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Help with how to use 'thou' and 'thee' correctly for AS monologue?

I'm redoing last years English Language coursework and in my dramatic monologue I want to use thou, thee and thy in order for it to sound medieval. But I don't think I'm using them right, for example;

'My kind spoke of horrific stories of how thee and thy people; the breathers of our waste tortured my relations.'

Looking it up it on the internet it seems to say that thou is the subject of sentences and thee is the object of sentences. But this is just confusing me. Help please!?

Should I just not include medieval language if im not certain its right? :confused:

Thanks :redface:
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Lizzie232
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You are using thy right, its kinda like 'your'.
Thou= Acting subject "Thou art merciful"=You are merciful
Thee= Object (Acted upon) "Bless thee" =Bless you

Hope that helps :smile:
Original post by Lizzie232
You are using thy right, its kinda like 'your'.
Thou= Acting subject "Thou art merciful"=You are merciful
Thee= Object (Acted upon) "Bless thee" =Bless you

Hope that helps :smile:


So use "thou" if you would say "he" in the third person, and "thee" if you would say "him".

I hate him -> I hate thee
He hates himself -> Thou hate thyself
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Lizzie232
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Original post by The Polymath
So use "thou" if you would say "he" in the third person, and "thee" if you would say "him".

I hate him -> I hate thee
He hates himself -> Thou hate thyself


Yep as far as I know thats right :smile:

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