juliet wants to know what romeo has spoken of her and what he is like. the nurse knows and tries to drag out the conversation and gives excuses after excuses and tells juliet that she's had a long day and out of breath. evenutally juliet is fed up and tells her- if you are so out of breath, than why must you have so many breaths to make up these excuses?
Why in the world would you want to reword it? It's perfect as it is. Unless perhaps you haven't caught on to the "thou art" and "thou hast" and "thou dost" usage. Back in Shakespeare's day, that was how you talked to your good friends, your lover, your childhood nurse, your pets and your servants. To others you would say "you are", "you have" and "you do".
The English language used to have a set of pronouns and verb forms for the second person singular, as do most other languages. In French, for example, if you are talking to one person, you say "Qu'est-ce que tu as fait?" ("What have you done?"), but if you are talking to two or more, you say "Qu'est-ce que vous avez fait?" ("What have you done?") In English, it doesn't matter whether you are talking to one person or more than one, you still say "What have you done?". But it didn't used to be like that; English, like French, used to have different pronouns if you were talking to only one person. And when conjugating verbs, these pronouns took different verb forms. The pronouns are "thou", "thee" and "thy", and correspond to the plural forms "you", "you" and "your". For now, let's talk about "thou", which is used when talking to one person. Where you would be nowadays inclined to say "You are an idiot.", you used to say "Thou are an idiot" instead, except that verbs had special forms when using "thou", usually ending in -st, so that "Thou hast"="You have", "Thou art"="You are", "Thou dost"="You do", "Thou goest"="You go", "Thou beginnest"="You begin" and so on. So you would not say "Thou are an idiot" but rather "Thou art an idiot". The use of these pronouns has been gradually diminishing over the centuries, but they are still used, especially in prayers and poetry.In the example, you will recognize that "hast" is the form of "have" that goes with "thou" (Some will remember a song called "Du hast" by the German group Rammstein, which means, and is almost identical to "thou hast"). "What hast thou done?" therefore means "What have you done?"
It means you are just a horny monkey that wants to get laid
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Because she has figured out that he is her son
Why in the world would you want to reword it? It's perfect as it is. Unless perhaps you haven't caught on to the "thou art" and "thou hast" and "thou dost" usage. Back in Shakespeare's day, that was how you talked to your good friends, your lover, your childhood nurse, your pets and your servants. To others you would say "you are", "you have" and "you do".
"Dust thou art and dust shalt ye return to" just means that our bodies are made from the same materials as our planet, and when we die, they break down and reform into soil."Thy ancestors hast sinned against me ..." means that the original humans disobeyed the God who created them and made Him angry with them.
Although man is small in comparison to the vastness of the universe, yet man matters to and has been placed in a position of honor and responsibility above all of the earthly creatures, second only to the angels. Also God saw fit to send His son for man. 3When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy fingers, the moon and the stars, which thou hast ordained; 4What is man, that thou art mindful of him? and the son of man, that thou visitest him? 5For thou hast made him a little lower than the angels, and hast crowned him with glory and honour. 6Thou madest him to have dominion over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet:
=== === === === Genesis 3:9-15 And the LORD God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou? And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself. And he said, Who told thee that thou wast naked? Hast thou eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldest not eat? And the man said, The woman whom thou gavest to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I did eat. And the LORD God said unto the woman, What is this that thou hast done? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eat. And the LORD God said unto the SERPENT, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed above all cattle, and above every beast of the field; upon thy belly shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life: And I will put enmity between thee and the woman, and between thy seed and her SEED; IT SHALL BRUISE THY HEAD, and thou shalt bruise his heel.John Conover wordwon.wikispaces.com
Certainly! Here are some sentences using thee, thou, thy: I beseech thee, do not leave me. Thou art my dearest friend. Thy presence brings me great joy. I offer this gift to thee in gratitude.
"Where are you".
"Thou Art That" by Joseph Campbell has 160 pages in its paperback edition.
Thou Art Lord was created in 1993.
thou art = you are
The English language used to have a set of pronouns and verb forms for the second person singular, as do most other languages. In French, for example, if you are talking to one person, you say "Qu'est-ce que tu as fait?" ("What have you done?"), but if you are talking to two or more, you say "Qu'est-ce que vous avez fait?" ("What have you done?") In English, it doesn't matter whether you are talking to one person or more than one, you still say "What have you done?". But it didn't used to be like that; English, like French, used to have different pronouns if you were talking to only one person. And when conjugating verbs, these pronouns took different verb forms. The pronouns are "thou", "thee" and "thy", and correspond to the plural forms "you", "you" and "your". For now, let's talk about "thou", which is used when talking to one person. Where you would be nowadays inclined to say "You are an idiot.", you used to say "Thou are an idiot" instead, except that verbs had special forms when using "thou", usually ending in -st, so that "Thou hast"="You have", "Thou art"="You are", "Thou dost"="You do", "Thou goest"="You go", "Thou beginnest"="You begin" and so on. So you would not say "Thou are an idiot" but rather "Thou art an idiot". The use of these pronouns has been gradually diminishing over the centuries, but they are still used, especially in prayers and poetry.In the example, you will recognize that "hast" is the form of "have" that goes with "thou" (Some will remember a song called "Du hast" by the German group Rammstein, which means, and is almost identical to "thou hast"). "What hast thou done?" therefore means "What have you done?"
Thou Art the Man was created in 1844-11.
In modern English, 'thou art my' means 'you are mine.'