# your
## English
### 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

* ur (informal, Internet, text messaging)
* ya, yer, yr (informal)
* yo, yo' (African-American Vernacular)
* yur (pronunciation spelling)

#### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /jɔː/, /jʊə/, (unstressed) /jə/
** Audio (Received Pronunciation):(file)Audio:(file)
* (General American) enPR: yôr, IPA: /joɹ/, /jʊɹ/, /jɝ/, (unstressed form) /jɚ/
** Audio (General American, stressed form):(file)
** Audio (General American, unstressed form):(file)
* (Canada) IPA: /jʊəɹ/, /jɜ(ː)ɹ/, (unstressed form) /jɚ/
** (Dialectal) IPA: /jɪʊɹ/, /jɪəɹ/, (unstressed form) /jəɹ/
* (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: yōr, IPA: /jo(ː)ɹ/
* (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA: /joə/
* (non-rhotic, show–sure merger, African-American Vernacular) IPA: /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).
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* 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

* black as your hat
* Bob's your mother's brother
* did my back hurt your knife
* don't worry your pretty little head
* for your eyes only
* kill your idols
* kiss your sister
* more grease to your elbow
* more power to your elbow
* my culture is not your costume
* saving your presence
* saving your reverence
* take your change out of that
* take your oil
* the sky will fall on your head
* use your words
* what color is your Bugatti
* what is your problem
* what's your game
* what's your poison
* what's your problem
* who was your servant last year
* you kiss your father with that mouth
* you kiss your grandfather with that mouth
* your barn door is open
* your guys's
* Your Imperial Highness
* Your Lordship
* your place or mine
* your point being
* Your Serene Highness

##### Translations

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) 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 :
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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##### See also

Dialectal and obsolete or archaic forms are in italics.
personal pronounpossessive pronounpossessive determiner
subjective
objective
reflexive
first personsingular
I me (colloquial)memyself me mysenminemy mine (before vowels, archaic) me
plural
weusourselves ourself oursenoursour
second personsingular
standard (historically formal)
youyouyourself yoursenyours yourn (obsolete outside dialects)your
archaic (historically informal)
thoutheethyself theeself thysenthinethy thine (before vowels)
plural
standard
you ye (archaic)youyourselvesyours yourn (obsolete outside dialects)your
colloquial
you all y'all you guysyou all y'all you guysy'allselvesy'all's you guys' your guys' (proscribed)y'all's your all's (nonstandard) you guys' your guys' (proscribed)
informal / dialectal
(see list of dialectal forms at you and inflected forms in those entries)
third person
singular
masculine
hehimhimself hisself (archaic) hissenhis hisn (obsolete outside dialects)his
feminine
sheherherself hersenhers hern (obsolete outside dialects)her
neuter
it hitit hititself hitselfits his (archaic)its his (archaic) hits
genderless
theythemthemself, themselvestheirstheir
nonspecific (formal)
oneoneoneself–one's
plural
theythem hem, 'emthemselves theirsentheirs theirn (obsolete outside dialects)their :

### 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.

## Cameroon Pidgin
### Alternative forms

* ya

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ja/

### Determiner

your
* 2nd person singular possessive determiner

#### See also
## Middle English
### Alternative forms

* (common) youre, yowr, yowre, ȝour, ȝoure
* yowyr, yowur, yor, yur, yure, yeur, yhure, yhour, yhoure, ȝowyr, ȝowur, ȝor, ȝore, ȝur, ȝure, ȝiore, ȝhour, ȝhoure, ȝaure, ȝiure, ȝiwer, ȝeur, ȝeure, ȝeuer, ȝeuwer, ȝewer, ȝewere, gur, gure, giur, giure, giuor, giuer, giuwer, giwer, ihore, ihoire, iure, eour, eoure, eouer, eouwer, eouwere, eower, eowwer, eore, eur, eure, euwer, euwere, our, oure, or, ore, ouer, ouwer, ouwere, ower, owur, hour, æure

### Etymology

From Old English ēower, from Proto-West Germanic *iuwar, from Proto-Germanic *izweraz. Initial /j/ is by analogy with ye.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /juːr/, /jiu̯r/
* (unstressed) IPA: /jur/

### Determiner

your (nominative pronoun ye)
* Second-person plural genitive determiner: your (plural)
* (formal) Second-person singular genitive determiner: your (singular).

### Pronoun

your (nominative ye)
* Second-person plural possessive pronoun: yours, of you (plural)

#### Descendants

* English: your (ya, yer, yo)
* Scots: your (yer)
* Yola: yer

#### References

* “your, pron.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 20 May 2018.