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You in Different Languages: The second-person pronoun in Modern English is you. Grammatically, it is plural, and historically it has been used only in datives. When we say “you” are a good person, it means we are talking about the person who is present in front of us. Thus, you is used to referring to a person with whom we are speaking. In the English language, you’re a combination of the two words, you and are. An example of a contraction is this. You might think that translating the word “you” is simple for English speakers. But languages are strange. The English word “you” applies to everyone, regardless of who is speaking. However, other languages have more options when it comes to pronouns that are in the second person.
You in European Languages
Translation of word You in almost 42 European languages.
| Different Languages | Word You |
|---|---|
| Albanian | ju |
| Basque | zuk |
| Belarusian | вы |
| Bosnian | vi |
| Bulgarian | Вие |
| Catalan | vostè |
| Corsican | tù |
| Croatian | vas |
| Czech | vy |
| Danish | du |
| Dutch | u |
| Estonian | sa |
| Finnish | sinä |
| French | toi |
| Frisian | jo |
| Galician | vostede |
| German | Sie |
| Greek | εσείς [eseís] |
| Hungarian | te |
| Icelandic | Þú |
| Irish | tú |
| Italian | tu |
| Latvian | tu |
| Lithuanian | tu |
| Luxembourgish | Dir |
| Macedonian | ќе |
| Maltese | inti |
| Norwegian | du |
| Polish | ty |
| Portuguese | você |
| Romanian | tu |
| Russian | вы [vy] |
| Scots Gaelic | thu |
| Serbian | ти [ti] |
| Slovak | vy |
| Slovenian | vi |
| Spanish | tú |
| Swedish | du |
| Tatar | син |
| Ukrainian | ви [vy] |
| Welsh | chi |
| Yiddish | דו |
You in Asian Languages
Translation of word You in almost 36 Asian languages.
| Different Languages | Word You |
|---|---|
| Armenian | դուք |
| Azerbaijani | Sən |
| Bengali | আপনি |
| Chinese Simplified | 您 [nín] |
| Chinese Traditional | 您 [nín] |
| Georgian | თქვენ |
| Gujarati | તમે |
| Hindi | आप |
| Hmong | koj |
| Japanese | 君は |
| Kannada | ನೀವು |
| Kazakh | Сіз |
| Khmer | អ្នក |
| Korean | 당신 [dangsin] |
| Kyrgyz | сен |
| Lao | ທ່ານ |
| Malayalam | നിങ്ങളെ |
| Marathi | आपण |
| Mongolian | Та |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | သငျသညျ |
| Nepali | तपाईं |
| Odia | ତୁମେ |
| Pashto | تاسو |
| Punjabi | ਤੁਸੀਂ |
| Sindhi | توهان |
| Sinhala | ඔබ |
| Tajik | шумо |
| Tamil | நீங்கள் |
| Telugu | మీరు |
| Thai | คุณ |
| Turkish | sen |
| Turkmen | sen |
| Urdu | تم |
| Uyghur | سىز |
| Uzbek | siz |
| Vietnamese | bạn |
You in Middle East Languages
Translation of word You in 4 middle eastern languages.
| Different Languages | Word You |
|---|---|
| Arabic | أنت ['ant] |
| Hebrew | אתה |
| Kurdish (Kurmanji) | hûn |
| Persian | شما |
You in African Languages
Translation of word You in almost 13 African languages.
| Different Languages | Word You |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | jy |
| Amharic | አንተ |
| Chichewa | inu |
| Hausa | ka |
| Igbo | ị |
| Kinyarwanda | wowe |
| Sesotho | o |
| Shona | iwe |
| Somali | aad |
| Swahili | wewe |
| Xhosa | wena |
| Yoruba | ti o |
| Zulu | wena |
You in Austronesian Languages
Translation of word You in almost 10 Austronesian languages.
| Different Languages | Word You |
|---|---|
| Cebuano | ikaw |
| Filipino | ikaw |
| Hawaiian | ʻo ʻoe |
| Indonesian | kamu |
| Javanese | sampeyan |
| Malagasy | ianao |
| Malay | anda |
| Maori | koe |
| Samoan | oe |
| Sundanese | anjeun |
You in Other Foreign Languages
| Different Languages | Word You |
|---|---|
| Esperanto | vi |
| Haitian Creole | ou |
| Latin | vos |
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