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How does one say You in Latin?

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Anonymous

15y ago
Updated: 8/18/2019

Because Latin verbs have endings that contain information about their subjects, it is often unnecessary for a sentence to contain a separate word for "you". For example, amas all by itself means "you [singular] love". It is possible to use a separate word for "you" in such cases, but this done mostly for emphasis (i.e., tu amas = "it is you who love" or "you, on the other hand, love").

When "you" needs to be expressed explicitly, Latin uses the personal pronouns tu (when addressing one person) and vos (when addressing more than one). The available forms are:

nominative: tu, vos - "you" (subject of sentence)

vocative: tu, vos - "you!" (direct address)

genitive: tui, vestrum [or vestri] - "of you"

dative: tibi, vobis - "to/for you"

accusative: te, vos - "you" (object of sentence and of some prepositions)

ablative: te, vobis - "by/with/from you"

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