You (stressed /ˈjuː/, unstressed /jə/) is the second-person personal pronoun, both singular and plural, and both nominative and oblique case, in Modern English. The oblique (objective) form you functioned previously in the roles of both accusative and dative, as well as all instances after a preposition. The possessive forms of you are your (used before a noun) and yours (used in place of a noun). The reflexive forms are yourself (singular) and yourselves (plural).
| Singular | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Subject | Object | Possessive determiner | Possessive pronoun | Reflexive | Subject | Object | Possessive determiner | Possessive pronoun | Reflexive | ||
| First | I | me | my | mine | myself | we | us | our | ours | ourselves | |
| Second | you | your | yours | yourself | you | your | yours | yourselves | |||
| Third | Masculine | he | him | his | himself | they | them | their | theirs | themselves | |
| Feminine | she | her | hers | herself | |||||||
| Neuter | it | its | - | itself | |||||||
Famous quotes containing the word you:
“Never, my dear Sir, do you take it into your head that I do not love you; you may settle yourself in full confidence both of my love and my esteem; I love you as a kind man, I value you as a worthy man, and hope in time to reverence you as a man of exemplary piety.”
—Samuel Johnson (17091784)
“Well, you Yankees and your holy principle about savin the Union. Youre plunderin pirates thats what. Well, you think theres no Confederate army where youre goin. You think our boys are asleep down here. Well, theyll catch up to you and theyll cut you to pieces you, you nameless, fatherless scum. I wish I could be there to see it.”
—John Lee Mahin (19021984)
“How can you tell if you discipline effectively? Ask yourself if your disciplinary methods generally produce lasting results in a manner you find acceptable. Whether your philosophy is democratic or autocratic, whatever techniques you usereasoning, a star chart, time-outs, or spankingif it doesnt work, its not effective.”
—Stanley Turecki (20th century)