Speaking Shakespearean

• adieu: goodbye
• alas, alack: expressing sorrow
• anon: soon, immediately after
• art: are
• attend: to wait upon or pay attention
• cousin: any close relative
• dost, doth: do, does
• ere: before
• fie: a curse
• hark: listen
• hast, hath: have, has
• hence: from this place
• ho: an exclamation that calls attention to, mocks, or celebrates
• knave: a villain
• list: listen
• morrow: day
• nay: no
• ne’r: never
• oft: often
• passing: surprisingly, exceedingly
• perchance: maybe
• perforce: of necessity
• prithee: I pray thee, please
• resolve: to answer or reply
• sirrah: a lowly person or slave
• thee, thy, thou, thine: you, your, yours
• thence: from that place, from there
• ‘Tis: it is
• troth: belief
• ‘twere, ‘twas: it were, it was
• want: lack
• wench: a female person; varies in tone from tenderness to contempt
• wherefore: why
• woo: to seek and gain
• yea: yes