jy

See also: Jy, j'y, and jy.

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch jij.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /jəi/, [jə̟i̯]

Pronoun

jy (object jou, possessive jou)

  1. you (singular, subject)
    • 2016, “Sal Jy Met My Dans”, in Sal Jy Met My Dans?‎, South Africa, performed by Kurt Darren:
      Sal jy met my dans?
      Will you dance with me?

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.

Cornish

Noun

jy

  1. Soft mutation of chy.

Pronoun

jy

  1. you (informal second person singular pronoun)
  2. thou
  3. thee
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