{"id":158,"date":"2023-07-21T10:51:33","date_gmt":"2023-07-21T10:51:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theloveofgod.org\/?page_id=158"},"modified":"2023-07-21T10:59:37","modified_gmt":"2023-07-21T10:59:37","slug":"simple-guide-to-archaic-english-thees-thou-and-thine","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/theloveofgod.org\/?page_id=158","title":{"rendered":"Simple Guide To Archaic English (Thees, Thou, and Thine)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.blueletterbible.org\/assets-v3\/scripts\/blbToolTip\/BLB_ScriptTagger-min.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/\/ Additional settings\nBLB.Tagger.Translation = 'NKJV';\nBLB.Tagger.HyperLinks = 'all'; \/\/ 'all', 'none', 'hover'\nBLB.Tagger.HideTanslationAbbrev = false;\nBLB.Tagger.TargetNewWindow = true;\nBLB.Tagger.Style = 'par'; \/\/ 'line' or 'par'\nBLB.Tagger.NoSearchTagNames = ''; \/\/ HTML element list\nBLB.Tagger.NoSearchClassNames = 'noTag doNotTag'; \/\/ CSS class list\n<\/script>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Simple Guide To Archaic English (Thee, Thou, and Thine)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Thee=you<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thee is the second person objective pronoun, so it\u2019s only used when it\u2019s the object of a sentence.&nbsp;<em><strong>Examples:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI yield my sword to&nbsp;thee.\u201d=\u201cI yield my sword to&nbsp;you.\u201d<br>\u201cWhere shall we meet&nbsp;thee?\u201d=\u201cWhere shall we meet&nbsp;you?\u201d<br>\u201cThe money shall be given to&nbsp;thee&nbsp;tonight.\u201d=\u201cThe money shall be given to&nbsp;you&nbsp;tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Thou=you<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thou is what linguists refer to as the second person nominative pronoun. In&nbsp;everyday&nbsp;terms, that means that thou is the term you pick for the subject of a sentence.&nbsp;<em><strong>Examples:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThou&nbsp;art a liar!\u201d=\u201cYou&nbsp;are a liar!\u201d<br>\u201cThou&nbsp;hast the most beautiful eyes.\u201d=\u201cYou&nbsp;have the most beautiful eyes.\u201d<br>\u201cThou&nbsp;must not disobey your mother.\u201d=\u201cYou&nbsp;must not disobey your mother.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Thy=your<br>Thine=your or yours<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Thy and thine are both possessive. The easiest way to explain the distinction is to call up the use of the words \u201cmy\u201d and \u201cmine\u201d in present day English. By the time of early modern English, my and mine pretty much had their modern uses.&nbsp;<em><strong>Examples:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIs that&nbsp;thy&nbsp;sword?\u201d=\u201dIs that&nbsp;your&nbsp;sword?\u201d<br>\u201cThat is&nbsp;thine&nbsp;sword.\u201d =\u201dThat is&nbsp;your&nbsp;sword.\u201c<br>Also \u201cIs that sword&nbsp;thine?\u201d =\u201dIs that sword&nbsp;yours?\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Mine=my or mine<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMine&nbsp;sword is heavy.\u201d=\u201dMy&nbsp;sword is heavy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>\u201cEST\u201d and \u201cETH\u201d=\u201ds\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201ceth\u201d is the third-person singular form of a verb.&nbsp;<strong>Example:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cLove&nbsp;thy&nbsp;neighbor,&nbsp;sayeth&nbsp;the Lord.\u201d=\u201dLove&nbsp;your&nbsp;neighbor,&nbsp;says&nbsp;the Lord.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cest\u201d is the second-person singular form of a verb.&nbsp;<strong>Example:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAll that&nbsp;thou&nbsp;sayest&nbsp;unto me I will do.\u201d=\u201dAll that&nbsp;you&nbsp;say&nbsp;unto me I will do.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Simple Guide To Archaic English (Thee, Thou, and Thine) Thee=you Thee is the second person objective pronoun, so it\u2019s only used when it\u2019s the object of a sentence.&nbsp;Examples: \u201cI yield my sword to&nbsp;thee.\u201d=\u201cI yield my sword to&nbsp;you.\u201d\u201cWhere shall we meet&nbsp;thee?\u201d=\u201cWhere shall we meet&nbsp;you?\u201d\u201cThe money shall be given to&nbsp;thee&nbsp;tonight.\u201d=\u201cThe money shall be given to&nbsp;you&nbsp;tonight.\u201d Thou=you Thou [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/template-full-notitle.php","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-158","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","post"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theloveofgod.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theloveofgod.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theloveofgod.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theloveofgod.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theloveofgod.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=158"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theloveofgod.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/158\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theloveofgod.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}