your
あなたの
解説 Definition
相手に属する物や、相手と関係する事柄であることを示す語。必ず名詞の前に置く。
A possessive determiner placed before a noun to show that a person or thing belongs to, is associated with, or concerns the person or people being addressed. It is used for both singular and plural you.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
you が「あなた」、your が「あなたの＋名詞」と形を広げる語だと覚えると定着しやすいです。your name、your family、your phone のように、直後には必ず名詞が来ます。「これはあなたのです」と名詞なしで言う場合は This is yours. となるため、your と yours をセットで区別しましょう。
Connect you with your by treating your as “belonging or relating to you” plus a following noun: your name, your family, and your passport. The noun is essential because your is a determiner, not a stand-alone possessive pronoun. When the noun is omitted, use yours instead: “This is your bag,” but “This bag is yours.” Learn these two sentence frames together. Your works whether you are speaking to one person or several people, so its form does not change with the number of listeners.
例文
What is your name?
お名前は何ですか。
Please bring your passport.
パスポートを持ってきてください。
Your idea sounds great.
あなたの案はとてもよさそうです。
your の類義語・関連語
派生語
紛らわしい語
your の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古英語の二人称複数代名詞に関係する ēower に由来し、後に単数・複数を問わず相手を示す所有形となりました。you に対応する所有限定詞で、your name のように後続する名詞を限定します。
Your developed from Old English ēower, a possessive form connected with the second-person plural pronoun. As you replaced older distinctions between singular thou and plural ye, your came to serve for both singular and plural addressees. In modern English it is a possessive determiner corresponding to you and must normally introduce a noun or noun phrase, as in your name.
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