And what language and region is it?

I’ve noticed my language teacher uses the informal you in one language and the formal one in the other.

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    6 hours ago

    The ten commandments are future imperatives, but English doesn’t have that mood and instead archaic language is used in place of it.

    They are as strong a command as can be given, but a literal translation would just be “you will not”. That lacks the weight of the original form so translators try to make it read more seriously than the language allows with “thou shalt not”.