How to say “second-person” in 35 languages
Every one of these is a word that turns up in ordinary speech, not a dictionary curiosity — the number beside it is where it ranks in that language.
It is commonest in Indonesian, where kau is the 2nd most used word.
- Albanian doni second-person plural present… #229
- Arabic عليكم second-person plural masculine of عَلَى #440
- Armenian լինես second-person singular future… #414
- Basque zure Second-person singular personal pronoun; you #13
- Bengali যেতে second-person familiar habitual/conditional… #63
- Bosnian ste second-person plural present of bȉti #44
- Bulgarian ти You, thou; the second-person singular pronoun… #14
- Catalan vau second-person plural present indicative of… #660
- Croatian ste second-person plural present of bȉti #42
- Czech nejsi second-person singular present indicative of… #428
- Dutch jij you; second-person singular subjective… #40
- Finnish etsit second-person singular present/past… #2,142
- French parlez second-person plural present… #832
- Galician vós second-person plural nominative personal… #264
- Georgian გილოცავ first-person singular present indicative with… #693
- Hebrew אותך Form of אֵת including second-person masculine… #32
- Hungarian igazad second-person singular single-possession… #501
- Icelandic ert you are, second-person of vera #26
- Indonesian kau Second-person singular pronoun: you, your,… #2
- Italian hai second-person singular present indicative of… #32
- Korean 너 second-person singular informal pronoun; you #61
- Latvian esi are; second-person singular present… #34
- Lithuanian matai second-person singular present of matýti #200
- Malay you second-person pronoun #339
- Persian مرا a second-person pronoun; تو as a grammatical… #1,211
- Portuguese tu second-person singular prepositional pronoun #54
- Russian тебя second-person singular, nominative case: you,… #25
- Serbian ste second-person plural present of bȉti #42
- Slovak mlč second-person singular imperative of mlčať #1,889
- Slovenian si second-person singular present of bíti #9
- Spanish vos you, familiar form of the second-person… #1,315
- Tagalog niyo second-person plural indirect personal noun:… #59
- Turkish misin second-person singular simple of mi #50
- Ukrainian знаєш second-person singular present of зна́ти impf #94
- Urdu آپ second-person subjective or objective… #5
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.