what is ye?

Question

i have always say ye and people ask wat is ye well i dont know so wat is ye????

Answer 1

It is an archaic spelling of "the", and can also mean "you".

Answer 2

You is derived from Old English ge or ȝe (both pronounced roughly like Modern English yea), which was the old nominative case form of the pronoun, and eow, which was the old accusative case form of the pronoun. In Middle English the nominative case became ye, and the oblique case (formed by the merger of the accusative case and the former dative case) was you. In early Modern English either the nominative or the accusative forms have been generalized in most dialects. Most generalized you; some dialects in the north of England and Scotland generalized ye, or use ye as a clipped or clitic form of the pronoun.

Ye and you are cognate with Dutch jij and jou, German ihr, Gothic jus and Old Norse ér. (Modern Icelandic þér is a variant form due to alteration of phrases like háfiþ ér (you have) into háfi þér etc.) The specific form of this pronoun is unique to the Germanic languages, but the Germanic forms ultimately do relate to the general Indo-European forms represented by Latin vos.

Note that in the early days of the printing press, the letter y was used in place of the þ, so many modern instances of ye (such as in "Ye Olde Shoppe") are in fact examples of the and not of you.

Answer 3

It is "Old English" for "you". It is often found in older translations of the Bible, or classic English literature.

Answer 4

It means "you". It is Shakespearian English and not used anymore.

Answer 5

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nominative_case

early modern English....found for example in many Biblical translations.

Example... Oh ye of little faith.

Answer 6

you say it and you don't know what it is? how are we supposed to know?

Answer 7

It means you.........