Re: Some things

From: "Balazs Sudar" <conlang@...>
> - Verb forms like 'hast' 'shalt' etc. Where there any common forms for the
>   verbs in sing. 2nd and 3rd person, like in other languages?
There were (IIRC: 2nd -st and 3rd -th) but they aren't common anymore.

> - Personal pronouns: 'thou' and 'ye' are the sing. and pl. forms of 'you'?
>   acc. and dative are 'thee' in sing. but what's the form in pl.?
The plural acc/dat is "you".

> - Is 'nay' simply an older form of 'no'?
It's a different form, but not an ancestor of "no".

> - Using 'whence' and 'thence', 'yestereve' and 'yesteryear' is
>   normal today, or is archaic?
Most are archaic, although "yesteryear" seems more uncommon than archaic.
[dated, too...]

> - What do 'ere', 'hearken', 'naught', 'nigh', 'thus' mean?
"Ere" = before
"hearken" = listen
"naught" = nothing
"nigh" = near
"thus" = so (i.e., in this manner)

> - Can 'for' still be used instead of 'because' and 'save' instead of
>   'exept for'?
"For": Probably not without sounding Biblical.
"Save": possible, but not common.

> - What does 'Would it were not so!' mean?
"would" is a form of "will" -- basically it means "I wish it were not so"

> - He uses 'fair' very often for good, beautiful, etc. He uses 'dwell'
>   for 'live'. Are they common today?
"Fair" for good, beautiful, light only in certain contexts (e.g. "fair
weather").  But usually "fair" means simply acceptable.

"Dwell": not common, but not unacceptable.

[Notice that I am not a professional, and I may be mistaken.. plus a lot of this
is up to individual use]

    *Muke!
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