Thou is the subject form (nominative), thee is the object form, and thy/thine is the possessive form. During early modern english, the distinction between subject and object uses of ye and you gradually disappeared. The interesting question here is why the thee / thou forms are used in the kjv, and why they are so often still used in christian contexts
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Was the plural / respectful form you considered inappropriate for theological reasons (because the god of the kjv is very much a singular, not a plural)?
Thee and you as object
Ye and you used alongside thou and thee as polite singular forms Distinction between ye as subject and you as object disappeared, you being used almost universally Ye restricted to archaic, religious or literary contexts by the end of the 16th century The is pronounced thee when it precedes a word that begins with a vowel (the apple, the overtone series, etc.) or (sometimes) an aspirated consonant (the historic occasion of his birth) or when the speaker wishes to differentiate a noun by calling it out for special dramatic emphasis
He was the heavyweight boxing champion. he was the heavyweight boxing champion. the first. Is there a modern equivalent to the archaic expression fie on thee I'm aware of expressions such as damn you and the like, but i'm looking for something less strong. How would shakespeare have said thank you
Can't decide if it is thee or thou, since it isn't really a sentence.
However, i can't imagine a typical yorkshireman who would use thee and thou being sufficiently delicate as to use the word thine I do agree with janus though, that art is the verb required in who art thou? I always capitalize thou, thee, or you (when i'm not using the archaic pronouns) whenever i address god through writing or typing But i forgot to capitalise thee hehe :p now thine answer in the first sentence is intriguing
Was there something wrong with the structure of the. Thee and you were used as object During the middle english period, ye/you came to be used as a polite singular form alongside thou/thee
