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 Ricardo14 Ricardo14 May 31, 2016 May 31, 2016 at 11:14:18 PM UTC link Permalink

Is this English?

mailohilohi mailohilohi May 31, 2016 May 31, 2016 at 11:27:46 PM UTC link Permalink

Yes: archaic English. For instance, the King James Bible has a line that goes, "Thou shalt not live; for thou speakest lies in the name of the LORD".

cueyayotl cueyayotl June 1, 2016, edited June 1, 2016 June 1, 2016 at 12:39:12 AM UTC, edited June 1, 2016 at 12:51:19 AM UTC link Permalink

@Ricardo14

It means "You speak." where 'you' is singular. It is archaic, though with this spelling it is considered Early Modern English (still ISO 639-3 ENG), and not Middle English [ENM]. For it to be Middle English, it would have to be of the form "Þou/þu/tu/þeou spækest/spekest" (though 'th' can replace 'þ', it wasn't common until the late 14th century)
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/...Middle_English

As for usage, use this only as a joke, or around Renaissance fairs:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renaissance_fair

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This sentence was initially added as a translation of sentence #939034Du snackst..

thou speakest

added by Ealdwimor, January 26, 2014
➜ #939034Du snackst.

linked by Ealdwimor, January 26, 2014
Thou speakest

edited by Ealdwimor, January 26, 2014
➜ #3008459Gij spreekt.

linked by PaulP, September 9, 2014
➜ #3008462Ge spreekt.

linked by PaulP, September 9, 2014
Thou speakest.

edited by PaulP, September 9, 2014
➜ #3489171

linked by polyglotti, September 11, 2014
➜ #3489193Εσύ μιλάς.

linked by polyglotti, September 11, 2014
➜ #3489171

unlinked by Horus, January 20, 2015
➜ #736316Tu parles.

linked by Horus, January 20, 2015
➜ #4824706Tu falas.

linked by Sistemas, January 11, 2016
➜ #3217274Du taler.

linked by Thanuir, April 10, 2019
➜ #7844368Sinä puhut.

linked by Thanuir, April 10, 2019
➜ #7844369Puhut.

linked by Thanuir, April 10, 2019
➜ #3011011Vous parlez.

linked by Thanuir, April 10, 2019
➜ #8846870Збориш.

linked by Lebad, June 18, 2020