Using the verb ござんす ["to be"] in modern Japanese If I use the verb As in > > > So, do you doubt me? Will it be similar to English " _Art thou doubting me_ " or will it give my speech a refined flavour or perhaps a dialectical one ?

is an **un** sophisticated variant of /. Typical users of are (obsequious) merchants, craftsmen, geisha, rōnin, etc. in samurai dramas. It is very unlikely that a truly noble person or a high-ranked samurai speaks this way in dramas and movies. Of course, modern people never speak this way unless they are imitating someone.