your

See also: Your

your - English

Alternative forms

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

Pronunciation

  • (US) enPR: yôr, IPA: /jɔɹ/, /jʊɚ/, /jɝ/, (unstressed) /jɚ/
  • (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: yōr, IPA: /jo(ː)ɹ/
  • (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA: /joə/
  • Homophone: you're
  • Homophone: yore (accents with the pour–poor merger)
  • Homophone: yaw (non-rhotic accents with the paw-poor merger)
  • Homophone: yo (non-rhotic accents with the show-sure merger)
  • In US English, /jɚ/ is generally the unstressed version of /jɔɹ/; in many dialects, however, /jɝ/ is frequent even in positions of stress.

Determiner

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?

Derived terms

Translations

  • Aghwan: 𐕛𐔶 ()
  • Arabic: ـك (ar) (-k) (-ak, -uk(a), etc: pronunciation differs according to case and level of language formality)
    • Egyptian Arabic: ـك (-ak or k) (owner is male), ـك (-ek or ki) (owner is female), بتاعك m (bitāʕak), بتاعك f (bitāʕik)
  • Armenian: (informal) քո (hy) (kʿo), (formal) Ձեր (Jer)
  • Aromanian: tãu m
  • Assamese: তোৰ (tür) (least formal), তোমাৰ (tümar) (informal), আপোনাৰ (apünar) (formal)
  • Asturian: to (ast), de to, so (ast) (formal), de so (formal)
  • Belarusian: твой (tvoj), ваш (vaš) (formal)
  • Belizean Creole: yu, fi yu
  • Bengali: তোর (bn) (tor) (very familiar), তোমার (bn) (tomar) (familiar), আপনার (bn) (apnar) (polite)
  • Bikol Central: saimo (bcl) (before a noun), mo (bcl) (after a noun)
  • Brahui: naa
  • Breton: da (br)
  • Bulgarian: твой (tvoj), ваш (vaš) (formal)
  • Catalan: el teu, la teva
  • Cebuano: imo
  • Chinese:
    • Mandarin: 你的 (zh) (nǐ de), 您的 (zh) (nín de) (formal)
  • Chukchi: гынин (gynin)
  • Coptic: ⲡⲉⲕ m (pek), ⲧⲉⲕ f (tek), ⲛⲉⲕ m pl or f pl (nek) (owner is male), ⲡⲉ m (pe), ⲧⲉ f (te), ⲛⲉ m pl or f pl (ne) (owner is female)
  • Cornish: dha
  • Crimean Tatar: seniñ
  • Czech: tvůj (cs), váš (cs) (formal)
  • Dalmatian: to
  • Danish: din (da)
  • Dutch: (informal) je (nl), (informal) jouw (nl), (formal in Standard Dutch; used both formally and informally in Flemish Dutch) uw (nl)
  • Egyptian: (owner is male) (.k), (owner is female) (.ṯ)
  • Eshtehardi: اِشتَ (eşta)
  • Esperanto: via (eo)
  • Estonian: sinu (et), su (et)
  • Finnish: sinun ...si, -si (fi), sinun (fi)
  • French: ton (fr) m ta (fr) f tes (fr) m pl or f pl (informal), votre (fr) m or f vos (fr) m pl or f pl (formal)
  • Friulian: to m
  • Galician: teu m, túa f
  • Georgian: შენი (šeni)
  • German: dein (de), (formal) Ihr (de)
  • Gothic: 𐌸𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 (þeins)
  • Greek: σας (el) (sas), σας (el) n (sas), σου (el) (sou)
    • Ancient: σός (sós) (adjective), σου (sou) (genitive personal pronoun)
  • Hawaiian: kou, kāu
  • Hebrew: (common) שלך (he) m (shelkha), שלך (he) f (shelakh), (formal) ־ך m (-kha), ־ך f (-akh/-ekh)
  • Hindi: (least formal) तेरा (hi) (terā), (informal) तुम्हारा (hi) (tumhārā), (formal) आपका (āpkā)
  • Hungarian: (informal) -d, -od, -ad (hu), -ed (hu), -öd, (formal) -a (hu), -e (hu), -ja, -je
  • Icelandic: þinn (is)
  • Ido: vua (io)
  • Indonesian: -mu (id), kamu (id), Anda (id)
  • Interlingua: tu (ia)
  • Irish: do
  • Istro-Romanian: teu m, te f
  • Italian: tuo (it)
  • Japanese: (polite) あなたの (ja) (anata no), (familiar) きみの (ja) (kimi no), (familiar) (please verify) 君の (ja)
  • Kalmyk: чини (çini)
  • Kapampangan: kekang, kekamung, kekanang, mu
  • Korean: 당신의 (dangsinui)
  • Kyrgyz: сенин (ky) (senin), сиздин (sizdin)
  • Ladino: tu
  • Latin: tuus (la)
  • Latvian: tavs, jūsu (polite)
  • Lithuanian: tàvo (lt)
  • Louisiana Creole French:  m,  f,  pl,  m (formal, polite)
