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Canst hear the breakers roar. Does this mean - Can you not hear the breakers roar?
Yes, that interpretation is correct. "Canst" is an archaic form of "can" used to imply "cannot" in this context. So "Canst hear the breakers roar" would mean "Can you not hear the breakers roar?"
What does canst mean in modern English?
A second person singular present tense of can
What are some bible verses about stars?
Job:9:9: Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south. Job:38:32: Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth in his season? or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons?
What does Canst du deutch sprechen mean?
Kannst du Deutsch sprechen = Can you speak German
And canst not look on iniquity?
Hab:1:13: Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he?
What did polonius advise his son?
"To thine own self be true / And it must follow like the night the day / Thou canst not then be false to any man."
Who quotes This above all to own self be true and it must follow as the night the day thou canst not then be false to any man from Hamlet?
William Shakespeare
You do protest you never injured thee but love thee better than thou canst devise?
You do deny you never injured me but love me better than I cannot imagine
Do protest I never injured thee but love thee better than thou canst devise until thou shalt know the reason of'?
That isn't a question stupid
What are the real names of the canst members in twilight?
Kristen stewart, Robert pattinson, kellan lutz Taylor lautner, Ashley green. I don't know anymore, I hope this helps
Who said lord if you choose you can make me clean?
Matthew 8:2 "And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean." KJV
What does Shakespeare mean by the word canst?
"Canst" is the form of the verb "can" appropriate to the second person singular. The pronoun for this used to be "thou" and all the verbs that went with "thou" ended with "-st" or "-est". So if you were talking to one person it was "thou canst" but if you were talking to a crowd it was "you can". It was the same with all the other verbs: you had, thou hadst; you did, thou didst; you wave, thou wavest; you think, thou thinkst. At some time before Shakespeare's day, the "you" forms started to be used when there was only one person, when they ought to have said "thou". By Shakespeare's day this was happening a lot, and soon after it happened most of the time, and by now it happens almost always. But you can be sure that if you see a verb with "-st" on the end in Shakespeare, there's going to be a "thou" lurking about somewhere.
