English

what say you

/ˌ(h)wɒt seɪ ˈjuː/
What do you say? What is your opinion?

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    Early Modern English syntax for what do you say; at the time, do-support was not yet obligatory. Compare Middle English what seien ye.

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    Related: Middle English what seien ye

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