Information about Ye (pronoun)

Ye (IPA: /jiː/) is the second-person, plural, personal pronoun (subject case) in Hiberno-English in which form it derives from archaic Middle English. "Ye" is still a very common word in Ireland today.

It was the Middle English plural of thou.

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Personal pronouns in Middle English
Singular Plural
Subject Object Possessive Subject Object Possessive
FirstImemi(n)weusure
Secondthoutheethyyeyouyour
Third Impersonalhitit/himhishe
they
hem
them
hir
their
Masculinehehimhis
Feminineschehirehir

Etymology

Ye can refer to:
  • Ye (pronoun), the Early Modern English plural nominative of you
  • Ye (surname) (叶), a Chinese surname
  • Ye, often used in early typescript in place of the; William Caxton decided on the glyph Y

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This chart shows concisely the most common way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is applied to represent the English language.

See International Phonetic Alphabet for English for a more complete version and Pronunciation respelling for English for phonetic
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Grammatical person, in linguistics, is deictic reference to the participant role of a referent, such as the speaker, the addressee, and others. Grammatical person typically defines a language's set of personal pronouns.
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grammatical number is grammatical category of nouns, pronouns, and verb agreement that expresses count distinctions (such as "one" or "more than one").[1]
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    Personal pronouns are pronouns often used as substitutes for proper or common nouns.

    English personal pronouns

    Main article: English personal pronouns


    Ordinary English has seven personal pronouns:

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      The nominative case is a grammatical case for a noun, which generally marks the subject of a verb, as opposed to its object or other verb arguments. (Basically, it is a noun that is doing something, usually joined (such as in Latin) with the accusative case.
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      Language codes
      ISO 639-1: none
      ISO 639-2: enm
      ISO 639-3: enm

      Middle English is the name given by historical linguistics to the diverse forms of the English language spoken between the Norman invasion of 1066
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      Middle English}}}
      Language codes
      ISO 639-1: none
      ISO 639-2: enm
      ISO 639-3: enm

      Middle English is the name given by historical linguistics to the diverse forms of the English language spoken between the Norman invasion of 1066
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      thou (pronounced IPA: /ğaʊ/, dialectically various) is a second person singular pronoun in English. It is now largely archaic, having been replaced in almost all contexts by you.
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      I (IPA: /aɪ/) is the first-person, singular personal pronoun (subject case) in Modern English. Personal pronouns in standard Modern English
      Singular Plural
      Subject Object Possessive Subject Object Possessive
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      We (IPA: /wiː/) is the first-person, plural personal pronoun (subject case) in Modern English. Personal pronouns in standard Modern English
      Singular Plural
      Subject Object Possessive Subject Object Possessive
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      thou (pronounced IPA: /ğaʊ/, dialectically various) is a second person singular pronoun in English. It is now largely archaic, having been replaced in almost all contexts by you.
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      Hit (IPA: /hɪt/) was the neuter, third-person, singular, personal pronoun (subject case) in Old English.

      This word would probably have sounded something like Modern English heat.
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      They (IPA: /ğeɪ/) is a third-person, personal pronoun (subject case) in Modern English. Personal pronouns in standard Modern English
      Singular Plural
      Subject Object Possessive Subject Object Possessive
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      He (IPA: /hiː/) is a third-person, singular personal pronoun (subject case) in Modern English. Personal pronouns in standard Modern English
      Singular Plural
      Subject Object Possessive Subject Object Possessive
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      Sche (IPA: /ʃiː/) was the feminine, third-person, singular, personal pronoun (subject case) in Middle English.

      The word sounded similar Modern English she.
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