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KSPAtlas@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

Are there any situations where the second person singular forms of a verb are not the same as the plural ones?

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smeenz@lemmy.nz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
The verb follows the conjugation of the subject , and in modern English, the singular second person is the same word as the plural second person (you) , but that wasn’t always the case. In Old English, the second person plural was thou, and verbs conjugated differently - you are (singular) and thou art (plural).

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- KSPAtlas@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  You mixed up singular and plural, thou was used for singular/informal situations and ye (you) was used for plural/formal situations
  
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  - smeenz@lemmy.nz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Oh, so I did.
    
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funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
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- KSPAtlas@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  That’s not a verb
  
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