činii),чамайг (čamajg) (owner is same age as/younger than speaker)
North Frisian:
Föhr: dan m, jau, jamens
Norwegian: din (no) m, di (no) f, ditt n, dine (no) m pl or f pl or n pl
Occitan: teu (oc)
Odia: ତୋର (or) (tora), ତୁମର (or) (tumara), ତୁମ୍ଭର (or) (tumbhara)
Old Church Slavonic: твои (tvoi)
Old English: þīn sg
Persian: ـت (fa) (-at), تو (fa) (to)
Pipil: mu-
Polish: twój (pl), (formal, to male:) pana (pl), pański (pl), (formal, to female:) pani (pl)
Portuguese: teu (pt) m, tua (pt) f, (Brazil) seu (pt) m, sua (pt) f
Romani: tiro m, tiri f, tire pl
Romanian: tău (ro) m, ta (ro) f
Romansch: tes m, tiu m
Russian: твой (ru) (tvoj) (informal), ваш (ru) (vaš) (formal)
Sardinian: tou
Scots: yer
Scottish Gaelic: do (informal), ur (gd) (formal)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: твој, ваш (formal)

Roman: tvoj, vaš (sh) (formal)
Sinhalese: ඔයාගේ (oyāgē)
Slovak: tvoj (sk), váš (formal)
Slovene: tvój (sl), vàš (sl) (formal)
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: twój (familiar), waš (polite)
Spanish: tu (es), su (es) (formal)
Swedish: din (sv)
Sylheti: ꠔꠞ (tor) (least formal), ꠔꠥꠝꠣꠞ (tumar) (informal), ꠀꠙ꠆ꠘꠣꠞ (afnar) (formal)
Tagalog: iyo
Talysh: اشته (əštə)
Tamil: உன் (ta) (uṉ)
Tatar: синең (sineñ) (informal), сезнең (sezneñ) (formal)
Telugu: (formal) మీ (te) (mī), (informal) నీ (te) (nī)
Thai: ของคุณ (kŏng kun)
Tlingit: i
Turkish: senin (tr)
Ukrainian: твій (uk) (tvij) (informal), ваш (uk) (vaš) (formal)
Urdu: (least formal) تیرا (terā), (informal) تمہارا (tumhārā), (formal) آپ کا (āp kā)
Vietnamese: của bạn (replace bạn with the appropriate word or kinship term: ông, bà, anh, cô, chị, mày, em, etc.)
Volapük: olik (vo), ola
Walloon: ti (wa) m sg or f sg, tes (wa) m pl or f pl (familiar), vosse (wa) m sg or f (before consonant, ordinary and formal), vost (wa) m or f (before vowel, ordinary and formal), vo (wa) m sg or f sg (Western Walloon, ordinary and formal), vos (wa) m pl or f pl (ordinary and formal)
Welsh: dy (informal), eich (formal)
West Frisian: dyn, jo (fy)
Yiddish: דײַן (dayn)
Zhuang: duh mwngz
Zulu: possessive concord + -kho

belonging to you (plural; more owners)

Aghwan: 𐔱𐔽𐔴𐕔𐔼 (bˁefi)
American Sign Language: FlatB@Chesthigh-FingerUp RoundHoriz
Arabic: ـكُم (ar) m (-kum) (most common), ـكُنَّ f (-kunna) (only used in very formal Arabic), ـكُمَا du (-kumā) (only used in very formal Arabic)
Egyptian Arabic: ـكو (ku), بتاعكوا m pl or f pl (bitāʕko)

Moroccan Arabic: ـكم m or f (kəm)
Aramaic: ־כון
Armenian: ձեր (hy) (jer)
Aromanian: vostru m
Asturian: vuestru (ast), de vuestro, so (ast) (formal), de so (formal)
Bahamian Creole: yinnas
Baluchi: شمائی (šomài)
Belarusian: ваш (vaš)
Bengali: তোদের (bn) (toder) (very familiar), তোমাদের (bn) (tomader) (familiar), আপনাদের (bn) (apnader) (polite)
Bikol Central: saindo (bcl) (before a noun), nindo (bcl) (after a noun)
Breton: ho (br)
Bulgarian: ваш (vaš)
Catalan: el vostre m, la vostra f, vostre (ca) m, vostro (ca) m, vostra (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 你們的 / 你们的 (zh) (nǐmen de)
Coptic: ⲡⲉⲧⲉⲛ m (peten), ⲧⲉⲧⲉⲛ f (teten), ⲛⲉⲧⲉⲛ m pl or f pl (neten)
Crimean Tatar: siziñ
Czech: váš (cs)
Danish: jeres (da) n or c
Dutch: jullie (nl) (informal), uw (nl) (formal in Standard Dutch; used both formally and informally in Flemish Dutch), ulle (Flemish Dutch, informal)
Egyptian:

