Delphi had to win for the story to continue, but I wanted to make sure it didn't seem like it was easy for her. Otherwise she'd be doing exactly what she accused the Silver Dragon of doing on the previous page.
Re: 16th century grammar & the deprecated singular second person pronoun: Ye is the subjective form; Thou is the objective form. It can be a little confusing for modern English speakers because we use the same word (You) for the subjective and objective forms.
"We find YE a mate!"
(Previous page) "YE harm those weaker than thou. I loath that."
"If YE can beat me, I leave thou alone. If I beat thou, YE hear my words!"
Hey Nutster.
I'm not too sure about this, I know nothing of "ye", and this might be from a different era, but your "thou" usage seems backwards.
However, I am absolutely sure of the fact that at some point, "thou" was used for subject and "thee" for object, as in:
Either thou beat me, or I beat thee.
Edit (before posting even!):
Also, after a quick search, it seems "ye" is the plural form of both "thee" and "thou".
at least according to this page:
http://unenlightenedenglish.com/2009/07/thou-thee-thy-thine-ye-shakespearean-english/
Turns out it's a good thing I edited before posting, as, since I'm not logged in, I can't edit after.
So my own typo of a lower case "a" in "at least..." will have to remain...
Really good explanations, but allow me to translate her last comment. "We're going to find you a woman and make an honest man of you, that should settle you". Sadly she isn't considering that he is hetro.
"We find YE a mate!"
(Previous page) "YE harm those weaker than thou. I loath that."
"If YE can beat me, I leave thou alone. If I beat thou, YE hear my words!"
I'm not too sure about this, I know nothing of "ye", and this might be from a different era, but your "thou" usage seems backwards.
However, I am absolutely sure of the fact that at some point, "thou" was used for subject and "thee" for object, as in:
Either thou beat me, or I beat thee.
Edit (before posting even!):
Also, after a quick search, it seems "ye" is the plural form of both "thee" and "thou".
at least according to this page:
http://unenlightenedenglish.com/2009/07/thou-thee-thy-thine-ye-shakespearean-english/
So my own typo of a lower case "a" in "at least..." will have to remain...
"Matchmaker matchmaker make me a match, find me a find, catch me a catch!"