The phrase "hast ship come in" is an archaic way of asking if a ship has arrived. The spelling of "hast" is representative of Early Modern English and reflects the use of "hast" as the second-person singular form of the present tense verb "have". This form has since been replaced in modern English with "have" or "has". The pronunciation of "hast" is /hæst/ and is similar to the modern pronunciation of "has". The use of the phrase "ship come in" is a shortened form of the question "has the ship come in?" and is pronounced /ʃɪp kʌm ɪn/.