Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to you
Participle: youed
Gerund: youing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | you |
| you | you |
| he;she;it | yous |
| we | you |
| you | you |
| they | you |
Perfect
| I | have youed |
| you | have youed |
| he;she;it | has youed |
| we | have youed |
| you | have youed |
| they | have youed |
Past
| I | youed |
| you | youed |
| he;she;it | youed |
| we | youed |
| you | youed |
| they | youed |
Pluperfect
| I | had youed |
| you | had youed |
| he;she;it | had youed |
| we | had youed |
| you | had youed |
| they | had youed |
Future
| I | will you |
| you | will you |
| he;she;it | will you |
| we | will you |
| you | will you |
| they | will you |
Future Perfect
| I | will have youed |
| you | will have youed |
| he;she;it | will have youed |
| we | will have youed |
| you | will have youed |
| they | will have youed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | you |
| you | you |
| he;she;it | you |
| we | you |
| you | you |
| they | you |
Perfect
| I | have youed |
| you | have youed |
| he;she;it | have youed |
| we | have youed |
| you | have youed |
| they | have youed |
Imperfect
| I | youed |
| you | youed |
| he;she;it | youed |
| we | youed |
| you | youed |
| they | youed |
Pluperfect
| I | had youed |
| you | had youed |
| he;she;it | had youed |
| we | had youed |
| you | had youed |
| they | had youed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would you |
| you | would you |
| he;she;it | would you |
| we | would you |
| you | would you |
| they | would you |
Perfect
| I | would have youed |
| you | would have youed |
| he;she;it | would have youed |
| we | would have youed |
| you | would have youed |
| they | would have youed |
Imperative
| you | you |
| we | Let's you |
| you | you |
Verbs conjugated like 'you'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'you'
yok,
yot,
youk,
youl,
yox,
bob,
bog,
boo,
bop,
bot,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. From Middle English you, yow, ȝow (object case of ye), from Old English ēow (“you”, dative case of ġē), from Proto-West Germanic *iwwi (“you”, dative case of *jiʀ), from Proto-Germanic *iwwiz (“you”, dative case of *jīz), the Western form of Proto-Germanic *izwiz (“you”, dative case of *jūz), from Proto-Indo-European *yúHs (“you”, plural).
2. Cognate with Scots you (“you”), Saterland Frisian jou (“you”), West Frisian jo (“you”), Low German jo, joe and oe (“you”), Dutch jou and u (“you”), German euch (“you”), Middle High German eu, iu (“you”, object pronoun), Latin vōs (“you”), Avestan 𐬬𐬋 (vō, “you”), Ashkun yë̃ (“you”), Kamkata-viri šo (“you”), Sanskrit यूयम् (yūyám, “you”).
3. See usage notes. Ye, you and your are cognate with Dutch jij/je, jou, jouw; Low German ji, jo/ju, jug and German ihr, euch and euer respectively. Ye is also cognate with Danish I and archaic Swedish I. Compare the shift to the second-person singular informal Spanish vos, historically a formal pronoun.
Sample Sentences
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Youing consists in relating everything in the conversation to the person you wish to flatter, and introducing the word “you” into your speech as often as possible. [1930, Barrington Hall, Modern Conversation, Brewer & Warren, page 239:]
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Now even Princess Anne had dropped it. Sarah had heard her youing away on television the other night just like the inhabitants of her mother’s dominions beyond the seas. [1992, Barbara Anderson, Portrait of the Artist’s Wife, Victoria University Press, page 272:]
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But even having my very own personal pronoun was risky, because it’s pretty tough to keep stopped-hope stopped up when you are getting all youed up, when someone you really like keeps promising you scary, fun, exciting stuff—and even tougher for the^([sic]) of that moment to remain securely devoid of hope, to make smart, self-denying decisions with Dad you'''ing me—the long ooo of it broad and extended, like a hand. [2004, Ellen Miller, “Practicing”, in Brooklyn Noir, Akashic Books:]