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your | yer |

As a determiner your

is belonging to you; of you; related to you (singular; one owner).

As a pronoun yer is

eye dialect of lang=en.

As an adverb yer is

eye dialect of yeah1|lang=en, yes.

As a contraction yer is

eye dialect of you're1|lang=en, you are.

As a noun yer is

either of the letters ъ and ь in Cyrillic alphabets, which originally represented phonemically the ultra-short vowels in Slavic languages.

your

English

(wikipedia your)

Determiner

  • Belonging to you; of you; related to you (singular; one owner).
    • Let's meet tomorrow at your convenience .
    Is this your cat?
  • Belonging to you; of you; related to you (plural; more owners).
  • A determiner that conveys familiarity and mutual knowledge of the modified noun.
    • Not your average Tom, Dick and Harry.
    Your Show of Shows
    Your World with Neil Cavuto
    Not Your Average Travel Guide
  • * Glanvill
    • Like your heroes of antiquity, he charges in iron.

    Usage notes

    * In US English, is frequent even in positions of stress. * The use of your instead of you're is a common mistake in English.

    See also

    (English personal pronouns)

    Statistics

    * 1000 English basic words

    yer

    English

    Etymology 1

    Pronoun

    (English Pronouns)
  • (UK, slang, or, dialectal)
  • * 1991 , Thomas Hayden, The Killing Frost , London: Random Century Group
    • 'Make yer way down to the station,' he said.
  • :1997 , , (w, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone) , iv:
  • ::‘Las’]] time I saw you, you was only a baby,’ said the giant. ‘[[yeh, Yeh look a lot like yer' dad, but yeh’ve got ' yer mum’s eyes.’
  • (UK, slang, or, dialectal, uncommon)
  • *1992 , Mary Jane Staples, Sergeant Joe
  • *:'Still, yer got nice looks,' said Ella.
    • Derived terms
    * yerself, yerselves

    Adverb

  • (UK, slang, or, dialectal) , yes.

    • Contraction

    (en-cont)
  • (UK, slang, or, dialectal) , you are.
  • *1991 , Kathleen Dayus, Where There's Life , London: Virago Press Ltd
  • *:Yer a lotta nosey parkers.
  • :1997 , , (w, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone) , iv:
  • ::‘Ah, go boil yer heads, both of yeh,’ said Hagrid. ‘Harry – yer a wizard.’
    • See also
    * ya * jer

    Etymology 2

    (wikipedia yer)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Either of the letters in Cyrillic alphabets, which originally represented phonemically the ultra-short vowels in Slavic languages.

    • Anagrams

    * English second person pronouns Geordie English ----