10 дек. 2014 г. · What type of English is it in which we use thou, thee, etc.? This is “Early Modern English”, which was used between c. 1500 and c. 1650.

23 дек. 2014 г. · They are both words for the singular “you” and have been replaced by it. However, they are still understood and 'legal', if not standard, just ...

6 окт. 2020 г. · You'll use thou in cases where it is the subject of the sentence and thee in cases where it is the direct object or object of a preposition.

20 дек. 2023 г. · In middle English thou was singular, while you was plural. In the 1400s this started shifting when upper class people started using plural ...

5 янв. 2017 г. · The use of “thou” was very similar to “tu” in French and “du” in German. If you want to read this style of English you must go to the Authorised ...

22 мая 2018 г. · Thou was used to address someone familiar - a close friend, family. It sounds very formal today because of the bible. However, it was very informal.

6 мая 2021 г. · İn older forms of English, “thou” (and its object form “thee”) were used when speaking to a single individual of similar or lower social status ...

3 февр. 2019 г. · It means you shall, and yes it is like a commandment. For instance, thou shalt not kill.

5 нояб. 2017 г. · The King James version uses both: “thou” for singular and “you” for plural, as was the custom for English-speakers at that time. In modern ...

26 авг. 2021 г. · The Bible's use of “thou/thee/thy/thine” was the translators' means of showing Christ's insistence that believers' relationship with him (and ...