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Anonymous Posted 20 years ago
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I am translating some archaic passages in to english and now, I wanted to know if the structure of the sentence below is right or not????please make it correct if it has any problem...by the way the structure must be old fashion.
O you,who have had enough and full now,barley bread pleases not you.
thanks alot.
O you,who have had enough and full now,barley bread pleases not you.
thanks alot.
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by the way the structure must be old fashion. O you,who have had enough and full now,barley bread pleases not you. It's OK, but perhaps for a more archaic feeling: O ye ,who have had full well enough, barley bread pleas eth thee not.
- by the way the structure must be old fashion.
- O you,who have had enough and full now,barley bread pleases not you.
- It's OK, but perhaps for a more archaic feeling: O ye ,who have had full well enough, barley bread pleas eth thee not.
- Best wishes, Clive
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Hi,
I am translating some archaic passages in to english and now, I wanted to know if the structure of the sentence below is right or not????please make it correct if it has any problem...by the way the structure must be old fashion.
O you,who have had enough and full now,barley bread pleases not you.
It's
I am translating some archaic passages in to english and now, I wanted to know if the structure of the sentence below is right or not????please make it correct if it has any problem...by the way the structure must be old fashion.
O you,who have had enough and full now,barley bread pleases not you.
It's
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ye is plural and thou and thee are singular, so doesn't it mess things up a bit using both in one sentence?
I have; thou hast; he hath; we have; ye have; they have
CJ
I have; thou hast; he hath; we have; ye have; they have
CJ
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Hi CJ,
I guess it could be OK if you had a sentence that had a general truth for all men but was spoken to an individual. Consider this conversation between Nicodemus and Jesus, in the Book of John.
3:4 Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be
I guess it could be OK if you had a sentence that had a general truth for all men but was spoken to an individual. Consider this conversation between Nicodemus and Jesus, in the Book of John.
3:4 Nicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be
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I guess it could be OK if you had a sentence that had a general truth for all men but was spoken to an individual.Yes, I agree, and I am amazed that you found such an appropriate passage to illustrate your point! Great research! (You don't happen to have the Bible memorized, do you?!)
Nevertheless, I was quite convinced that, in the original post, th
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Hi,
Your praise should really go to Mr. Google, who returns over 35,000 hits for the phrase " thee, ye ",
and in particular to Richard Bacon, who discusses this whole topic on a King James Bible page at av1611.com/kjbp/articles/bacon-theethou.html I should have taken more care to acknowledge him in my earlier post.
I agree with you abou
Your praise should really go to Mr. Google, who returns over 35,000 hits for the phrase " thee, ye ",
and in particular to Richard Bacon, who discusses this whole topic on a King James Bible page at av1611.com/kjbp/articles/bacon-theethou.html I should have taken more care to acknowledge him in my earlier post.
I agree with you abou
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Yes but he wants to translate it from the archaic language.
Those who have luxuries turn their noses up at simple things!
Those who have luxuries turn their noses up at simple things!
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Hi,
Oh, perhaps you're right.
When I read by the way the structure must be old fashion, I took it to mean that he was translating something archaic in his native language into English, and he wanted the English result to have an old-fashioned tone.
Clive
Oh, perhaps you're right.
When I read by the way the structure must be old fashion, I took it to mean that he was translating something archaic in his native language into English, and he wanted the English result to have an old-fashioned tone.
Clive
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I, too, got the impression that the translation was to be from something archaic-sounding to something equally archaic-sounding, thus requiring a bare minimum of a thee, a thou, two yes and a few whithers, nonces and anons.
Was I cozened? Swinge me not for't, I prithee, sirrah!!!
CJ
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Was I cozened? Swinge me not for't, I prithee, sirrah!!!
CJ
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