
| Anonymous #595338 9 months ago |
LEARN EARLY MODERN ENGLISH OR DON'T TRY TO USE IT |
| Kayl #595346 9 months ago |
My what? |
| SpecialAnon #595395 9 months ago |
Should be "Thou thinketh thou can take thee? Prepare thyself."
Thou - You Thee - Me Thy - Your |
| Anonymous #595871 9 months ago |
Thou is second person singular Subjective, as in "Thou art a foal."
Thee is second person singular Objective, as in "Luna gave thee candy." Thy is the the second person possessive article, as in "Thy cleavage both arouses and disturbs me." More importantly, all of these forms are only used when you are closely familiar with the person you're speaking to. |
| Anonymous #596241 9 months ago |
^
*took a note* Thanks man! |
| Anonymous #598413 9 months ago |
^ omg all u guis are total loosers |
| NucleicTwist #599827 9 months ago |
When you're closely familiar, or when you're a social superior to whomever you're talking to (as Princess Luna would be to everypony except for Celestia... whom she would be closely familiar with, anyway). So Luna gets to use all those fun fun thees and thous. :)
Ironically enough, one of the special rules of early modern english is that all animals are considered social inferiors to all humans, _except_ for horses, who are considered nobility when being referred to. So humans shouldn't use thee and thou when referring to horses. TIL! |
| Taco_Bandit #704458 8 months ago |
I know I know, I'm not good with Old English. I tried researching on how I should use it and gave it my best. I didn't upload this to Ponibooru on purpose since I knew this how people would react. In DA on the artist's description I asked if anypony would help me correct any mistake in the dialog. Because I'm not perfect...not in the slightest. So please forgive me in my lack of knowledge of Old English. I gave it a shot, I didn't plan for it to be on this site. |