RobWords | HOW TO USE THOU ...as well as thee, thy, ye & you. @RobWords | Uploaded February 2021 | Updated October 2024, 1 hour ago.
English used to have a formal and informal way of saying "you" - like lots of other languages do now! Allow me to explain...
What does "thou" actually mean? How is it different to "you"? And what about "thee"? These questions answered AND MORE!
...such as:
✏️ How were "thou" and "thee" used in Shakespeare's day?
✏️ Why is God referred to as "thou" in the Bible?
✏️ Why do Quakers still say "thou" and "thee"?
✏️ How do they use "thou" in Yorkshire?
✏️ When do you use "ye"?
✏️ Why is it "thou art" instead of "thou are"?
Watch this video and you'll understand what "thou" actually means. You'll see that it's not just a fancy old-fashioned way of saying "you". The reality is more interesting than that.
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==CHAPTERS==
0:00 Intro
0:17 What "thou" means
1:23 How to use "thee"
1:59 How to conjugate for "thou"
3:05 "Thy" and "thine"
3:09 "You" as 2nd person plural
3:57 Why call God "thou"?
5:08 Modern use of "thou" (Yorkshire)
5:39 Quakers
6:38 Goodbye!
English used to have a formal and informal way of saying "you" - like lots of other languages do now! Allow me to explain...
What does "thou" actually mean? How is it different to "you"? And what about "thee"? These questions answered AND MORE!
...such as:
✏️ How were "thou" and "thee" used in Shakespeare's day?
✏️ Why is God referred to as "thou" in the Bible?
✏️ Why do Quakers still say "thou" and "thee"?
✏️ How do they use "thou" in Yorkshire?
✏️ When do you use "ye"?
✏️ Why is it "thou art" instead of "thou are"?
Watch this video and you'll understand what "thou" actually means. You'll see that it's not just a fancy old-fashioned way of saying "you". The reality is more interesting than that.
Check me out on Twitter & TikTok:
twitter.com/robwordsYT
tiktok.com/@robwords
==CHAPTERS==
0:00 Intro
0:17 What "thou" means
1:23 How to use "thee"
1:59 How to conjugate for "thou"
3:05 "Thy" and "thine"
3:09 "You" as 2nd person plural
3:57 Why call God "thou"?
5:08 Modern use of "thou" (Yorkshire)
5:39 Quakers
6:38 Goodbye!
![NUMPIRE, NAPRON, [N]EWT and other words were getting wrong](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/XBVu4CjYZmo/hqdefault.jpg "NUMPIRE, NAPRON, [N]EWT and other words were getting wrong
Did you know an umpire should actually be a numpire?
Whats more... an apron should be a napron, an adder a nadder, a newt an ewt, and a nickname an ickname. This video explains why on earth that is.
For centuries, English scholars have been accidentally rebracketing words (its also known as metanalysis). Many of their mistakes have stuck in the language, meaning we continue to get these words wrong.
CHAPTERS
0:00 Numpire, napron & nadder
0:27 Explanation of rebracketing
1:20 Newt & nickname
1:44 Evidence in other languages
2:06 Errors that didnt catch on
2:24 Bye bye")
