Twelfth Night Key Terminology

From this time forward or from now on.

• Perchance

• Thou

• Henceforth

An archaic form of "you" used for addressing one person.

• Chide

• Anon

• Thou

An archaic form of "you," typically used as the object of a verb or preposition.

• Gull

• Thee

• Foolery

An archaic form of "yours," used before a vowel sound.

• Thine

• Prithee

• Hast

An archaic form of "your" or "yours," used before a consonant sound.

• Thy

• Anon

• Chide

The second person singular form of the verb "to be," meaning "are."

• Art

• Dost

• Gull

The second person singular form of the verb "to have," meaning "have" or "has."

• Dost

• Hast

• Anon

The second person singular form of the verb "to do," meaning "do" or "does."

• Dost

• Foolery

• Estate

A contraction of "pray thee," meaning "please" or "I beg you."

• Ere

• Prithee

• Thine

An exclamation urging someone to listen or pay attention, similar to "listen" or "hear."

• Anon

• Henceforth

• Hark