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1 == 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology (1) 1.2.1 Personal pronoun 1.3 Etymology (2) 1.3.1 Definite article 1.4 Preposition

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Pronunciation

SAMPA : /ji:/

Etymology (1)

from Anglo-Saxon ge, the nominative case of the second person plural personal pronoun. See also you.

Personal pronoun

1. [Archaic] you (the people being addressed).

   Note: Ye was originally used only used for the nominative case (as the subject), and only for the second person plural. Later, ye was used as a subject or an object, either singular or plural, which is the way that you is used today.

Etymology (2)

from the Middle English Þe. Printers who couldn't reproduce the "Þ" (thorn) character (which corresponds to the modern "th" sound), substitued a "y". Despite the use of 'y', it was still read "the".

Definite article

1. [archaic]: the.

   Ye Olde Medicine Shoppe.

Preposition

1. at