Tiffany lam
as fair art thou my bonnie lass it's so hard to understand!!! what is the meaning of as fair art thou???? what is the grammar? please
2017年6月15日 06:11
解答 · 11
Your poem is a few centuries out of date. "Thou art" used to be the familiar singular of "you are." "Bonnie lass" still means "pretty girl" -- at least in Scotland (probably wouldn't be understood by many Americans). "Fair" means "light skinned" -- it used to be a synonym for "pretty." So: "As attractive as you are, my pet girl...."
2017年6月15日
it's a verse from a poem, isn't it? I'm sorry, but I'm not good at analysing poetry. I'd suggest you look it up.
2017年6月15日
Hi Nelson, This is Old Scots, so would never be used in a real life context. I imagine you read this? The sentence above is from a poem by Scottish Poet Robbie Burns. The meaning would be roughly 'you are a very beautiful girl' These days some of this words would still be used in the Scots dialect. Bonnie = beautiful lass = girl Here 'fair' would also mean pretty or beautiful. Christine
2017年6月15日
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