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:
“I do not remember anything which Confucius has said directly respecting man’s “origin, purpose, and destiny.” He was more practical than that. He is full of wisdom applied to human relations,—to the private life,—the family,—government, etc. It is remarkable that, according to his own account, the sum and substance of his teaching is, as you know, to do as you would be done by.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“This made you first to know the Why
You liked, then after to apply
That liking; and approach so one the tother,
Till either grew a portion of the other;
Each styled by his end,
The copy of his friend.”
—Ben Jonson (1572–1637)
“Suspense is one of the most delightful feelings that you can have! It is the feeling you get, when you have sat down to dinner, and the cook sends word that “it won’t be ready for another hour.””
—Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson] (1832–1898)