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Hi Hope u are well)) Could someone explain to me what “ ye” means? and when this word is used. Thank you in advance!
Jul 28, 2022 6:59 PM
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"Ye" is often used in olden poetic and religious literature. It's used when referring to more than one person. "You"=singular and "ye" = plural. Eg, the King James version of the Christian Bible makes use of the word. "Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field,which to day is, and to morrow is cast into the oven,shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith?".
July 28, 2022
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Actually, both "ye" and "you" are plural; the difference is that "ye" is object case, while "you" is the object case. Nowadays, we always use "you" for both subject and object. The singular forms of you were "thou" (subject, tú), "thee" (object, ti, te), and the possessive "thy" (tu). The singular forms are no longer used in everyday standard English, having dropped out of use about 400 years ago as too informal (much as "vos" replaced "tú" in Spanish). Note that "ye / you" is cognate with Spanish "vos / os" (and Russian equivalents), while "thou / thee / thine" is cognate with Spanish "tú / te, ti / tu", as well as the Russian words.
July 28, 2022
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¡Hola Kristina! Espero que estés bien y que estés teniendo una buena semana. Mi nombre es Anmol y estaré muy feliz de ayudarte con tu inglés si tú quieres, especialmente porque tengo un nivel C2 de fluidez en el idioma ya cambio espero recibir tu ayuda con mi español, a través de conversaciones regulares por Skype o Zoom o Google Meet, lo que prefieras. Avísame sí estás interesada y gracias de antemano por leer este comentario, ¡espero que sigas aprendiendo inglés para convertirte en un mejor hablante del idioma! 😊
August 4, 2022
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July 28, 2022
Thank you so much ❤️ for your soon reply)
July 28, 2022
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