  • Macedonian: твој (tvoj), ваш (vaš) (formal)
  • Maltese: tiegħek
  • Maori: tāu (singular dominant), tōu (singular subordinate), āu (plural dominant), ōu (plural subordinate), (singular neutral and informal), ō (plural neutral or informal)
  • Mazanderani: ته (te)
  • Middle English: þi (preconsonantal, informal), þin (prevocalic, informal), your (formal)
  • Mongolian: таны (tany),таныг (tanyg) (owner is older than speaker), чиний (činii),чамайг (čamajg) (owner is same age as/younger than speaker)
  • North Frisian:
  • Norwegian: din (no) m, di (no) f, ditt n, dine (no) m pl or f pl or n pl
  • Occitan: teu (oc)
  • Old Church Slavonic: твои (tvoi)
  • Old English: þīn sg
  • Oriya: ତୋର (or) (torô), ତୁମର (or) (tumôrô), ତୁମ୍ଭର (or) (tumbhôrô)
  • Persian: ـت (fa) (-at), تو (fa) (to)
  • Pipil: mu-
  • Polish: twój (pl), (formal, to male:) pana (pl), pański (pl), (formal, to female:) pani (pl)
  • Portuguese: teu (pt) m, tua (pt) f, (Brazil) seu (pt) m, sua (pt) f
  • Romani: tiro m, tiri f, tire pl
  • Romanian: tău (ro) m, ta (ro) f
  • Romansch: tes m, tiu m
  • Russian: твой (ru) (tvoj) (informal), ваш (ru) (vaš) (formal)
  • Sardinian: tou
  • Scots: yer
  • Scottish Gaelic: do (informal), ur (gd) (formal)
  • Serbo-Croatian:
  • Sinhalese: ඔයාගේ (oyāgē)
  • Slovak: tvoj (sk), váš (formal)
  • Slovene: tvój (sl), vàš (sl) (formal)
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: twój (familiar), waš (polite)
  • Spanish: tu (es), su (es) (formal)
  • Swedish: din (sv)
  • Sylheti: ꠔꠞ (tor) (least formal), ꠔꠥꠝꠣꠞ (tumar) (informal), ꠀꠙ꠆ꠘꠣꠞ (afnar) (formal)
  • Talysh: اشته (əštə)
  • Tamil: உன் (ta) (uṉ)
  • Tatar: синең (sineñ) (informal), сезнең (sezneñ) (formal)
  • Telugu: (formal) మీ (te) (), (informal) నీ (te) ()
  • Thai: ของคุณ (kŏng kun)
  • Tlingit: i
  • Turkish: senin (tr)
  • Ukrainian: твій (uk) (tvij) (informal), ваш (uk) (vaš) (formal)
  • Urdu: (least formal) تیرا (terā), (informal) تمہارا (tumhārā), (formal) آپ کا (āp kā)
  • Vietnamese: của bạn (replace bạn with the appropriate word or kinship term: ông, , anh, , chị, mày, em, etc.)
  • Volapük: olik (vo), ola
  • Walloon: ti (wa) m sg or f sg, tes (wa) m pl or f pl (familiar), vosse (wa) m sg or f (before consonant, ordinary and formal), vost (wa) m or f (before vowel, ordinary and formal), vo (wa) m sg or f sg (Western Walloon, ordinary and formal), vos (wa) m pl or f pl (ordinary and formal)
  • Welsh: dy
  • West Frisian: dyn, jo (fy)
  • Yiddish: דײַן (dayn)
  • Zhuang: duh mwngz
  • Zulu: possessive concord + -kho
  • Aghwan: 𐔱𐔽𐔴𐕔𐔼 (bˁefi)
  • American Sign Language: FlatB@Chesthigh-FingerUp RoundHoriz
  • Arabic: ـكُم (ar) m (-kum) (most common), ـكُنَّ f (-kunna) (only used in very formal Arabic), ـكُمَا du (-kumā) (only used in very formal Arabic)
    • Egyptian Arabic: ـكو (ku), بتاعكوا m pl or f pl (bitāʕko)
    • Moroccan Arabic: ـكم m or f (kəm)
  • Aramaic: ־כון
  • Armenian: ձեր (hy) (jer)
  • Aromanian: vostru m
  • Asturian: vuestru (ast), de vuestro, so (ast) (formal), de so (formal)
  • Bahamian Creole: yinnas
  • Belarusian: ваш (vaš)
  • Bengali: তোদের (bn) (toder) (very familiar), তোমাদের (bn) (tomader) (familiar), আপনাদের (bn) (apnader) (polite)
  • Bikol Central: saindo (bcl) (before a noun), nindo (bcl) (after a noun)
  • Breton: ho (br)
  • Bulgarian: ваш (vaš)
  • Catalan: el vostre m, la vostra f
  • Chinese:
  • Coptic: ⲡⲉⲧⲉⲛ m (peten), ⲧⲉⲧⲉⲛ f (teten), ⲛⲉⲧⲉⲛ m pl or f pl (neten)
  • Crimean Tatar: siziñ
  • Czech: váš (cs)
  • Danish: jeres (da) n or c
  • Dutch: jullie (nl) (informal), uw (nl) (formal in Standard Dutch; used both formally and informally in Flemish Dutch), ulle (Flemish Dutch, informal)
  • Egyptian: (.ṯn)
  • Esperanto: viaj (eo)
  • Estonian: teie (et)
