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you
/yu; unstressed y?, y?/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [yoo; unstressed yoo, yuh] Show IPA pronoun, possessive your or yours, objective you, plural you; noun, plural yous.
–pronoun
1. the pronoun of the second person singular or plural, used of the person or persons being addressed, in the nominative or objective case: You are the highest bidder. It is you who are to blame. We can't help you. This package came for you. Did she give you the book?
2. one; anyone; people in general: a tiny animal you can't even see.
3. (used in apposition with the subject of a sentence, sometimes repeated for emphasis following the subject): You children pay attention. You rascal, you!
4. Informal. (used in place of the pronoun your before a gerund): There's no sense in you getting upset.
5. Archaic.
a. yourself; yourselves: Get you home. Make you ready.
b. a pl. form of the pronoun ye.
–noun
6. something or someone closely identified with or resembling the person addressed: Don't buy the bright red shirt—it just isn't you. It was like seeing another you.
7. the nature or character of the person addressed: Try to discover the hidden you.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME; OE eow (dat., acc. of ge ye 1 ); c. OFris ju, OS iu, D u, OHG iu, eu
Usage note:
In American English the pronoun you has been supplemented by additional forms to make clear the distinction between singular and plural. You-all, often pronounced as one syllable, is a widespread spoken form in the South Midland and Southern United States. Its possessive is often you-all's rather than your. You-uns (from you + ones) is a South Midland form most often found in uneducated speech; it is being replaced by you-all. Youse (you + the plural -s ending of nouns), probably of Irish-American origin, is most common in the North, especially in urban centers like Boston, New York, and Chicago. It is rare in educated speech. You guys is a common informal expression among younger speakers; it can include persons of both sexes or even a group of women only. See also me. It is you who are to blame. We can't help you. There's no sense in you getting upset. And, my all time favorite:
Get you home. Make you ready.
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