Yo

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Trigedasleng

Etymology

From English y'all.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ˈjɔ/

Rhymes:

Determiner

yo

  1. your; second person plural personal possessive adjective
    Hod yo trigplei op.
    Hold your fire.
    -Indra (The 100, Episode 202)

Pronoun

yo (second person plural, singular yu)

  1. you, you all; second person plural personal pronoun
    Ai don tel yo op, ai nou lufa sich au.
    I told you I don't want trouble.
    -Roan (The 100, Episode 302)
Inflection
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Creation and Usage Notes

Among the things I was most happy with in Trigedasleng was the reintroduction of a definitive second person plural pronoun. Right now English has a kind of unofficial second person plural that has specific regional/dialectal connotations. In Trigedasleng, it simply is. Quite handy!

-David J. Peterson 16:52, 5 May 2020 (PDT)