vos

See also VOS, and vós

Catalan

Pronoun

vos (enclitic, contracted us, proclitic us)

1. you (plural, direct or indirect object)

Declension

Catalan personal pronouns and clitics

	strong/subject	weak (direct object)		weak (indirect object)		possessive
singular		proclitic	enclitic	proclitic	enclitic
1st person	jo, mi2	em, m’	-me, ’m	em, m’	-me, ’m	meu
2nd person	tu	et, t’	-te, ’t	et, t’	-te, ’t	teu
2nd person formal4	vós	us	-vos, -us	us	-vos, -us	vostre
2nd person  very formal1	vostè	el, l’	-lo, ’l	li	-li	seu
3rd person masculine	ell	el, l’	-lo, ’l	li	-li	seu
3rd person feminine	ella	la, l’3	-la	li	-li	seu
3rd person neuter		ho	-ho	li	-li	seu
3rd person reflexive	si	es, s’	-se, ’s	es, s’	-se, ’s	seu
plural
1st person	nosaltres	ens	-nos, ’ns	ens	-nos, ’ns	nostre
2nd person	vosaltres	us	-vos, -us	us	-vos, -us	vostre
2nd person formal1	vostès	els	-los, ’ls	els	-los, ’ls	seu
3rd person masculine	ells	els	-los, ’ls	els	-los, ’ls	seu
3rd person feminine	elles	les	-les	els	-los, ’ls	seu
3rd person reflexive	si	es, s’	-se, ’s	es, s’	-se, ’s	seu
adverbial
ablative/genitive		en, n’	-ne, ’n
locative		hi	-hi
1) Behaves grammatically as third person. 2) Only as object of a preposition.			3) Not before unstressed (h)i-, (h)u-. 4) Behaves grammatically as second person plural.

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Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch fus, vus, from Proto-Germanic *fuhsaz.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔs

Noun

vos m (plural vossen, diminutive vosje)

1. (zoology) Canis vulpes, fox
2. (in full vossebont) fox fur
3. (metaphor, commonly with the pleonastic epitheton lepe) a crafty, ingenious person

   Koen is een lepe vos, die laat zich niet in de luren leggen.

   Conrad is a sly fox, he does not allow himself to be hoodwinked.

4. (in full vospaard) horse with red or red-brown fur

Derived terms

Derived terms

moervos f poolvos m schoolvos m vosaap vosbelg m vosbles m voskleurig voskonijn n vosrekel m vosruin m

vosschimmel m vossebes vossegat vosschaar vossekuil vossen vossenjacht vossestaart vosseval vossevel, vossehuid zilvervos m

Verb

vos

1. first-person singular present indicative of vossen
2. imperative of vossen

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French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin vostros (“your, plural accusative”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /vo/

Determiner

vos pl

1. Plural form of votre (possessive) Your.

Related terms

    French possessive adjectives

			Possessee
			Singular		Plural
			Masculine	Feminine	—
Possessor	Singular	First person	mon	ma	mes
		Second person	ton	ta	tes
		Third person	son	sa	ses
	Plural	First person	notre		nos
		Second person	votre		vos
		Third person	leur		leurs

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Galician

Etymology

From Latin vōs (“you, plural”).

Pronoun

vos accusative and dative (nominative vós, oblique vós)

1. (to) you (dative plural second-person personal pronoun)
2. you (accusative plural second-person personal pronoun)
3. yourselves (reflexive plural second-person personal pronoun)

See also

• Appendix:Galician pronouns
• convosco
• vós
• voso

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Interlingua

Etymology

From Latin vōs (“you, plural”).

Pronoun

vos

1. you (plural)

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *wōs

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /woːs/
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA: /voːs/

Pronoun

vōs

1. you, ye, y'all; nominative plural of tū
2. you, ye, y'all; accusative plural of tū

Inflection

Irregular Declension

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	tū	vōs
genitive	tuī	vestrī, vestrum
dative	tibi	vōbīs
accusative	tē	vōs
ablative	tē	vōbīs
vocative	tū	vōs

Usage notes

When used in the plural genitive, vestrī is used when it is the object of an action, especially when used with a gerund or gerundive. When used in such a construction, the gerund or gerundive takes on the masculine genitive singular. Vestrum is used as a partitive genitive, used in constructions such as (one of you).

Derived terms

• vobiscum

See also

Latin personal pronouns

Number	Person	Gender	Nominative	Genitive	Dative	Accusative	Ablative	Possessive
Singular	First	—	ego	meī	mihi	mē		meus, -a, -um
	Second	—	tū	tuī	tibi	tē		tuus, -a, -um
	Reflexive Third	—	—	suī	sibi	sē, sēsē		suus, -a, -um
	Third	Masculine	is	eius	eī	eum	eō	eius
		Feminine	ea			eam	eā
		Neuter	id			id	eō
Plural	First	—	nōs	nostrī, nostrum	nōbīs	nōs	nōbīs	noster, -tra, -trum
	Second	—	vōs	vestrī, vestrum	vōbīs	vōs	vōbīs	vester, -tra, -trum
	Reflexive Third	—	—	suī	sibi	sē, sēsē		suus, -a, -um
	Third	Masculine	eī, iī	eōrum	eīs	eōs	eīs	eōrum
		Feminine	eae	eārum		eās		eārum
		Neuter	ea	eōrum		ea		eōrum

Descendants

• Aromanian: voi
• Catalan: vós, vosaltres
• Dalmatian: vu, voi
• French: vous
• Friulian: vô, voaltris
• Galician: vós, vosoutros
• Italian: voi, voialtri

• Occitan: vos, vosautres
• Portuguese: vós
• Romanian: voi
• Romansch: vus
• Sicilian: vui, vuàutri
• Spanish: vos, vosotros, os

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Lithuanian

Pronunciation

• IPA: [vos]

Etymology

Adverb

vos (not comparable)

1. hardly

Derived terms

• vos vos
• vos tik

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Occitan

Etymology

From Latin vōs (“you, plural”).

Pronoun

vos

1. you (plural form)

Synonyms

• vosautres, vosautras

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Old French

Alternative forms

• vous
• vus

Etymology

From Latin vōs (“you, plural”).

Pronoun

vos

1. you (second-person plural or second-person singular polite subject pronoun)
   • circa 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:

     Que vos puissiez cest blasme estaindre

     That you may be able to get rid of this blame

2. your (second-person plural or second-person singular polite possessive pronoun)
3. yourself (second-person plural or second-person singular polite reflexive pronoun)
4. you (second-person plural or second-person singular polite object pronoun)

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Old Provençal

Etymology

From Latin vōs (“you, plural”).

Pronoun

vos

1. you (plural or polite form)

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin vōs (“you, plural”).

Pronoun

vos

1. (archaic) An elevated form of you, either singular or plural.
2. (parts of Latin America) a form of you, singular.

Synonyms

• tú

Derived terms

• vosear
• voseo m

See also

    Spanish pronouns

First person: singular: yo, mí, me plural: nosotros, nosotras, nos Second person: tuteo: tú, ti, te voseo: vos, te formal: usted, ustedes, le, les familiar plural: vosotros, vosotras, ustedes, os, les

Third person: masculine: él, ellos, lo, le, los, les feminine: ella, ellas, la, le, las, les neuter: ello, lo, le Demonstrative: este, esta, esto, estos, estas ese, esa, eso, esos, esas aquel, aquella, aquello, aquellos, aquellas

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Walloon

Etymology

From Old French vos, from Latin vōs (“you, plural”), from Proto-Indo-European *wōs.

Pronoun

vos

1. you (singular)
2. you (plural)

Synonyms

• (plural): vozôtes