2nd Person Familiar Pronouns To help you understand my play, Romeo and Juliet, I offer you Guide #1 2nd Person Familiar Pronouns Singular Pronouns Thou – Subject: “Thou art my brother.” Thee – Object: “Come, let me clutch thee.” Thy – Possessive Adjective: “What is thy name?” Thine – Possessive Noun: “To thine own self be true.” Plural Pronouns Ye – Subject: “Ye shall know me.”

To help you understand my play, Romeo and Juliet, I offer you Guide #2 Verb Endings Elizabethans liked to add endings to verbs, usually with second person familiar pronouns: “Thou liest, malignant thing.” “What didst thou see?” “Why canst thou not see the difference?”

Shakespeare’s Language Guide #3 Troublesome Words to Know Shakespeare’s Word Definition Anon Until later Aye Yes Bum Backside Catch Song Cog To deceive Coil Trouble Cousin Any close relative Dispatch To hurry E’en Evening Fare-thee-well Goodbye Fie A curse Shakespeare’s Word Definition List Listen Mayhap Maybe Morrow Day Nay No Ne’er Never Oft Often Perchance Prithee Please Recreant Coward Tax To criticize or accuse Verily truly Shakespeare’s Word Definition Wherefore why yea yes zounds By His wounds

Shakespeare’s Language Guide #4 Odd Words (No need to memorize these words. They might be fun to use if you want to impress your friends. Shakespeare’s Word Definition Boiled-brains Hotheaded youths Canker-blossom Worm in the bud clodpole dunce Fancy-monger Lovesick man foppery foolishness geck fool Kicky-wicky Term of endearment Logger-headed stupid Shakespeare’s Word Definition Onion-eyed Tending to weep pismire ant prig thief Slug-a-bed sleepyhead Tittle-tattle gossip ungrown immature unhaired beardless zwaggered bullied