Ya vs. You: What's the Difference?
"Ya" is an informal, casual form of "you," often used in spoken or casual written English, whereas "you" is the standard, formal pronoun for addressing someone.
Ya and You Definitions
Ya
Nonstandard spelling of you
You
(object pronoun) The people spoken, or written to, as an object.
Both of you should get ready now.
Ya
(informal) Yeah; yes.
You
(To) yourselves, (to) yourself.
Ya
(informal) Go. (Spoken to horses and cattle.)
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You
(object pronoun) The person spoken to or written to, as an object. (Replacing thee; originally as a mark of respect.)
Ya
Yea; yes
You
(subject pronoun) The people spoken to or written to, as a subject. (Replacing ye.)
You are all supposed to do as I tell you.
Ya
Yea.
You
(subject pronoun) The person spoken to or written to, as a subject. (Originally as a mark of respect.)
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You
(indefinite personal pronoun) Anyone, one; an unspecified individual or group of individuals (as subject or object).
You
The individual or group spoken or written to.
Have you gentlemen come to see the lady who fell backwards off a bus?
You
Used before epithets, describing the person being addressed, for emphasis.
You idiot!
You
(transitive) To address (a person) using the pronoun you (in the past, especially to use you rather than thou, when you was considered more formal).
You
The pronoun of the second person, in the nominative, dative, and objective case, indicating the person or persons addressed. See the Note under Ye.
Ye go to Canterbury; God you speed.
Good sir, I do in friendship counsel youTo leave this place.
In vain you tell your parting loverYou wish fair winds may waft him over.
