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English edit

 
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Alternative forms edit

  • ur (informal, Internet, text messaging)
  • ya, yer, yr (informal)
  • yo, yo' (African American Vernacular)

Etymology edit

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).

Pronunciation edit

  • Rhymes: -ʊə(ɹ), -ɔː(ɹ)
  • Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ) (some rhotic dialects)
  • In US English, /jɚ/ is generally the unstressed version of /jɔɹ/; in many dialects, however, /jɝ/ is frequent even in positions of stress.

Determiner edit

your

  1. Belonging to you; of you; related to you (singular; one owner).
    Let’s meet tomorrow at your convenience.
    Is this your cat?
  2. Belonging to you; of you; related to you (plural; more owners).
  3. 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
  4. (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?

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Contraction edit

your

  1. Misspelling of you're.

Usage notes edit

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

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Cameroon Pidgin edit

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Determiner edit

your

  1. 2nd person singular possessive determiner

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Middle English edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Determiner edit

your (nominative pronoun ye)

  1. Second-person plural genitive determiner: your (plural)
  2. (formal) Second-person singular genitive determiner: your (singular).

Pronoun edit

your (nominative ye)

  1. Second-person plural possessive pronoun: yours, of you (plural)

Descendants edit

  • English: your (ya, yer, yo)
  • Scots: your (yer)
  • Yola: yer, ye

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