jou

See also: jo'u

Afrikaans

Etymology 1

From Dutch jou. Also related to English you.

Pronoun

jou (subject jy)

  1. you (singular, object)

See also
Afrikaans personal pronouns
subjective objective possessive
singular 1st ek my
2nd jy jou
2nd, formal u
3rd, masc hy hom sy
3rd, fem sy haar
3rd, neut dit sy
plural 1st ons
2nd julle julle / jul1
3rd hulle hulle / hul1
1. In the second and third persons plural, the usual possessive forms are julle and hulle (like the subjective and objective forms), but jul and hul are sometimes used instead when the sentence would otherwise be ambiguous.

Etymology 2

From Dutch jouw.

Determiner

jou

  1. your (singular)
    • 2016, “In Jou Atmosfeer”, in Sal Jy Met My Dans?‎, South Africa, performed by Kurt Darren:
      In jou atmosfeer.
      In your atmosphere.

See also
Afrikaans personal pronouns
subjective objective possessive
singular 1st ek my
2nd jy jou
2nd, formal u
3rd, masc hy hom sy
3rd, fem sy haar
3rd, neut dit sy
plural 1st ons
2nd julle julle / jul1
3rd hulle hulle / hul1
1. In the second and third persons plural, the usual possessive forms are julle and hulle (like the subjective and objective forms), but jul and hul are sometimes used instead when the sentence would otherwise be ambiguous.

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Occitan (compare Occitan jo), from Latin jugum, iugum (compare French joug, Italian giogo), from Proto-Italic *jugom, from Proto-Indo-European *yugóm.

Pronunciation

Noun

jou m (plural jous)

  1. yoke

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch jou, from Old Dutch *jū, a northern (Frisian?) variant of *iu, from Proto-Germanic *iwwiz, a West Germanic variant of *izwiz. Doublet of u.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /jɑu̯/
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  • Hyphenation: jou
  • Rhymes: -ɑu̯
  • Homophone: jouw

Pronoun

jou

  1. Second-person singular, objective: you.
    Ik zal dit wel even doen voor jou. ― I'll do this for you.

Inflection
Dutch personal pronouns
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
2nd person jij je jou je jouw je jouwe je jouwer
2nd person archaic or regiolectal gij ge u – uw – uwe u uwer
2nd person formal u – u – uw – uwe zich uwer
3rd person masculine hij ie1 hem 'm1 zijn z'n1 zijne zich zijner
3rd person feminine zij ze haar h'r1, 'r1, d'r1 haar h'r1, 'r1, d'r1 hare zich harer
3rd person neuter het 't1 het 't1 zijn z'n1 zijne zich zijner
plural
1st person wij we ons – ons, onze2 – onze ons onzer
2nd person jullie je jullie je jullie je – je –
2nd person archaic or regiolectal6 gij ge u – uw – uwe u uwer
2nd person formal u – u – uw – uwe zich uwer
3rd person zij ze hen3, hun4 ze hun – hunne zich hunner
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

Verb

jou

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

Finnish

Etymology

< English yo

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈjou̯/, [ˈjo̞u̯]

Interjection

jou

  1. (slang) yo (greeting)

Anagrams

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French jour (“day”)

Noun

jou

  1. day

Old French

Pronoun

jou

  1. # Alternative form of je

Romansch

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

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *eo, from Latin ego, from Proto-Indo-European *éǵh₂.

Pronoun

jou

  1. (Sutsilvan) I

West Frisian

Verb

jou

  1. First-person singular present of jaan (to give)
  2. Imperative of jaan (to give)

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