How do you say or write the words "You are" in Old English?

Question

"You" in Old English is "Ye" but what about "Are"?

Also what about "You're" - "you are" put together?

Answer 1

yea

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Answer 2

It depends if you are talking about actual Old English (i.e. Anglo-Saxon) or Elizabethan English as used by the King James Bible and others.

If Elizabethan English, which is what I suspect you mean, then either "Ye are" (such as in Psalm 82:6) or "Thou art" (such as the hymn How Great Thou Art).

If actual Old English, "thu aert" would do it, but I doubt that's what you're looking for.

Answer 3

The single is "thou art" and the plural is "ye are". Both words were sounded -- in other words, there was no such thing as "ye're", at least not in writing. The subjunctive was used more than nowadays, so sometimes you might come across such things as "if ye be".

If you wish to check this point, you will find confirmation in the King James translation of the Bible. http://www.hti.umich.edu/k/kjv/

Answer 4

Well, in Shakespeare`s `language`, `you are` can be written as `thou art` (see his Sonnets). `Thou`(or `thee`, when `you` is the object of a verb) means `you`, and `art` is the verb `to be` in the 2nd person singular, in Old English. If you mean `you`the 2nd person plural form, `you are` can be written as `ye are`. I do not know of any old form of `you`re`. Good luck!

Answer 5

There were two verbs 'to be' in OE - wesan and beon.

So, you are (singular) is þu eart/bist, (plural) ge sint/sindon/beoþ.

þ is pronounced 'th' as in 'thou'
ge is pronounced 'ye' or 'yay' (in mod. English)

EDIT: With respect, the first answer refers to Middle English, a later period than Old English.

Answer 6

Plural
ye are.

singular
thou art.

Chaucer sai artow, for art thou.

Answer 7

Thou art.

Answer 8

i dont know the first one but you are: you re

Answer 9

ye r..
thy self..