How to say “yours” in 32 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.
- Afrikaans joune yours; thine #390
- Albanian yti definite of yt = yours, thine #1,164
- Armenian քոնը #1,009
- Bosnian tvoj your, yours #133
- Bulgarian твоята your, yours #377
- Catalan teu your, yours #70
- Croatian tvoj your, yours #144
- Czech vaše your, yours #160
- Esperanto via your, yours #33
- French vôtre your; yours #1,811
- Galician teu #82
- Georgian შენი your, yours #23
- German deine yours, thine #120
- Greek δικό mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, theirs #227
- Hungarian tiéd #710
- Icelandic yðar your, yours #1,523
- Indonesian kau Second-person singular pronoun: you, your,… #2
- Korean 드림 yours sincerely; used after the name in the… #2,425
- Latvian jūsu your, yours, of you; genitive plural of jūs #73
- Macedonian твој your, yours #435
- Norwegian din your, yours #49
- Polish twój singular second person possessive pronoun;… #125
- Romanian ta #79
- Russian твой your, yours, thy, thine #149
- Serbian tvoj your, yours #140
- Slovak tvoj your, yours #114
- Slovenian vaš your, yours #192
- Spanish tuyo #749
- Swedish din your, yours #47
- Telugu మీది yours - that which belongs to you as… #999
- Ukrainian твоя your, yours, thy, thine #127
- Urdu تیرا second-person singular possessive pronoun:… #1,226
Knowing the word is the easy half.
Using it with someone who speaks the language is the half that sticks.