"jy" meaning in Afrikaans

See jy in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Pronoun

IPA: /jəi/, [jə̟i̯] Audio: LL-Q14196 (afr)-Oesjaar-jy.wav Forms: jou [possessive]
Etymology: From Dutch jij (which see), from Middle Dutch ji, northern form of gi. Etymology templates: {{inh|af|nl|jij}} Dutch jij, {{inh|af|dum|ji}} Middle Dutch ji, {{m|dum|gi}} gi Head templates: {{head|af|pronoun|object|jou|possessive|jou}} jy (object jou, possessive jou)
  1. you (singular, subject) Synonyms: djy [Cape-Afrikaans]
    Sense id: en-jy-af-pron-hIFNSO~Y Categories (other): Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header, Afrikaans pronouns Related terms: ek, my, myne, jou, 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

Download JSON data for jy meaning in Afrikaans (2.3kB)

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "af",
        "2": "nl",
        "3": "jij"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch jij",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "af",
        "2": "dum",
        "3": "ji"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Dutch ji",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dum",
        "2": "gi"
      },
      "expansion": "gi",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Dutch jij (which see), from Middle Dutch ji, northern form of gi.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "jou",
      "tags": [
        "possessive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "af",
        "2": "pronoun",
        "3": "object",
        "4": "jou",
        "5": "possessive",
        "6": "jou"
      },
      "expansion": "jy (object jou, possessive jou)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Afrikaans",
  "lang_code": "af",
  "pos": "pron",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Afrikaans pronouns",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Will you dance with me?",
          "ref": "2016, “Sal Jy Met My Dans”, in Sal Jy Met My Dans?, performed by Kurt Darren, South Africa",
          "text": "Sal jy met my dans?",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "you (singular, subject)"
      ],
      "id": "en-jy-af-pron-hIFNSO~Y",
      "links": [
        [
          "you",
          "you"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "ek"
        },
        {
          "word": "my"
        },
        {
          "word": "myne"
        },
        {
          "word": "jou"
        },
        {
          "word": "joune"
        },
        {
          "word": "u"
        },
        {
          "word": "u s’n"
        },
        {
          "word": "hy"
        },
        {
          "word": "hom"
        },
        {
          "word": "sy"
        },
        {
          "word": "syne"
        },
        {
          "word": "haar"
        },
        {
          "word": "hare"
        },
        {
          "word": "dit"
        },
        {
          "word": "ons"
        },
        {
          "word": "ons s’n"
        },
        {
          "word": "julle"
        },
        {
          "word": "jul1"
        },
        {
          "word": "julle s’n"
        },
        {
          "word": "hulle"
        },
        {
          "word": "hul1"
        },
        {
          "word": "hulle s’n"
        },
        {
          "word": "1. The forms jul and hul are unstressed variants. They are used mostly in possessive function"
        },
        {
          "word": "but also otherwise"
        },
        {
          "word": "chiefly when the pronoun is repeated within the same sentence"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "Cape-Afrikaans"
          ],
          "word": "djy"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/jəi/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[jə̟i̯]"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q14196 (afr)-Oesjaar-jy.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3d/LL-Q14196_%28afr%29-Oesjaar-jy.wav/LL-Q14196_%28afr%29-Oesjaar-jy.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3d/LL-Q14196_%28afr%29-Oesjaar-jy.wav/LL-Q14196_%28afr%29-Oesjaar-jy.wav.ogg",
      "text": "Audio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "jy"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "af",
        "2": "nl",
        "3": "jij"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch jij",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "af",
        "2": "dum",
        "3": "ji"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle Dutch ji",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "dum",
        "2": "gi"
      },
      "expansion": "gi",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Dutch jij (which see), from Middle Dutch ji, northern form of gi.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "jou",
      "tags": [
        "possessive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "af",
        "2": "pronoun",
        "3": "object",
        "4": "jou",
        "5": "possessive",
        "6": "jou"
      },
      "expansion": "jy (object jou, possessive jou)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Afrikaans",
  "lang_code": "af",
  "pos": "pron",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "ek"
    },
    {
      "word": "my"
    },
    {
      "word": "myne"
    },
    {
      "word": "jou"
    },
    {
      "word": "joune"
    },
    {
      "word": "u"
    },
    {
      "word": "u s’n"
    },
    {
      "word": "hy"
    },
    {
      "word": "hom"
    },
    {
      "word": "sy"
    },
    {
      "word": "syne"
    },
    {
      "word": "haar"
    },
    {
      "word": "hare"
    },
    {
      "word": "dit"
    },
    {
      "word": "ons"
    },
    {
      "word": "ons s’n"
    },
    {
      "word": "julle"
    },
    {
      "word": "jul1"
    },
    {
      "word": "julle s’n"
    },
    {
      "word": "hulle"
    },
    {
      "word": "hul1"
    },
    {
      "word": "hulle s’n"
    },
    {
      "word": "1. The forms jul and hul are unstressed variants. They are used mostly in possessive function"
    },
    {
      "word": "but also otherwise"
    },
    {
      "word": "chiefly when the pronoun is repeated within the same sentence"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header",
        "Afrikaans lemmas",
        "Afrikaans pronouns",
        "Afrikaans terms derived from Dutch",
        "Afrikaans terms derived from Middle Dutch",
        "Afrikaans terms inherited from Dutch",
        "Afrikaans terms inherited from Middle Dutch",
        "Afrikaans terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Afrikaans terms with audio links",
        "Afrikaans terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Will you dance with me?",
          "ref": "2016, “Sal Jy Met My Dans”, in Sal Jy Met My Dans?, performed by Kurt Darren, South Africa",
          "text": "Sal jy met my dans?",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "you (singular, subject)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "you",
          "you"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/jəi/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[jə̟i̯]"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q14196 (afr)-Oesjaar-jy.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3d/LL-Q14196_%28afr%29-Oesjaar-jy.wav/LL-Q14196_%28afr%29-Oesjaar-jy.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/3d/LL-Q14196_%28afr%29-Oesjaar-jy.wav/LL-Q14196_%28afr%29-Oesjaar-jy.wav.ogg",
      "text": "Audio"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cape-Afrikaans"
      ],
      "word": "djy"
    }
  ],
  "word": "jy"
}
{
  "called_from": "form_descriptions/1698",
  "msg": "unrecognized head form: object jou",
  "path": [
    "jy"
  ],
  "section": "Afrikaans",
  "subsection": "pronoun",
  "title": "jy",
  "trace": ""
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Afrikaans dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-01 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-21 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.