y'all's

Your group's, informally

Y'all's is the possessive form of y'all, the second-person plural pronoun used primarily in Southern American English.

It indicates that something belongs to or is associated with the group being addressed: Y'all's dog got loose again or Is this y'all's house?

The construction follows the standard English possessive pattern by adding 's to the pronoun, though some speakers prefer the alternative spelling y'alls' or simply use your when addressing groups.

southern

Texas

Second-largest American state

  • dialectRegional language variety
  • drawlUnhurried, elongated speech pattern
  • folksyInformally friendly and simple

informal · colloquial · regional · Appalachian · hospitality · down-home · vernacular · homespun · country · warmth

inclusive

group

Assembled collection of things

assembled · collective · together · bunch · crowd · folks · gang · crew · family · community

possession

belongings

Things you possess

group's · collective · shared · owned · everyone's · theirs · ours · family's · team's · community's

Opposites
grammatical person/possession

y'all'smy

First-person possessive

mine · our · ours · his · her

register/formality

y'all'syour

Second-person possessive

one's · yours · thy · thine · proper English

Phrases
Family

all, y'all, you all, you'll, you-all

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Known to kids · Mostly American · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G