Pronouns and Basic Verbs
Which Elizabethan word from the list means modern-day "you" when used at the beginning of a sentence?
Thou
Which single-word listed means "goodbye"?
"adieu"
Which single listed word means "nothing"?
nought
Modernize: "Thou dost make a foul out of me." (Give a short modern equivalent phrase.)
"You make a fool out of me."
Which term is the archaic third-person singular present form meaning "has"?
hath
Which two-word contraction in the list is used to mean "it were" (i.e., "if it were")?
"’twere"
Which term from the list means "enemy"?
foe
Modernize: "Alas, 'twas all for naught."
"Alas, it was all for nothing."
Which pair are both forms of "do/does" in Shakespearean language found in the list?
"doth" / "dost"
Which short interjection in the list means "wait a minute" or "hold on"?
"soft"
Which word in the table refers to a "troublemaker" or dishonest person?
knave
Modernize: "I'faith, my lord, I ne'er breathed a word of this to any soul."
"Truly, my lord, I never told a soul about this."
Which Elizabethan word from the table is the equivalent of modern "will" or "shall"?
"shall" (listed as "shall" = will)
Which listed term is an archaic polite request synonymous with "please"?
"prithee"
Which term listed means "informed"?
privy
Modernize: "Thou shouldst not have discoursed. T'was twixt thee and me."
"You shouldn't have talked about it. It was between you and me."
Identify the pronoun from the list that means "your" when addressing more than one person.
"thine" (listed as "your (plural)")
Which two-word Elizabethan phrase in the table literally indicates "between" and appears as a contraction?
"’twixt" (appears as "’twixt" = between)
Which listed word means "misery" or great sorrow?
woe
Modernize: "Methinks he is a knave that giveth much woe to thee."
"I think he's a jerk who causes you a lot of pain."