YOU

Mejicano   Sat May 24, 2008 5:41 pm GMT
Hello!

I'd like to know which words in other languages translates to English YOU.
I find it amazing that Spanish has more than a dozen words:

vos

vosotros
vosotras
usted
ustedes
te
ti
os
la
le
lo
las
les
los
se (like in "se lo dijo a ustedes")

contigo (with you)

17 words if you count "contigo".
Gast   Sat May 24, 2008 5:42 pm GMT
German has:

du
dich
dir
ihr
euch
Sie
Ihnen

7 words.
Gast   Sat May 24, 2008 5:43 pm GMT
Swedish has:

du
dig
ni
er

4 words
Guest   Sat May 24, 2008 6:30 pm GMT
French has:

tu
toi
te
vous

4 words
greg   Sat May 24, 2008 6:44 pm GMT
'Guest' :
« French has:
tu
toi
te
vous
4 words ».

Autres formes possibles pour traduire An <you> :

<t'> → <je t'aime> (COD) & <t'as pas vu Mme X ?> (sujet)
<z'> → <z'avez pas vu Mme X ?>
<on> → <on y voyait rien>.
Skippy   Sat May 24, 2008 9:56 pm GMT
lol English has one... "you." However the number goes up if you count ye, thou, and thee.
Guest   Sat May 24, 2008 11:24 pm GMT
Russian:

ты
тебя
тобой
тебе
вы
вас
вами
вам
Guest   Sun May 25, 2008 12:03 am GMT
You guys are counting pronouns as well, those don't mean "you".
Otherwise you should also count "to you", "with you", "your", "yours"...
Update   Sun May 25, 2008 12:10 am GMT
English has:

you
your
yours

3 words
Mejicano   Sun May 25, 2008 1:52 am GMT
<< You guys are counting pronouns as well, those don't mean "you". >>

"You" IS a pronoun.
Okay, "contigo" translates to "with you", but all of the other words do translates to a simple "you" in English:

vos:
VOS sos guapa.
YOU are pretty.

tú:
TÚ sabes de qué esty hablando.
YOU know what I'm talking about.

vosotras:
Qué pensáis VOSOTRAS?
What do YOU think?

vosotros:
VOSOTRAS a dónde vais?
Where are YOU going to?

usted:
Cómo está USTED?
How are YOU?

ustedes:
USTEDES son mejicanos.
YOU are Mexicans.

te:
TE veo.
I see YOU.

ti:
Para TI.
For YOU.

os:
No OS entiendo.
I don't understand YOU.

la:
LA vi ayer.
I saw YOU yesterday.

le:
LE pregunté.
I asked YOU.

lo:
Ojalá lo vea pronto.
Hopefully I'll see YOU soon.

las:
LAS quiero!
I love YOU!

les:
LES recomiendo que ...
I'd advise YOU to ...

los:
LOS espero!
I'm waiting for YOU!

se:
SE lo dije.
I told YOU that.
Guest   Sun May 25, 2008 3:36 am GMT
My language, English, has one:

you
Guest   Sun May 25, 2008 4:01 am GMT
No, English has a lot:

You
Thou
Ye
Y'all
Youse
Yourself
Tha
Adolfo   Sun May 25, 2008 4:09 am GMT
Latin:
Tu
Te
Tui
Tibi
Te
Tecum
Nita   Sun May 25, 2008 7:24 am GMT
Tagalog
ikaw / ka (singular absolutive)
mo (singular ergative)
iyo (singular oblique)
kayo (plural absolutive)
ninyo (plural ergative)
inyo (plural oblique)
kita ("I [verb] you", ex. "mahal kita" – I love you)

Cebuano
ikaw / ka (singular absolutive)
nimo / mo (singular postposed ergative)
imo / imoha (singular preposed ergative)
kanimo / nimo (singular oblique)
kamo / mo (plural absolutive)
ninyo (plural postposed ergative)
inyo / inyoha (plural preposed ergative)
kaninyo / ninyo (plural oblique)

Pangasinan
sika / ka (singular absolutive)
-mo (singular ergative)
ed sika (singular oblique)
sikayo / kayo (plural absolutive)
yo (plural ergative)
ed sikayo (plural oblique)

Zamboangueño
evo / vo (singular common)
tu (singular familiar)
uste (singular formal)
kamo (plural common)
vosotros (plural familiar)
ustedes (plural formal)

Caviteño
vo (singular common)
tu (singular familiar)
uste (singular formal)
vusos (plural)

Ternateño
vo (singular familiar)
uste (singular formal)
ustedi / tedi (plural)
Italian   Sun May 25, 2008 9:41 am GMT
2a singolare tu (te/ti funzione complemento tonica/atona)
2a plurale voi (vi/ve funzione complemento tonica/atona)