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As the singular, with you/ye as the plural. (Then later you was used as the formal form with thou as the familiar, like French's tu vs vous, and then later the
by _emacsomancer_ 8y ago
As the singular, with you/ye as the plural. (Then later you was used as the formal form with thou as the familiar, like French's tu vs vous, and then later the informal thou/thee fell out of the use. [And new plural forms were innovated, e.g. youse, y'all etc.])
- wool_gather 8y agoRight; classically the counterpart to "you" in English would have been "usted" in Spanish. (Not really anymore, of course, since English doesn't use the formal/familiar distinction.)