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What does thou greasy dog-hearted jack-a-nape translate from Shakespeare to modern English?
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What does comest thou hither naught mean?
Absolutely nothing. You were doing fine until the word "naught". "Thou comest" is the singular form of "you come" which is now somewhat obsolete. Reversing the order into "comest thou" makes it a question, as "Are you coming" is the question form of "You are coming". "Hither" means "toward here" or "toward me", although the direction is already implied by the use of the word "come". Thus "Comest thou hither" means the same as "Are you coming here" which is all well and good. But the word "naught" means "nothing", so "Comest thou hither naught" means "Are you coming here nothing." which means . . . naught.
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.
What does Shakespeare mean by the word rememberest?
The pronoun "thou" which has now for the most part become restricted in use to devotional and poetic uses, was in the Middle English period the only way to talk about someone in the second person singular. Nowadays if we say "You are a fathead" and "You are a bunch of fatheads" we use the same pronoun, "you" and the same verb form "are". But in the Early Modern English period, and with decreasing frequency over the centuries, instead of saying "You are a fathead" people would say "Thou art a fathead." (They would still say "You are a bunch of fatheads"--that hasn't changed) They used "thou" instead of "you", and that meant a different verb form "art" instead of "are" The different verb forms applied to all verbs. Usually this meant the same verb stem with -st or -est on the end. "Thou meanest" is the same as "you mean"; "thou canst" is "you can"; "thou goest" is "you go"; "thou mayest" is "you may"; "thou hadst" is "you had". Using this pattern it is easy to see what "rememberest" must mean. I gave you the long answer in the hope that you will never have to ask the meaning of a verb form ending in -st again.
What does doth mean?
In middle English the verb "to do" was conjugated as follows: I do Thou doest He doeth or she doeth We do You do They do In Early Modern English, "doeth" became "doth" and eventually "does"
What is the modern word for the archaic word thee?
The modern English word for "thee" is you. Thee and thou are used the same way as our modern you and your.
Four-letter word same as you?
Thou. However, it is rarely used in modern English.
What is the modern version of thou?
The answer is, you. As in: Thou are a fair maid: you are a fair maid.
The lord said thou art my?
In modern English, 'thou art my' means 'you are mine.'
What does thoued mean?
Why, I do know what thou means for I am from the renissance. Thou is the original word for thy humans word "You:" What an interesting word. Alas, here is my answer, and here are you. Goodbye
What part of speech is the word thou?
Thou is an older version of you, and you is a pronoun, therefore, Thou is a pronoun.
What is ' thou art ' in modern English?
"Thou art" in modern English translates to "you are." It is an archaic expression that was commonly used in older forms of English, such as Shakespearean language.
What does didst mean?
It is an old English word that means the same as did or do. Usually accompanied by the word thou. Such as--> Didst thou say your prayers?
Is thou a plural or a singular?
"Thou" is a singular pronoun, used to address one person informally in Early Modern English. Its plural form is "ye" or "you."
Is the word they the same as the word thou?
Thou is a pronoun meaning you (an old use),using as the singular subject of a verb. So, it has no relationship with the word they.
What does where art thou mean?
"Where art thou" means "where are you." The use of the word "thou" indicates the speaker is asking someone who is on friendly, informal terms with him, or her.
How many times does the word thou appear in King James Bible?
In the King James version the word - thou - appears 5474 times
