Thou, Thee, Thy, and Thine The words "thou", "thee", "thy", and "thine" are archaic English seconf person singlar pronouns. "Thou" is the subjective form. "Thee" is the objective form. "Thy" and "thine" are the possessive forms, with "thine" used before words beginning with "h" or a vowel, and "thy" before other consonants. With these pronouns, present tense verbs generally took the -est ending. "To be" ("art") and "to have" ("hast") were irregular. From around 1450, "you", which had previously been used only as a second person plural pronoun, began to be used as a second person singular pronoun to indicate politeness. "You" eventually replaced all the "thou" pronouns in most English dialects. Refeence: A. Davies, R. Lipton, D. Richoux, et al. "Thou, Thee, and Archaic Grammar". alt.usage.english. <http://www.alt-usage-english.org/pronoun_paradigms.html>.