second-person plural

English

Noun

second-person plural (plural second-person plurals)

1. (grammar) The form of a verb used with the pronouns you (plural), y'all, you guys, etc., or their equivalents in other languages.

   "Are" is the second-person plural of the verb "to be".

2. (grammar) The pronouns you (plural), y'all, you guys, youse, yinz, etc., or their equivalents in other languages.
3. (grammar) The possessive adjectives your (addressing a plural audience), y'all's, you guys', etc., or their equivalents in other languages.

Related terms

• second person
• second-person dual
• second-person singular
• first-person plural
• third-person plural

Translations

the linguistic category referring to multiple people being addressed by the speaker of an utterance

Chinese: Mandarin: 第二人稱複數 / 第二人称复数 (dì'èr rénchēng fùshù) French: deuxième personne du pluriel (fr) f Georgian: მეორე პირის მრავლობითი რიცხვი (meore ṗiris mravlobiti ricxvi), მეორე პირი მრავლობითში (meore ṗiri mravlobitši) German: zweite Person Plural f Italian: seconda persona plurale f Japanese: 二人称複数 (ににんしょうふくすう, nininshō fukusū) Korean: 이인칭 복수 (iinching boksu) Russian: второ́е лицо́ мно́жественного числа́ n (vtoróje licó mnóžestvennovo čislá) Spanish: segunda persona del plural f