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    Default Perfect meaning please!

    Hello again,

    I found it difficult to get a perfect meaning in the dictionaries for:

    1)Thee
    2)Thou
    3)Thy

    Please help me get a perfect one.

    Thanks.
    Amy

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    Default Re: Perfect meaning please!

    All of them are archaic words:

    1) "thou" = you (subjective)
    Example: Art thou my friend? (are you my friend?)

    2) "thee" = you (objective)
    Example: I sent thee late a rose wreath. (I sent you a rose wreath lately)

    3) "thy" = your
    Example: thy brother (your brother)

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    Default Re: Perfect meaning please!

    With 'thine' as the other form.

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    Default Re: Perfect meaning please!

    By the way,when it is used?

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    Default Re: Perfect meaning please!

    Normally as a possessive pronoun, like mine/yours.

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    Default Re: Perfect meaning please!

    Thanks tdol.
    Actually I was asking whether it could be used in any conversations or in any formal writings?

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    Default Re: Perfect meaning please!

    I wouldn't recommend it- it's archaic, so it would look or sound very strange indeed.

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