"jou" meaning in Afrikaans

See jou in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Determiner

IPA: /jœu/
Etymology: From Dutch jouw. Etymology templates: {{inh|af|nl|jouw}} Dutch jouw Head templates: {{head|af|determiner}} jou
  1. your (singular)
    Sense id: en-jou-af-det-4ge1y-jL
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2 Categories (other): Afrikaans determiners, Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Afrikaans determiners: 0 0 Disambiguation of Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header: 0 0 Related terms: ek, my, myne, jy, joune, u, u s’n, hy, hom, sy, syne, haar, hare, dit, ons, ons s’n, julle, jul1, julle s’n, hulle, hul1, hulle s’n, 1. The forms jul and hul are unstressed variants. They are used mostly in possessive function, but also otherwise, chiefly when the pronoun is repeated within the same sentence

Pronoun

IPA: /jœu/ Forms: jy [subjective]
Etymology: From Dutch jou. Also related to English you. Etymology templates: {{inh|af|nl|jou}} Dutch jou, {{cog|en|you}} English you Head templates: {{head|af|pronoun form|subject|jy}} jou (subject jy)
  1. you (singular, object)
    Sense id: en-jou-af-pron-eMua6zTu
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1 Categories (other): Afrikaans determiners, Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Afrikaans determiners: 0 0 Disambiguation of Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header: 0 0 Related terms: ek, my, myne, jy, joune, u, u s’n, hy, hom, sy, syne, haar, hare, dit, ons, ons s’n, julle, jul1, julle s’n, hulle, hul1, hulle s’n, 1. The forms jul and hul are unstressed variants. They are used mostly in possessive function, but also otherwise, chiefly when the pronoun is repeated within the same sentence

Alternative forms

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