YOU
Hello!
I'd like to know which words in other languages translates to English YOU.
I find it amazing that Spanish has more than a dozen words:
vos
tú
vosotros
vosotras
usted
ustedes
te
ti
os
la
le
lo
las
les
los
se (like in "se lo dijo a ustedes")
contigo (with you)
17 words if you count "contigo".
German has:
du
dich
dir
ihr
euch
Sie
Ihnen
7 words.
Swedish has:
du
dig
ni
er
4 words
French has:
tu
toi
te
vous
4 words
'Guest' :
« French has:
tu
toi
te
vous
4 words ».
Autres formes possibles pour traduire An <you> :
<t'> → <je t'aime> (COD) & <t'as pas vu Mme X ?> (sujet)
<z'> → <z'avez pas vu Mme X ?>
<on> → <on y voyait rien>.
lol English has one... "you." However the number goes up if you count ye, thou, and thee.
Russian:
ты
тебя
тобой
тебе
вы
вас
вами
вам
You guys are counting pronouns as well, those don't mean "you".
Otherwise you should also count "to you", "with you", "your", "yours"...
English has:
you
your
yours
3 words
<< You guys are counting pronouns as well, those don't mean "you". >>
"You" IS a pronoun.
Okay, "contigo" translates to "with you", but all of the other words do translates to a simple "you" in English:
vos:
VOS sos guapa.
YOU are pretty.
tú:
TÚ sabes de qué esty hablando.
YOU know what I'm talking about.
vosotras:
Qué pensáis VOSOTRAS?
What do YOU think?
vosotros:
VOSOTRAS a dónde vais?
Where are YOU going to?
usted:
Cómo está USTED?
How are YOU?
ustedes:
USTEDES son mejicanos.
YOU are Mexicans.
te:
TE veo.
I see YOU.
ti:
Para TI.
For YOU.
os:
No OS entiendo.
I don't understand YOU.
la:
LA vi ayer.
I saw YOU yesterday.
le:
LE pregunté.
I asked YOU.
lo:
Ojalá lo vea pronto.
Hopefully I'll see YOU soon.
las:
LAS quiero!
I love YOU!
les:
LES recomiendo que ...
I'd advise YOU to ...
los:
LOS espero!
I'm waiting for YOU!
se:
SE lo dije.
I told YOU that.
My language, English, has one:
you
No, English has a lot:
You
Thou
Ye
Y'all
Youse
Yourself
Tha
Latin:
Tu
Te
Tui
Tibi
Te
Tecum
Tagalog
ikaw / ka (singular absolutive)
mo (singular ergative)
iyo (singular oblique)
kayo (plural absolutive)
ninyo (plural ergative)
inyo (plural oblique)
kita ("I [verb] you", ex. "mahal kita" – I love you)
Cebuano
ikaw / ka (singular absolutive)
nimo / mo (singular postposed ergative)
imo / imoha (singular preposed ergative)
kanimo / nimo (singular oblique)
kamo / mo (plural absolutive)
ninyo (plural postposed ergative)
inyo / inyoha (plural preposed ergative)
kaninyo / ninyo (plural oblique)
Pangasinan
sika / ka (singular absolutive)
-mo (singular ergative)
ed sika (singular oblique)
sikayo / kayo (plural absolutive)
yo (plural ergative)
ed sikayo (plural oblique)
Zamboangueño
evo / vo (singular common)
tu (singular familiar)
uste (singular formal)
kamo (plural common)
vosotros (plural familiar)
ustedes (plural formal)
Caviteño
vo (singular common)
tu (singular familiar)
uste (singular formal)
vusos (plural)
Ternateño
vo (singular familiar)
uste (singular formal)
ustedi / tedi (plural)
2a singolare tu (te/ti funzione complemento tonica/atona)
2a plurale voi (vi/ve funzione complemento tonica/atona)