you
part of speech
pronoun (you, your, yours, yourself, yourselves; casual: ya, u, y'all, youse, you guys)
meaning for a pupil
1) You means the person or people someone is talking to. tree →
2) You can mean any person, people in general: «You should brush your teeth twice a day». tree →
3) (casual) Many places have a plural «you»: «you guys» (USA), «y'all» (US South), «youse» (Ireland, Australia, NZ), «you lot» (UK). tree →
4) (casual) In texts «you» is «u» or «ya»: «c u l8r». tree →
5) (rude) «You» before a name-call makes an insult: «you idiot», «you git». tree →
6) (formal) Exams avoid «you» and say «the candidate», «one», or use the passive. tree →
sense in the lessons
the one who receives or gives in the problem; in rules «you» means anyone; phrases: «you have», «thank you», «see you», «your turn»; in casual talk «ya», «u», «y'all», «youse», «you lot», «thank ya», «cheers»; in rough talk «you idiot», «you're dead», «you wish»; in the exam voice «the candidate is required to», «one has», «it is required to determine»
examples
- If a friend gives you more, you have more: add. tree →
- You have 8 pencils and give 3 away. How many do you have now? tree →
- Thank you for the lovely present. tree →
- You should wear a helmet when you ride a bike. tree →
- Is this your pencil? tree →
- Did you make this all by yourself? tree →
- how many u got left? tree →
- Y'all want 2 tacos each? tree →
- Youse lot better share them 12 lollies fair. tree →
- You idiot, you dropped 3 eggs! tree →
- Candidates are required to determine the number of pencils retained. tree →
- You wish you had 10 cards! tree →
- "Thank you, Mr. Wolf," said she. tree →
note
«you» is the same for one person and many; «you guys», «y'all», «youse» and «you lot» show many people. Track whether you are the giver or the receiver. «the candidate» in an exam means you. Trap: «your» (belonging) and «you're» (you are) sound the same, and texts often mix them up.
In the corpora
- Knowing this helps you understand why a family's week is planned round a piece of paper on the fridge.
- Banks pay interest on savings, and they charge interest when you borrow.
- An overdraft lets you spend below zero, which is borrowing, and banks charge high interest on it.
- You are not being punished when the answer is "not this month".
- A sale lowers prices; a bargain is only a bargain if you would have bought the thing anyway.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «you» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.