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minus-squareJackbyDev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down2·9 days 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-up3·8 days agoYeah but that’s because you see it in archaic contexts. How do you feel about ‘thou art tall’?
minus-squareJackbyDev@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 days agoBut art sounds like are. Is art singular?
minus-squarericecake@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 days agoFrom the dictionary: (archaic) second-person singular simple present indicative of be So, yes?
minus-squarericecake@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 days 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.
“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.