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[–] 6 points 3 years ago (2 children)

It's also second person plural (or singular), second person is always ungendered.

First and second person, plural and singular are never gendered: I, you, we, you / y'all / all y'all. The only pronouns that are gendered are the third person singular: he / she / it. Third person plural (they) is also ungendered.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    The most common form (at least where I'm from) of second person plural behind "you all (y'all)" is gendered: "you guys". It's used in an ungendered way increasingly commonly, but "guy" is still gendered to plenty of English speakers.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    "Guys" is sometimes gendered, sometimes not. There really isn't a female-gendered equivalent to "you guys". You could say something like "you gals", but that's just not used. Most often you could say "could you guys follow me?" to a group of women and nobody would think twice about it.

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