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minus-squareJackbyDev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down2·2 months ago“Thou is tall” sounds weird though. you already use a grammatically plural pronoun to refer to individuals all the time: the word “you”. It’s always “you are tall”, This made my brain short circuit lol. Can’t believe I never noticed.
minus-squaresilasmariner@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoYeah but that’s because you see it in archaic contexts. How do you feel about ‘thou art tall’?
minus-squareJackbyDev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoBut art sounds like are. Is art singular?
minus-squarericecake@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoFrom the dictionary: (archaic) second-person singular simple present indicative of be So, yes?
minus-squarericecake@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoTo convey uncertainty, because the dictionary classification of the word was a bit of a mouthful, and I was only 90% certain that I was interpreting it correctly.
minus-squareDasus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·2 months agoIt’s “thee is tall.” He, she, thee.
minus-squareJackbyDev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoAhhh, that makes so much more sense.
minus-squarenjaard@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-22 months agoNo, that’s incorrect. It’s “Thou are tall” or “Thou art tall” Nominative Oblique Possessive Thou Thee Thy/Thine* I Me My/Mine* He Him His She Her Her/Hers** You You Your/Yours** * Used as an object (It is thine) or historically, when the following word started in the vowel (Thine eyes sparkle like diamonds, Mine ears ache) ** Used as an object (it is hers)
minus-squareDasus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoYes I too, read the Wikipedia entry for thou/thee. Are the Outlander writers just dumb or something then? Or is what you’re referring to (“thou art”) just a different context. Because in Outlander, the quakers clearly use “thee is” and not “thou art/are”. Because they use it as the second person singular. Minor spoilers for latest season of Outlander Thee is a wolf
“Thou is tall” sounds weird though.
This made my brain short circuit lol. Can’t believe I never noticed.
Yeah but that’s because you see it in archaic contexts. How do you feel about ‘thou art tall’?
But art sounds like are. Is art singular?
From the dictionary: (archaic) second-person singular simple present indicative of be
So, yes?
Why the question mark?
To convey uncertainty, because the dictionary classification of the word was a bit of a mouthful, and I was only 90% certain that I was interpreting it correctly.
It’s “thee is tall.”
He, she, thee.
Ahhh, that makes so much more sense.
No, that’s incorrect.
It’s “Thou are tall” or “Thou art tall”
Nominative Oblique Possessive Thou Thee Thy/Thine* I Me My/Mine* He Him His She Her Her/Hers** You You Your/Yours*** Used as an object (It is thine) or historically, when the following word started in the vowel (Thine eyes sparkle like diamonds, Mine ears ache)
** Used as an object (it is hers)
Yes I too, read the Wikipedia entry for thou/thee.
Are the Outlander writers just dumb or something then? Or is what you’re referring to (“thou art”) just a different context.
Because in Outlander, the quakers clearly use “thee is” and not “thou art/are”.
Because they use it as the second person singular.
Minor spoilers for latest season of Outlander
Thee is a wolf