Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

The meaning of "you is"

English answer:

you are

Added to glossary by zax
Nov 27, 2006 11:36
18 yrs ago
English term

The meaning of "you is"

Non-PRO English Other Cinema, Film, TV, Drama movie
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00:01:53,988 --> 00:01:56,448
See, that sounds like
you in trouble already, Homer.

23
00:01:56,699 --> 00:01:58,616
Sounds like big trouble
to me, Homer.

24
00:02:01,537 --> 00:02:04,414
- I'm not in trouble.
- Yeah, you is.

25
00:02:04,665 --> 00:02:07,041
I know when people
are in trouble.

Why the hell not "are"?

Discussion

Harry Borsje Nov 27, 2006:
Same stylistic use as in first sub, so quite consistent.
David Moore (X) Nov 27, 2006:
Oh, David...Have you no colloquial Chinese which is gramatically incorrect?
Ken Cox Nov 27, 2006:
Fully agree with writeaway.
writeaway Nov 27, 2006:
no need to get rude about it. it's just colloquial speech. that's all. same meaning as 'you are'.

Responses

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English term (edited): the meaning of
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you are

When the speaker is not educated or not well educated.
Peer comment(s):

agree jccantrell : or he is speaking in a dialect. Read Mark Twain for more than you ever want to know about dialects.
2 hrs
Thanks, jccatrel
agree humbird : With jccantrell. "Him is a good boy" type.
4 hrs
Thanks, Susan
agree Yavor Dimitrov
5 hrs
Thanks,, Tangra
agree Olga Layer
6 hrs
Thanks, Olga
agree Sophia Finos (X)
8 hrs
Thanks, Sophia
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2 days 9 hrs
English term (edited): the meaning of

Sociolinguisticly speaking "You is" is a informal and more intimate version of "You are"

First of all I suggest well-respected friends of us like writeaway to mind their own business which is translation actually and dispense with people's "rudeness". I would just simply try to answer our colleague's question rather than teaching a grown up person some manners. I personally think David has already done good, and I found nothing wrong with the way he brought up the question.

"You is" in English slang is used sometimes not only among those who are "Uneducated" (because obviously every native speaker of the language is already fully aware of the function of You and Are.) but also since there is no singular form for "You" in English when addressing a close person in intimate talks socio-linguisticly a person [specially men's communities] tend to find a solution for a singular YOU which sounds more intimate, so they use "IS" with you which decreases the formal semantic load of plural "You" and gives the context a kind of more friendly and intimate atmosphere. This phenomenon is discussed in Julia Falk's Language and Linguistics and many more classics as well.
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