FromDutchjou. Also related toEnglishyou.
jou (subjectjy)
| subjective | objective | possessive determiner | possessive pronoun | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | 1st | ek | my | myne | ||
| 2nd | jy | jou | joune | |||
| 2nd, formal | u | us’n | ||||
| 3rd | masc | hy | hom | sy | syne | |
| fem | sy | haar | hare | |||
| neut | dit | sy | syne | |||
| plural | 1st | ons | onss’n | |||
| 2nd | julle /jul1 | julles’n | ||||
| 3rd | hulle /hul1 | hulles’n | ||||
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| subjective | objective | possessive determiner | possessive pronoun | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | 1st | ek | my | myne | ||
| 2nd | jy | jou | joune | |||
| 2nd, formal | u | us’n | ||||
| 3rd | masc | hy | hom | sy | syne | |
| fem | sy | haar | hare | |||
| neut | dit | sy | syne | |||
| plural | 1st | ons | onss’n | |||
| 2nd | julle /jul1 | julles’n | ||||
| 3rd | hulle /hul1 | hulles’n | ||||
jou (third person masculine singular, nominative case)
| singular | plural | reflexive | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||||
| m | f | ||||||||
| Nominative | mē | tu | jou | joj | amē | tumē | jonē | - | |
| Accusative/ Independent Oblique | man | tut | lēs | la | amēn | tumēn | lēn | pes | |
| Dative | mange | tuke | lēske | lake | amēnge | tumēnge | lēnge | pēske | |
| Ablative[1] | mandyr | tutyr | lēstyr | latyr | amēndyr | tumēndyr | lēndyr | pēstyr | |
| Genitive | m | miro | tyro | lēskiro | lakiro | amaro | tumaro | lēngiro | pēskiro |
| f | miri | tyri | lēskiri | lakiri | amari | tumari | lēngiri | pēskiri | |
| pl | mirē | tyrē | lēskirē | lakirē | amarē | tumarē | lēngirē | pēskirē | |
| Locative | mandē | tutē | lēstē | latē | amēndē | tumēndē | lēndē | pēstē | |
| Instrumental | mansa | tusa | lēsa | lasa | amēnca | tumēnca | lēnsa | pēsa | |
| Enclitic Reflexive | man | pe | amēn | pe | - | ||||
Inherited fromOld Catalanjou, fromLatiniugum (compareOccitanjo,Frenchjoug,Spanishyugo), fromProto-Italic*jugom, fromProto-Indo-European*yugóm.
Inherited fromOld Frenchjor, fromLate Latindiurnum.
FromMiddle Dutchjou, fromOld Dutch*jū, a northern (Frisian?) variant of*iu, fromProto-Germanic*iwwiz, a West Germanic variant of*izwiz.Doublet ofu.
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| 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,mijns |
| 2nd person | jij | je | jou | je | jouw | je | jouwe | je | jouwer,jouws |
| 2nd person archaic orregiolectal | gij | ge | u | – | uw | – | uwe | u | uwer,uws |
| 2nd person formal | u | – | u | – | uw | – | uwe | u,zich7 | uwer,uws |
| 3rd person masculine | hij | ie1 | hem | 'm1 | zijn | z'n1 | zijne | zich | zijner,zijns |
| 3rd person feminine | zij | ze | haar | h'r1,'r1,d'r1 | haar | h'r1,'r1,d'r1 | hare | zich | harer,haars |
| 3rd person neuter | het | 't1 | het | 't1 | zijn | z'n1 | zijne | zich | zijner,zijns |
| 3rd person gender-neutral8 | hen | – | hen | – | hun | – | hunne | zich | hunner,huns |
| plural | |||||||||
| 1st person | wij | we | ons | – | ons,onze2 | – | onze | ons | onzer,onzes |
| 2nd person | jullie | je | jullie | je | jullie | je | – | je | – |
| 2nd person archaic orregiolectal6 | gij | ge | u | – | uw | – | uwe | u | uwer,uws |
| 2nd person formal | u | – | u | – | uw | – | uwe | u,zich7 | uwer,uws |
| 3rd person | zij | ze | hen3,hun4 | ze | hun | – | hunne | zich | hunner,huns |
| 1) Not as common in written language. 2) Inflected as anadjective. 3) Inprescriptivist use, used only as direct object (accusative). 4) Inprescriptivist 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 singulargij,gelle (object formelle) and variants are commonly used colloquially in Belgium. Archaic forms aregijlieden andgijlui ("you people"). | 7)Zich is preferred if the reflexive pronoun immediately follows the subject pronounu, e.g.Meldt u zich aan! 'Log in!', and if the subject pronounu is used with a verb form that is identical with the third person singular but different from the informal second person singular, e.g.U heeft zich aangemeld. 'You have logged in.' Onlyu can be used in an imperative if the subject pronoun is not overt, e.g.Meld u aan! 'Log in!', whereu is the reflexive pronoun. Otherwise, bothu andzich are equally possible, e.g.U meldt u/zich aan. 'You log in.' 8) Not officially recognized in standard Dutch. It has gained popularity, especially in mainstream media and queer circles, as a respectful term fornon-binary individuals. | ||||||||
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From olderjo'u, ultimately fromProto-North Halmahera (likely of the form*ḋohu); compareGalelaḋohu,Tabarudou,Sahurou,Tidoreyohu.
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FromOld Frisianjūwe, fromProto-West Germanic*iuwar, fromProto-Germanic*izweraz. Cognates includeWest Frisianjim andGermaneuer.
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| possessive determiners | possessive pronouns | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine referent | other referent | masculine referent | other referent | ||||
| singular | 1st | min | mien | minnen | mienen | ||
| 2nd | din | dien | dinnen | dienen | |||
| 3rd | m orn | sin | sien | sinnen | sienen | ||
| f | hiere | hierens | |||||
| plural | 1st | uus | uzen | ||||
| 2nd | jou | jouens | |||||
| 3rd | hiere | hierens | |||||
FromOld Frisianjō, fromProto-West Germanic*iuwiz, fromProto-Germanic*izwiz. Cognates includeWest Frisianjo andGermaneuch.
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| subject case | object case | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| stressed | unstressed | ||||
| singular | 1st | iek | mie | ||
| 2nd | du | die | |||
| 3rd | m | hie | er | him | |
| f | ju | ze | hier | ||
| n | dät | et | dät | ||
| plural | 1st | wie | uus | ||
| 2nd | jie | jou | |||
| 3rd | jo | ze | hier | ||
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