Re: Old Norse (was Re: New to the list)
| From: | Padraic Brown <pbrown@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, June 17, 2000, 19:19 |
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On Sat, 17 Jun 2000, Nik Taylor wrote:
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>> The problem is using the correct verb form...
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>How so?
I use, for regular verbs, -s when using thou: As thou
sees, there's an ess on the end. I'd use "thou are"
rather than "thou art", thou will rather than thou
wilt, which be quite stuffy.
I suppose he's referring to using -st, as thou
mightest imagine.
Speaking thouly, I actually got addressed in the 2nd
singular the other day, at a gas station of all places!
When handing me my change, the attendant said "Here's
thou's change." :) [Certainly no worse than y'all's's!]
Padraic.
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