No. 30 in Afrikaans

jou

"Jou" means "your" or "you" (object form) in English.

In a sentence

Ek sien jou by die winkel.
I see you at the store.
Here, 'jou' is used as a second person singular object pronoun meaning 'you'.
Dit is jou boek op die tafel.
That is your book on the table.
In this sentence, 'jou' functions as a possessive pronoun to indicate ownership, meaning 'your'.
My droom is om jou eendag in Parys te ontmoet.
My dream is to meet you in Paris one day.
Here, 'jou' again is a second person singular object pronoun, emphasizing the person being referred to.

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