'Whom seek ye in the sepulcher, O Christians?'

Bulgarian translation: 'Кого търсите вий в гроба, о християни?'

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English term or phrase:'Whom seek ye in the sepulcher, O Christians?'
Bulgarian translation:'Кого търсите вий в гроба, о християни?'
Entered by: Yordanka Petkova

11:03 Feb 18, 2010
English to Bulgarian translations [PRO]
Science - Religion / История/песни
English term or phrase: 'Whom seek ye in the sepulcher, O Christians?'
Част от песен над гроба на Христос пята от Трите Марии(Пресвета Богородица, Мария Магдалина и Мария Клеопова). Епизод от Възкресението. Въпросът ми е по-скоро до ye. Останалото е ясно: "Кого търсите *ye* в гроба, О Християни?". Явно пак е някаква стара форма. Или пък възклицание, църковен припев?

Благодаря!
Yordanka Petkova
United Kingdom
Local time: 21:31
ye = you
Explanation:
You is derived from Old English ge or ȝe (both pronounced roughly like Modern English yea), which was the old nominative case form of the pronoun, and eow, which was the old accusative case form of the pronoun. In Middle English the nominative case became ye, and the oblique case (formed by the merger of the accusative case and the former dative case) was you. In early Modern English either the nominative or the accusative forms have been generalized in most dialects. Most generalized you; some dialects in the north of England and Scotland generalized ye, or use ye as a clipped or clitic form of the pronoun.
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Lyubka Stambolieva
Bulgaria
Local time: 23:31
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Благодаря! Само че аз записах целия ред от песента за в глосА.
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5 +5ye = you
Lyubka Stambolieva
5кого търсите вие/Вие в гроба, о християни?
etale
4you
Emilia Delibasheva
Summary of reference entries provided
Кого търсите в гроба, О християни
natasha stoyanova

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +5
'whom seek ye in the sepulcher, o christians?'
ye = you


Explanation:
You is derived from Old English ge or ȝe (both pronounced roughly like Modern English yea), which was the old nominative case form of the pronoun, and eow, which was the old accusative case form of the pronoun. In Middle English the nominative case became ye, and the oblique case (formed by the merger of the accusative case and the former dative case) was you. In early Modern English either the nominative or the accusative forms have been generalized in most dialects. Most generalized you; some dialects in the north of England and Scotland generalized ye, or use ye as a clipped or clitic form of the pronoun.


    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You
Lyubka Stambolieva
Bulgaria
Local time: 23:31
Native speaker of: Native in BulgarianBulgarian
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Благодаря! Само че аз записах целия ред от песента за в глосА.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  iacta alea est: Вий (за да отразите литературната форма)
12 mins
  -> да, абсолютно сте права

agree  Miglena Parashkevova: Да, разбира се, Вий - Лусиана е права!
1 hr
  -> Благодаря!

agree  Yassen Tounev
1 hr
  -> Благодаря!

agree  Christo Metschkaroff: C you = вий!
1 hr
  -> Благодаря!

agree  Peter Skipp
9 hrs
  -> Благодаря!
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'whom seek ye in the sepulcher, o christians?'
you


Explanation:
Според мен *ye* е "you" - "вие".

Emilia Delibasheva
Local time: 23:31
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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
'whom seek ye in the sepulcher, o christians?'
кого търсите вие/Вие в гроба, о християни?


Explanation:
"ye" в староанглийски е 2º лице мн. число
"thee -thy" e 2º лице ед. число

etale
Local time: 22:31
Native speaker of: Native in BulgarianBulgarian
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2 hrs
Reference: Кого търсите в гроба, О християни

Reference information:
Whom do you seek in the grave, O Christians

http://www.google.bg/search?q=Кого търсите в гроба, О христи...

natasha stoyanova
Bulgaria
Native speaker of: Native in BulgarianBulgarian
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