- What does thy mean? - English Language Usage Stack Exchange
Thy and thine patterned in the same way as my and mine do We say mine when there is no noun phrase that the possessive pronoun directly modifies ("it's my car" but "it's mine") It is just that there was an additional rule that if there is a noun phrase being modified that begins with a vowel, then the thine mine form is used (so, it was true
- What is the 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 Before they all merged into the catch-all form you , English second person pronouns distinguished between nominative and objective, as well as between
- word choice - Which one should I use thy thine - English Language . . .
Thy and thine are archaic forms corresponding to your and yours respectively Use thy where you would use your (but see note at end of answer) and thine where you would use yours Her and hers do not have alternate archaic forms Her is used as a possessive the same way my or your is, and hers is used like mine or yours
- Can I use word Thou, Thee, Thy and Thine like following
"Thy" would be less common, but I doubt that it has died out entirely However, I can't imagine a typical Yorkshireman who would use "thee" and "thou" being sufficiently delicate as to use the word "thine"
- Is there a pattern between thou and thee when used in a sentence
For the past months, I've been trying to add thou, thee, thy, thine, and other archaic words in my everyday vocabulary; I just love archaic English words — and the Early Modern English grammar for a bit, but I don't use that grammar But as I use "thou" and "thee" in some of my school activities in English, I get confuse between the twain
- Where did Shakespeare get milk of human kindness from?
Where he sayth, The kings and princes shal giue thée milke, and shall be thy nursses, they shall doo honour and reuerence vnto thée with their faces flat vppon the earth: kings shall walke in thy lyght, and shall buylde thy walles, they shall bring vnto thée golde and siluer, and shall serue thée, thou shalte sucke the milke of nations, and
- pronunciation - Why thine heart but thy whole heart? - English . . .
If thy whole body therefore be full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light KJV I disagree with sites that say ** "Thy" and "thine" are archaic forms corresponding to "your" and "yours" respectively
- What do we call the “rd” in “3ʳᵈ” and the “th” in “9ᵗʰ”?
@WS2 In speech, very nearly always In writing, much less so I think what may be going on is that one just assumes that “June 1” is pronounced “June First”, or “4 July” as “the Fourth of July”
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