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jou

See also: Jou

jou - Afrikaans

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /jœu/

Alternative forms

  • djou (Cape Afrikaans)

Pronoun

jou (subject jy)

  1. you (singular, object)

Determiner

jou

  1. your (singular)

jou - Catalan

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic, Central) IPA: /ˈʒɔw/
  • (Valencian) IPA: /ˈd͡ʒɔw/

Noun

jou m (plural jous)

  1. yoke

Derived terms

jou - Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /jɑu̯/
  • Hyphenation: jou
  • Homophone: jouw

Pronoun

jou

  1. objective form of jij (“you (singular)”): you
    • Ik zal dit wel even doen voor jou. ― I'll do this for you.

Inflection

subject object possessive reflexive genitive5
singular full unstr. full unstr. full unstr. pred.
1st person ik 'k1 mij me mijn m'n1 mijne me mijner, mijns
2nd person jij je jou je jouw je jouwe je jouwer, jouws
2nd person archaic or regiolectal gij ge u – uw – uwe u uwer, uws
2nd person formal u – u – uw – uwe zich uwer, uws
3rd person masculine hij ie1 hem 'm1 zijn z'n1 zijne zich zijner, zijns
3rd person feminine zij ze haar h'r1, 'r1, d'r1 haar h'r1, 'r1, d'r1 hare zich harer, haars
3rd person neuter het 't1 het 't1 zijn z'n1 zijne zich zijner, zijns
plural
1st person wij we ons – ons, onze2 – onze ons onzer, onzes
2nd person jullie je jullie je jullie je – je –
2nd person archaic or regiolectal6 gij ge u – uw – uwe u uwer, uws
2nd person formal u – u – uw – uwe zich uwer, uws
3rd person zij ze hen3, hun4 ze hun – hunne zich hunner, huns
1) Not as common in written language. 2) Inflected as an adjective. 3) In prescriptivist use, used only as direct object (accusative). 4) In prescriptivist use, used only as indirect object (dative). 5) Archaic. Nowadays used for formal, literary or poetic purposes, and in fixed expressions. 6) To differentiate from the singular gij, and in a similar vein to "you lot" or "you guys" in English, it is common to use gijlui ("you people") or gijlieden ("you people") or one of their contracted variants, and their corresponding objects, possessives and reflexives, in the plural.

Alternative forms

  • a (Brabantian)

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: jou
  • Jersey Dutch: jāu
  • Petjo: jou
  • Skepi Creole Dutch: asu

Verb

jou

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

jou - Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈjou̯/, [ˈjo̞u̯]
  • Syllabification: jou

Interjection

jou

  1. (slang) yo (greeting)

Anagrams

jou - Haitian Creole

Noun

jou

  1. day

jou - Kalo Finnish Romani

Pronoun

jou

  1. he

jou - Mbyá Guaraní

Verb

jou

  1. to find
  2. to obtain

Conjugation

singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person inclusive 1st person exclusive 2nd person 3rd person
xee ajou ndee erejou ha'e ojou nhande jajou ore orojou peẽ pejou ha'e ojou

jou - Old French

Pronoun

jou

  1. Alternative form of je

jou - Romansch

Alternative forms

  • jau (Rumantsch Grischun)
  • jeu (Sursilvan)
  • ia (Surmiran)
  • eau (Puter)
  • eu (Vallader)

Pronoun

jou

  1. (Sutsilvan) I

jou - Saterland Frisian

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /joːu̯/
  • Hyphenation: jou

Determiner

jou (predicative jouens)

  1. your

Pronoun

jou

  1. yourselves

Pronoun

jou

  1. oblique of jie; you

jou - Ternate

Pronunciation

  • IPA: [ˈd͡ʒoː.u]

Noun

jou (Jawi جوو‎)

  1. lord
  2. sultan
  3. god

Alternative forms

jou - Toba Batak

Verb

jou (active manjou)

  1. (transitive) to call

jou - West Frisian

Verb

jou

  1. first-person singular present of jaan (to give)
  2. imperative of jaan (to give)
Meaning and Definition of jou
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