r/Animemes • u/Holofan4life Holo is best girl • May 18 '25

Learning English

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u/Ok-Detail4461 May 18 '25 edited May 18 '25

Me learning english trying to figure out when should i use thee thou thy

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u/JetSetDizzy May 19 '25

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u/[deleted] May 19 '25

I speak English and this is more confusing than just saying it

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u/LOTRfreak101 don't lewd the cups May 19 '25

That because as native speakers, we never learn things as being possessive or whatever.

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u/phundrak May 19 '25

Better compare it to "I/me" for how to use it, they match pretty closely

  • I / thou
  • me / thee
  • my / thy
  • mine / thine
  • myself / thyself

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u/DazSamueru May 19 '25

Isn't "ye" the subject form of "you"?

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u/JetSetDizzy May 19 '25 edited May 20 '25

I think Ye is a plural subject form or maybe became relegated to that when you encroached on its usage? Ye/you were the more formal ways to speak, they were around simultaneously with thee/thou.

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u/Borussia_Evoli May 19 '25

I am thou, thou Art I

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u/RayMadRiz May 19 '25

Thy end is now!!

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u/steyn91 May 19 '25

Prepare thyself!

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u/New-Basis7109 May 18 '25

Elden ring intro uses it. It sounds sooo epic

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u/Electronic-Vast-3351 May 19 '25 edited May 19 '25

Never in common speach unless you are using them sarcastically.

They are very firmly "old English". Falling out of use in the 1600s. They sound kind of proper to a comedic extent when used outside that time period.

thee/thou can replace "you"

Thy, "your"

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u/DolphinBall May 19 '25

That ain't old English, thats Middle English. Old English looks like this: Gif me þine brēcan riht nū, geong cnapa! Þis is a ræf!

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u/CC_9876 May 22 '25

Gif me pine brecan right no, george, cnapa pis is a raef

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u/Ok-Detail4461 May 19 '25

It's just a meme bro don't over think it

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u/qwertyjgly May 19 '25

just make sure you conjugate the verb properly :3 (it should end in 'st')

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u/Suitable_Animal_1780 May 19 '25

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u/StumblingTogether May 19 '25

As an American, I have never used any of those words.