| [00:00.83] | Hi there, thanks for your question. |
| [00:02.77] | This is a really interesting one. |
| [00:05.24] | In some very old forms of English you will see these type of words, |
| [00:08.59] | thou, giveth, hast etc, |
| [00:12.45] | most notably in certain religious texts such as The Bible or possibly English translations of The Qur'an. |
| [00:19.12] | In other words, |
| [00:20.87] | these forms are what we call archaic, |
| [00:22.88] | meaning they're not in active use anymore, |
| [00:25.47] | other than in either religious or ancient texts, |
| [00:28.52] | or as they appear in literature and other forms of writing from previous centuries. |
| [00:33.06] | A specialist in the development and history of English would perhaps be able to tell you more about the origins and the use of the specific words in your example, |
| [00:42.15] | but most of them would have been in use from around the 15th century onwards in a form now known by academics as Early Modern English. |
| [00:50.00] | Although this was by no means used consistently if one examines different texts from the time, |
| [00:56.08] | by about the 18th century these forms were not so widely used and I can clarify that nowadays we would definitely not see or hear these in typical situations, |
| [01:05.81] | spoken or written. |
| [01:07.12] | In today's English, thou would always be replaced with you, |
| [01:10.53] | for example, |
| [01:12.16] | seest with see and so on. |
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