/ˈtu.jo/
Translation
yours (informal singular)
Word origin
From Latin tuus ('your, yours'), the possessive of tu ('you').
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- tuus
- English cognates
- thou, thy
Examples
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This book is yours.
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A friend of yours called me yesterday.
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What's mine is mine and what's yours is yours.
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The mistake is yours, not the program's.
, Marta.
That book is not yours, it is Marta's.
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The red car on the street is not yours.
Used in
Stories
(1)Grammar articles
(4)Spanish Comparatives: más que, menos que, tan como and the Four Irregulars
Demonstrative Pronouns in Spanish: Este, Ese, Aquel and the Three-Way This and That
Spanish Possessive Pronouns: el mío, el tuyo, el suyo and the Long Possessives
Spanish Possessives: mi, tu, su and Why Agreement Trips Beginners
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