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you

/jə/ determiner A1 (estimated)

1. the individual or group spoken/written to

German	du, ihr
French	vous
Portuguese	seu
Czech	vy
Spanish	usted, vos, ustedes
Dutch	de
Swedish	du, ni
Latin	tu, vos

2. used before epithets for emphasis

German	du
French	espèce de, bande de
Portuguese	seu
Czech	ty, vy
Spanish	so
Dutch	jij, jullie, gij
Swedish	din
Latin	tuus, tibi, vester

3. how come not, why don't I/you/he ..., how about? (in questioning suggestions)

Latin	quin

4. yours, your, to you

German	euer
French	votre
Portuguese	seu, vosso
Czech	váš
Italian	vostro
Spanish	vuestro
Dutch	jullie
Swedish	er, eder, edra
Latin	vester

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you

noun · plural: yous A1 (estimated)

1. you, one

German	man
French	l'on
Portuguese	você, se
Czech	člověk
Italian	il si
Spanish	la gente, el/la asere
Dutch	u
Swedish	en en, en man
Latin	tibi, vos

2. dude, you

German	der Junge, der Kerl, der Alter
French	le mec, le gars, le type
Portuguese	a cara, o tipo, a pá
Italian	l'amico, il tipo, lo zio
Spanish	el/la mae
Dutch	de kerel, de vent, de maat
Swedish	en kille, en snubbe, en jeppe

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you

/jə/ pronoun A1 (estimated)

1. subject pronoun: the person being addressed

German	du, Sie
French	tu, vous
Portuguese	você, tu, o senhor
Czech	ty, vy
Italian	tu, Lei, lei
Spanish	tú, usted, vos
Dutch	jij, gij, u
Swedish	du, ni
Latin	tu, vos

2. object pronoun: the person being addressed

German	Sie, dich, Dich
French	vous, toi, te
Portuguese	o, o senhor, te
Czech	ty, ti
Italian	te, ti, le
Spanish	la, lo, te
Dutch	jij, jou, u
Swedish	dig
Latin	te, tibi

3. indefinite personal pronoun: an unspecified individual or group of individuals

German	man
French	on, se, soi
Portuguese	você, se
Czech	ty
Italian	si
Spanish	se, uno, una
Dutch	men, ge, u
Swedish	en, man
Latin	tibi, vos

4. object pronoun: the group being addressed

German	Sie, euch
French	vous, vous autres
Portuguese	vocês, os, as
Italian	vi, Loro
Spanish	os, los, las
Dutch	jullie, u, je
Swedish	er
Latin	vos

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to you

/jə/ verb A1 (estimated)

to address using the more formal second-person pronoun

German	siezen
French	vouvoyer
Portuguese	vosear
Czech	vykat
Italian	dare del lei
Spanish	ustedear, vosear
Dutch	vousvoyeren
Swedish	nia

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