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| ***2nd person plural came to be used to show equal status, thus as a courtesy | | ***2nd person plural came to be used to show equal status, thus as a courtesy |
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| === "you" origins ===
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| * useful for Shakespeare "you" translations
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| !2nd person case
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| ! colspan="2" |Nominative
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| (subject)
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| ! colspan="2" |Indicative
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| (a command)
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| ! colspan="2" |Accusative
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| (also "objective" for direct object)
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| ! colspan="2" |Dative
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| (indirect object)
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| ! colspan="2" |Genetive
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| (possessive)
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| !Reflexive
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| !singular
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| !plural
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| !singular
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| !singular
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| !singular
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| !singular
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| !plural
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| |you
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| |singular or
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| |you go
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| |you [all] go
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| |You listen!
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| |You [all] listen!
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| |he spoke to you
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| |he speaks to you [all]
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| |he gives you a horse
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| |he gives you (all) a horse
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| |your book
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| |[all] your book
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| |do it yourself
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| |do it yourselves
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| |thou
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| |thou goest
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| |he speeketh to thee
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| |he givest thee a horse
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| |thy
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| |thy kingdom
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| |singular possessive of words that begin w/ a vowel
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| |ye
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| |Ye goeth
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| My Lord, ye goeth
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| |Ye listen!
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| |Hear ye!
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| == Categories == | | == Categories == |