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Tiffany lam
as fair art thou my bonnie lass
it's so hard to understand!!!
what is the meaning of as fair art thou???? what is the grammar? please
15 giu 2017 06:11
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Your poem is a few centuries out of date.
"Thou art" used to be the familiar singular of "you are." "Bonnie lass" still means "pretty girl" -- at least in Scotland (probably wouldn't be understood by many Americans). "Fair" means "light skinned" -- it used to be a synonym for "pretty." So: "As attractive as you are, my pet girl...."
15 giugno 2017
it's a verse from a poem, isn't it?
I'm sorry, but I'm not good at analysing poetry. I'd suggest you look it up.
15 giugno 2017
Hi Nelson,
This is Old Scots, so would never be used in a real life context. I imagine you read this? The sentence above is from a poem by Scottish Poet Robbie Burns.
The meaning would be roughly 'you are a very beautiful girl'
These days some of this words would still be used in the Scots dialect.
Bonnie = beautiful
lass = girl
Here 'fair' would also mean pretty or beautiful.
Christine
15 giugno 2017
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Cinese (mandarino), Inglese, Tedesco, Giapponese
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