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

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  • 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