Analyzing and Interpreting Literature / Unit 2 AIL 0118 short lesson, about 20 seconds
The Endings -est and -eth
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The idea
Thou takes a verb ending in -est, so thou goest means you go. The third person takes -eth, so he goeth means he goes. Both endings are ordinary in older writing and neither adds meaning beyond the person of the verb.
In practice
Thou goest, he goeth.
Where people slip
The ending marks person, nothing more.
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