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Re: Some things

From:Muke Tever <mktvr@...>
Date:Saturday, November 2, 2002, 12:57
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! -- http://www.frath.net/

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