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In works of old, high-fantasy or historic fiction one may have chanced across the strange words: thou, thee, thy, thine and ye. Whilst most people understand the jist of the words (that they all refer to people), the way each is to be correctly (formally) deployed is somewhat more difficult. In Old English, we had: Thou = 2nd person singular subject (like du in German) Ye = 2nd person plural subject (like ihr in German) Thee = 2nd person singular object (like dich in German) You = 2nd person plural object (like euch in German) Thou = you when the subject (“Thou liketh writing.”) Thee = you when the object (“Writing liketh thee.”) Thy = your possessive form of you. (“Thy blade well serves thee.”) Thine = your possessive form of you, typically used before a noun. (“Thine writing smacks of mastery.” or, “The writing is thine.” — thy own can be used in place of thine to similar effect) Ye = you all | all of you used when referring to a group of people (“Ye fools!”) In Middle ...
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