Kilo Lingo

/vu/

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Translation

you (formal or plural)

Word origin

From Latin vos ('you', second-person plural). The same Indo-European pronoun stem underlies the English possessive 'your' and 'you', though through the Germanic line rather than directly.

Origin
Latin
Root
vos

Examples

reservation ?

Do you have a reservation under what name?

.

You can sit here if you want.

- ?

Do you speak English?

-, ?

What is your name, sir?

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Thank you for your help this morning.

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