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minus-squareJackbyDevlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10arrow-down1·19 hours 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-squareSemjaza@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 hours agoThat’s because “is” is the third person conjugation of Be, not the second. Of course it sounds weird. “Thou are”, and the actually correct “thou art” both feel much more natural.
minus-squareJackbyDevlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·19 minutes agoBut we’re back to plural, they said thou is singular.
minus-squaresilasmarinerlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·4 hours agoYeah but that’s because you see it in archaic contexts. How do you feel about ‘thou art tall’?
minus-squareJackbyDevlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·20 minutes agoBut art sounds like are. Is art singular?
minus-squarericecake@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 minutes agoFrom the dictionary: (archaic) second-person singular simple present indicative of be So, yes?
“Thou is tall” sounds weird though.
This made my brain short circuit lol. Can’t believe I never noticed.
That’s because “is” is the third person conjugation of Be, not the second. Of course it sounds weird.
“Thou are”, and the actually correct “thou art” both feel much more natural.
But we’re back to plural, they said thou is singular.
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?