you

Engelska

Pronomen

Tabell över pronomen                Personliga pronomen Nominativ Ackusativ / Dativ Possessiva pronomen Possessiva determinativer Reflexiva pronomen 1:a person singular I me mine my myself 2:a person singular you (thou¹) you (thee¹) yours (thine¹) your (thy¹) yourself (thyself¹) 3:e person singular maskulinum he him his his himself 3:e person singular femininum she her hers her herself 3:e person singular neutrum it it its its itself 1:a person plural we us ours our ourselves 2:a person plural you you yours your yourselves 3:e person plural they them theirs their themselves Not: Denna tabell avser att visa personliga pronomen baserat på en bredare definition, där possessiva och reflexiva pronomen ses som undergrupper till personliga pronomen. ¹Anses åldriga och används sällan.

you

1. du; andra person singular nominativ

   Do you like chocolate?

   Tycker du om choklad?

2. dig; andra person singular ackusativ eller dativ

   I like you.

   Jag tycker om dig.

3. ni; andra person plural nominativ

   Do you like chocolate?

   Tycker ni om choklad?

4. er; andra person plural ackusativ eller dativ

   I like you.

   Jag tycker om er.

5. man

   You have to be 18 years old to buy cigarettes.

   Man måste vara 18 år för att köpa cigaretter.

6. en

   It feels good when someone cares about you.

   Det känns bra när någon bryr sig om en.

7. din

   You idiot!

   Din idiot!

8. ditt

   You swine!

   Ditt svin!

9. era

   You idiots!

   Era idioter!

Användning

I äldre engelska användes you enbart för plural - det motsvarade den moderna svenskans ni (och er?). Du motsvarades av thou, dig av thee. Början till slutet på detta var att "artigt pluraltilltal" (motsvarande exempelvis franska vous) lånades in från kontinenten. Nu kunde alltså you användas till en person - och skulle användas, om man ville visa sig vördnadsfull. Efter hand kom thou att ses som direkt oartigt, och föll bort ur språket.

Fraser

you all

ordspråk

You are what you eat. You can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink. You can't fight city hall. You can't get a quart into a pint pot. You can't have your cake and eat it too. You can't judge a book by its cover. You can't make a silk purse of a sow's ear. You can't make an omelette without breaking eggs. You can't polish a turd. You can't run with the hare and hunt with the hounds. You can't teach an old dog new tricks. You can't tell a book by its cover. You can't unring a bell. You don't dip your pen in company ink. You don't dip your pen in the company's ink. You don't dip your pen in the inkwell. You get more with a kind word and a gun than you do with a kind word alone. You get what you pay for. You make the bed you lie in. You never know what you've got till it's gone. You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours. You snooze you lose. You're never too old to learn. You've got to crack a few eggs to make an omelette.

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Mirandesiska

Pronomen

you

1. jag