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Linguistic and grammatical words.

Subcategories: Abstract Nouns (9), Adjectives (842), Adverbs (29), Conjunctions (33), Interjections (10), Past tense (209), Plural (47), Prepositions (56), Pronouns (65), Punctuation (9), Verbs (743)

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Yis forYank

You yank something when you pull it suddenly and quite hard.

Yis forYawn

A yawn is where your mouth opens wide and you take a deep breath in and out. Yawns just happen by themselves, they are hard to stop.
People and animals yawn when they are tired, stressed, overworked or bored, or for no reason at all. Yawning is infectious - if someone near you yawns, you often start yawning too! You might even start to yawn by looking at a photo of someone yawning, so don't stare at the photo of the yawning cat for too long.

Yis forYearn

You yearn for something when you really, really want to have it. The lizard in the picture is yearning for the freedom of being outside.

Yis forYelled

Yelled is the past tense of yell.
Something is yellowish if it is a little bit yellow but not enough to describe it as completely yellow. Many white things become yellowed as they age, for example the pages of books.

Yis forYes

Yes is the response you make to a question or statement when you agree with it. For example, if someone asks you "do you want some icecream?" you say "yes" if you want some, and "no" if you don't.

Yis forYou

You is a single person being addressed. When you talk about yourself you usually say I or me. When you talk about someone else and you are talking to them, you say you. For example, you are reading this page.

Yis forYoung

Something is young if it hasn't grown up and become an adult yet. Babies and children are young. The opposite of young is old. The boy in the picture is young.

Yis forYour

Your means something belongs to you. For example, "here is your drink".

It is not the same as you're.

Zis forZipped

Zipped is the past tense of zip.