different between yee vs yere

English

Alternative forms

• ye

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ji/

Pronoun

yee (personal pronoun)

1. (archaic and Tyneside) you (the people being addressed); Alternative spelling of ye
2. obsolete emphatic of ye
   • 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost Book V

     Speak yee who best can tell, ye sons of light,
     Angels, for yee behold him, and with songs
     And choral symphonies, Day without Night,
     Circle his Throne, rejoycing, yee in Heav'n,
     On Earth joyn all yee Creatures to extoll.

Interjection

yee

1. (slang) yes

Anagrams

• Eye, eye

Luganda

Adverb

yee

1. yes

Antonyms

• aaa

References

The Essentials of Luganda, J. D. Chesswas, 4th edition. Oxford University Press: Nairobi. 1967, p. 152.

Middle English

Pronoun

yee

1. Alternative form of ye (“you”)

Navajo

Postposition

yee

1. with, by means of, by means of it

Yola

Particle

yee

1. yes

References

• Jacob Poole (1867) , William Barnes, editor, A glossary, with some pieces of verse, of the old dialect of the English colony in the baronies of Forth and Bargy, County of Wexford, Ireland, J. Russell Smith, ?ISBN

English

Etymology 1

From ye analogous to your<you

Pronunciation

• Strong form: IPA^(key): /ji??/, IPA^(key): /i??/; Weak form: IPA^(key): /j??/
• Rhymes: -??(r)
• Rhymes: -??(?)

Pronoun

yere (possessive)

1. (Ireland) your (plural); of ye, belonging to ye
   • 2001 Martin McDonagh The Lieutenant of Inishmore, Scene 8:

     What I want ye to remember, as the bullets come out through yere foreheads, is […]

   • 2012 Kerry O'Shea Edinburgh’s Fringe festival thinks The Rubberbandits are English IrishCentral 27 July 2012:

     The Rubberbandits took to their Twitter (@Rubberbandits) on Tuesday in the wake of the Fringe fest’s apparent typo saying that, “@edfringe As much as we'd love to swear allegiance to Lizzie. Could ye change our country of origin from "England" to Ireland on yere site?” (sic)

   • 2012 Christy O'Connor "The first great rivalry of the 21st century" Irish Independent, 28 July 2012:

     "I've been listening to yere s**** there all day about how great ye are," he told them. "Who the hell do ye think ye are with yere two All-Irelands and one ambush?"

Usage notes

Especially in the south and west of Ireland. The yod-dropping pronunciation is more dialectal.

Etymology 2

Noun

yere (plural yeres)

1. Obsolete spelling of year

Anagrams

• Eyer, Eyre, Reye, eery, eyer, eyre, yeer

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

yere

1. Alternative form of ere (“ear”)

Etymology 2

Noun

yere

1. Alternative form of yeer (“year”)

Spanish

Verb

yere

1. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of yerar.
2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of yerar.
3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of yerar.
4. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of yerar.

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English hear.

Verb

yere

1. To hear

Turkish

Noun

yere

1. dative singular of yer