you
the person or people being spoken to
How often you will meet it
Rank 13 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 2,122,508 times across 155,139 chapters — 1.009% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 100 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
pronoun
- the person or people being spoken to
you in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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I remember you told me his name.
Christian's Mistake · Dinah Maria Mulock Craik · Chapter 1
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You do anything in the world to gain a reputation.
The Picture of Dorian Gray · Oscar Wilde · Chapter 1
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You were a more uncertain quantity than Ted and Harry.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1
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Try every child in every child's part before you make your final selection of the cast of characters.
The White Christmas and other Merry · Walter Ben Hare · Chapter 1
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I can't keep you from doin' it, I reckon, but I do ask you not to sell without lettin' me know.
The Heart of the Hills · John, Jr. Fox · Chapter 1