Thee, thou, and thine (or thy) are Early Modern
English second person singular pronouns
. Thou is the subject form (nominative), thee is the object form, and thy/thine is the possessive form.
What are thee and thou and thy?
The word thou /ðaʊ/ is a second-person singular pronoun in English. … Thou is the nominative form;
the oblique/objective form is thee
(functioning as both accusative and dative), the possessive is thy (adjective) or thine (as an adjective before a vowel or as a pronoun) and the reflexive is thyself.
How do you use thee and thou in a sentence?
- Thou = subject (i.e. you).
- Thee = object (i.e. you).
- Thy = possessive pronoun (used as adjective, i.e. your). …
- Thine = possessive pronoun (used as noun, i.e. yours).
- Dost thou know what thou doest, stunted son of a scoundrel?!
- We will believe Thee as the awesome God Thou art.
What does thee and thou mean in Shakespeare?
Shakespeare's Pronouns
“Thou”
for “you
” (nominative, as in “Thou hast risen.”) “Thee” for “you” (objective, as in “I give this to thee.”) … “Thine” for “yours” (possessive, as in “What's mine is thine.”)
What are thee and thou examples of?
The singular subject form was thou and the singular object form was thee. For example, the opening lines of Shakespeare's Sonnet 18:
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day
? Thou art more lovely and more temperate.
Why did English stop using thou?
So it seems that English lost its informal pronouns
because people were afraid of offending those
who thought of themselves as upper class and because some people were actively using the pronouns thou and thee as insults.
What does hast thou mean?
Hast is an old-fashioned second person singular form of the verb ‘have. ‘ It is used with ‘thou' which is an old-fashioned form of ‘
you
. ‘
Does thou mean my?
More accurately, that's the second person singular pronoun. ‘Thou' corresponds to ‘
I/you/he/she
‘. ( Nominative) ‘Thee' corresponds to ‘me/you/him/her'. ( Accusative)
Is thou still used?
We still see
thou is some forms of modern use
, such as in discussions of the “I and Thou” concept of Martin Buber's philosophy, or in colloquial phrases such as “holier-than-thou.” For the most part, at least in normal linguistic use, thou has been largely supplanted in modern times by you, although it does exist still …
What does thee mean in modern English?
English Language Learners Definition of thee
—used as a singular form of
“you
” when it is the object of a verb or preposition. See the full definition for thee in the English Language Learners Dictionary. thee. pronoun. ˈt͟hē
What kind of word is thou?
the
second person singular subject pronoun
, equivalent to modern you (used to denote the person or thing addressed): Thou shalt not kill.
What is difference between thee and thou?
Thee, thou, and
thine
(or thy) are Early Modern English second person singular pronouns. Thou is the subject form (nominative), thee is the object form, and thy/thine is the possessive form.
Is Ye a real word?
Ye (/jiː/) is
a second-person, plural
, personal pronoun (nominative), spelled in Old English as “ge”. In Middle English and early Early Modern English, it was used as a both informal second-person plural and formal honorific, to address a group of equals or superiors or a single superior.
What say thou meaning?
Thou is a way
to say you in an older style of English or poetic writing
. An example of thou is the wording of the biblical Ten Commandments, “Thou shalt not…”. … To address (a person) using the pronoun thou, especially as an expression of familiarity or contempt.
