Warbler said:

darth_ender said:

Sadly, the picture's grammar skills are lacking as well, since in the language in use there would require a conjugation of the singular second-person in every verb. "Thou hast [correct] imbibed alcohol and are [should be art] intoxicated." Also, the correct possessive pronoun should be used. You is plural, thou is singular, and thus we should use the singular possessive pronoun: thy, or in this case, thine, as it is followed by a word that begins with a vowel (much like when we use an instead of a). "Return to thine abode, sir." Sloppy!

What was this thread about? ;)

shouldn't it be

"Returneth to thine abode, sir. Thou hast imbibethed alcohol art intoxicated"

: P

Terrible, Warbler. Utterly terrible! Perhaps I should create a thread on Early Modern English grammar.

Returneth is the third-person singular conjugation in the indicative mood. E.g. "He returneth..." Return, in this case, is in the imperative mood, or as you probably would call it, a command. It's simply return. And hast + past participle verb indicates the perfect tense. You wouldn't say today, "You have went to the store," or worse (and closer to what you have done), "You have goned to the store." Again, the -eth conjugation indicates third-person present, and speaking to you means speaking in second-person; in this case, you have combined a present and past tense conjugation in a gruesome butchering of a slightly older version of our language. You should be ashamed! ;)

Return to thine abode, Warbler. Thou hast imbibed alcohol and art intoxicated. ;)