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古英语中“thou hast”“thou doth”以及在动词后加“est”的用法解释?

古英语和现代英语中的第二人称代词对应如下:

古英语:

thou,

thee,

thy,

thine,

thyself

现代:you(主语),you(宾语),

your

,

yours,

yourself

thou

hast

=

you

have

thou

dost

=

you

do

在“thou"后面出现的动词在古英语中通常以“-st"或“-est"结尾,现在时和过去时都是这样。至于原因我想是约定俗成的用法。常用动词举例:

to

be:

thou

art

(thou'rt),

thou

wast

to

do:

thou

dost,

thou

didst

to

go:

thou

goest,

thou

wentest

to

have:

thou

hast,

thou

hadst

to

know:

thou

knowest,

thou

knewest

to

drive:

thou

drivest,

thou

drovest

to

make:

thou

makest,

thou

madest

to

love:

thou

lovest,

thou

lovedest

to

pull:

thou

pullest,

thou

pulldest

to

write:

thou

writest,

thou

wrotest

to

turn:

thou

turnest,

thou

turnedst

to

return:

thou

returnest,

thou

returnedst

to

wear:

thou

wearst,

thou

worest

may:

thou

mayst,

thou

myghte

shall:

thou

shalt,

thou

shouldst

will:

thou

wilt