Philip Newton wrote:
>>The Shaqueans don't say "Hello" or "Good bye". When two Shaqueans meet, they
>>usually ask /ri'rja ?/ which literally means "Do/Are/Have thou?" but which
>>actually means "Can I speak to thee?" or "What can I do for thee?" depending
>>on which one speaks first. It's the way to ask "Can we interact now?" or "Do
>>thou allow me to enter thy personal space?".
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> Saying "Do/are/have thou" is as ungrammatical for me as "do/are/have he".
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> I'm not sure whether you were aware of these conjugation forms for
> "thou", which is why I pointed them out.
Of course, I know that using "thou" without the corresponding conjugation is
ungrammatical but I use it only to mark the difference in between singular
"you" and plural "you". I don't feel like inserting (sg.) or (pl.) in the
middle of every sentence.
Because (almost) everybody knows that "thou" is 2SG but much less people
know the corresponding conjugation, I don't use it and everybody still
understands.
What was thy question? ;-)
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