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determiner

your

yaw
determiner
1
Belonging to, or associated with, the person or people being spoken to.
"Is this your car?"
"Please bring your ID to the appointment."

How to Use Your

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishBelonging to you.

Common mistake

Don't confuse with "you're" (short for "you are") — "your" always shows possession, never a verb.

Easily confused with
you're
Common pairings
your own your best
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Etymology

From Old English ēower, the possessive form of "you," ultimately from a Proto-Germanic root shared with Dutch jouw and German euer.

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