  • Finnish: teidän ...nne, -nne (fi), teidän (fi)
  • French: votre (fr), vos (fr)
  • Friulian: vuestri
  • Galician: voso, vosa f
  • Georgian: თქვენი (tkveni)
  • German: euer (de), (formal) Ihr (de)
  • Gothic: 𐌹𐌲𐌵𐌰𐍂 (igqar) (two owners), 𐌹𐌶𐍅𐌰𐍂 (izwar) (three or more owners)
  • Greek: σας (el) (sas)
  • Hawaiian: (dual) ko ʻolua, ʻolua, (plural) ko ʻoukou, ʻoukou
  • Hebrew: שלכם (shelakhém), שלכן (shelakhén), ־כם (-khém), ־כן (-khén)
  • Hindi: आपका (āpkā)
  • Hungarian: -tok, -tek, (informal) -tök, -a (hu), -e (hu), -ja, (formal) -je
  • Icelandic: ykkar (is)
  • Indonesian: kalian (id)
  • Interlingua: vostre
  • Irish: bhur
  • Istriot: vostro m, vostra f
  • Italian: vostro (it)
  • Japanese: (polite) あなたがたの (ja) (anatagata no), あなたたちの (ja) (anatatachi no), (familiar) きみたちの (ja) (kimitachi no)
  • Kapampangan: kekayu, keka, yu
  • Kalmyk: тана (tana), тадна (tadna)
  • Kyrgyz: силердин (silerdin), сиздердин (sizderdin)
  • Ladino: vuestro
  • Latin: vester (la)
  • Latvian: jūsu
  • Louisiana Creole French:
  • Macedonian: ваш (vaš)
  • Maltese: tagħkom
  • Maori: tā kōrua (singular dominant referring to two people), ā kōrua (plural dominant referring to two people), tō kōrua (singular subordinate referring to two people), ō kōrua (plural subordinate referring to two people), tā koutou (singular dominant referring to three or more people), ā koutou (plural dominant referring to three or more people), tō koutou (singular subordinate referring to three or more people), ō koutou (plural subordinate referring to three or more people)
  • Mazanderani: شمه (šëme)
  • Middle English: your
  • Neapolitan: vuosto
  • Norwegian:
  • Occitan: vòstre (oc)
  • Old Church Slavonic: вашь (vašĭ)
  • Old English: inċer (ang) du, ēower pl
  • Pipil: anmu-
  • Polish: wasz (pl), (formal:) państwa
  • Portuguese: vosso (pt) m, vossa (pt) f, de vocês
  • Romani: tumaro m, tumari f, tumare pl
  • Romanian: vostru (ro) m, voastră f
  • Romansch: vies m
  • Russian: ваш (ru) (vaš)
  • Scots: yer
  • Scottish Gaelic: ur (gd)
  • Serbo-Croatian: ваш, vaš (sh)
  • Sicilian: vostru (scn) m
  • Slovak: váš
  • Slovene: vàš (sl)
  • Sorbian:
    • Lower Sorbian: waju (referring to two people), waš (referring to three or more people)
  • Spanish: vuestro (es), su (es)
  • Swahili: -enu
  • Swedish: er (sv), eder (sv) c (formal), edert (sv) n (formal), edra (sv) pl (formal), eran (sv) c (colloquial), erat (sv) n (colloquial)
  • Tarantino: vuèstre
  • Tatar: сезнең (sezneñ)
  • Telugu: మీ (te) ()
  • Tlingit: yee
  • Turkish: sizin (tr)
  • Ukrainian: ваш (uk) (vaš)
  • Urdu: آپ کا (āp kā)
  • Venetian: vostro (vec) m, vostra f
  • Vietnamese: của các bạn (replace bạn with the appropriate word or kinship term: ông, , anh, , chị, mày, em, etc.)
  • Volapük: olsik (vo), olas
  • Walloon: vosse (wa) m sg or f (before consonant), vost (wa) m or f (before vowel), vo (wa) m sg or f sg (Western Walloon), vos (wa) m pl or f pl
  • Welsh: eich
  • West Frisian: jim (fy)
  • Yiddish: אײַער (ayer)
  • Zulu: possessive concord + -inu

Contraction

your

  1. Misspelling of you're.

Usage notes

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

your - Cameroon Pidgin

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ja/

Determiner

your

  1. 2nd person singular possessive determiner

your - Middle English

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA: /juːr/, /jiu̯r/
  • (unstressed) IPA: /jur/

Determiner

your (nominative pronoun ye)

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

Pronoun

your (nominative ye)

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

Descendants

Meaning and Definition of your
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