(.ṯn)
Esperanto: viaj (eo)
Estonian: teie (et)
Finnish: teidän ...nne, -nne (fi), teidän (fi)
French: votre (fr), vos (fr)
Friulian: vuestri
Galician: voso, vosa f
Georgian: თქვენი (tkveni)
German: euer (de), (formal) Ihr (de)
Gothic: 𐌹𐌲𐌵𐌰𐍂 (igqar) (two owners), 𐌹𐌶𐍅𐌰𐍂 (izwar) (three or more owners)
Greek: σας (el) (sas)
Ancient: ὑμέτερος (huméteros) (adjective), ὑμῶν (humôn) (genitive personal pronoun)
Hawaiian: (dual) ko ʻolua, kā ʻolua, (plural) ko ʻoukou, kā ʻoukou
Hebrew: שלכם (shelakhém), שלכן (shelakhén), ־כם (-khém), ־כן (-khén)
Hindi: आपका (āpkā)
Hungarian: -tok, -tek, (informal) -tök, -a (hu), -e (hu), -ja, (formal) -je
Icelandic: ykkar (is)
Indonesian: kalian (id)
Interlingua: vostre
Irish: bhur
Istriot: vostro m, vostra f
Italian: vostro (it)
Japanese: (polite) あなたがたの (ja) (anatagata no), あなたたちの (ja) (anatatachi no), (familiar) きみたちの (ja) (kimitachi no)
Judeo-Italian: ווּסְטֵירוֹ (vusəṭero /⁠vustero⁠/)
Kalmyk: тана (tana), тадна (tadna)
Kapampangan: kekayu, keka, yu
Kyrgyz: силердин (silerdin), сиздердин (sizderdin)
Ladino: vuestro
Latin: vester (la)
Latvian: jūsu
Louisiana Creole French: vô
Macedonian: ваш (vaš)
Maltese: tagħkom
Maori: tā kōrua (singular dominant referring to two people), ā kōrua (plural dominant referring to two people), tō kōrua (singular subordinate referring to two people), ō kōrua (plural subordinate referring to two people), tā koutou (singular dominant referring to three or more people), ā koutou (plural dominant referring to three or more people), tō koutou (singular subordinate referring to three or more people), ō koutou (plural subordinate referring to three or more people)
Mazanderani: شمه (šëme)
Middle English: your
Neapolitan: vuosto
Norwegian:
Bokmål: deres (no), eders (archaic)

Nynorsk: dykkar (nn), dokkar
Occitan: vòstre (oc)
Old Church Slavonic: вашь (vašĭ)
Old English: inċer (ang) du, ēower pl
Pipil: anmu-
Polish: wasz (pl), (formal:) państwa
Portuguese: vosso (pt) m, vossa (pt) f, de vocês
Romani: tumaro m, tumari f, tumare pl
Romanian: vostru (ro) m, voastră f
Romansch: vies m
Russian: ваш (ru) (vaš)
Scots: yer
Scottish Gaelic: ur (gd)
Serbo-Croatian: ваш, vaš (sh)
Sicilian: vostru (scn) m
Slovak: váš
Slovene: vàš (sl)
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: waju (referring to two people), waš (referring to three or more people)
Spanish: vuestro (es), su (es), voso
Swahili: -enu
Swedish: er (sv), eder (sv) c (formal), edert (sv) n (formal), edra (sv) pl (formal), eran (sv) c (colloquial), erat (sv) n (colloquial)
Tagalog: inyo
Tarantino: vuèstre
Tatar: сезнең (sezneñ)
Telugu: మీ (te) (mī)
Tlingit: yee
Turkish: sizin (tr)
Ukrainian: ваш (uk) (vaš)
Urdu: آپ کا (āp kā)
Venetan: vostro (vec) m, vostra f
Vietnamese: của các bạn (replace bạn with the appropriate word or kinship term: ông, bà, anh, cô, chị, mày, em, etc.)
Volapük: olsik (vo), olas
Walloon: vosse (wa) m sg or f (before consonant), vost (wa) m or f (before vowel), vo (wa) m sg or f sg (Western Walloon), vos (wa) m pl or f pl
Welsh: eich
West Frisian: jim (fy)
Yiddish: אײַער (ayer)
Zulu: possessive concord + -inu

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Translations to be checked

Ido: ^{(please verify)} vua (io), ^{(please verify)} tua (io)
Italian: (belonging to one person; informal) ^{(please verify)} il tuo (it) m , ^{(please verify)} il Suo m , (belonging to one person; formal) ^{(please verify)} il vostro (it) m

Etymology 2

Contraction

your

Misspelling of you're.

Usage notes

The use of your instead of you're is a common mistake in written English.

			nominative	accusative	dative	genitive	possessive
singular	1st person		I, ich, ik	me		min mi¹	min
	2nd person		þou	þe		þin þi¹	þin
	3rd person	m	he	him hine²	him	his	his hisen
		f	sche, heo	hire heo	hire		hire hires, hiren
		n	hit		hit him²	his, hit	—
dual³	1st person		wit	unk		unker
dual³	2nd person		ȝit	inc		inker
plural	1st person		we	us, ous		oure	oure oures, ouren
	2nd person⁴		ye	yow		your	your youres, youren
	3rd person	inh.	he	hem he²	hem	here	here heres, heren
	3rd person	bor.	þei	þem, þeim		þeir	þeir þeires, þeiren

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