"Thee" is actually "to you" or "for you". (I thought I knew less English than I ...

SiVal · on Feb 11, 2014

Almost. It's a difference between subject and object, like I versus me or he versus him.

Thou is the subjective form. "Thou art wise." Thee is the objective form. "My lord did kiss thee in the garden."

Thee can be any object, such as the object of a transitive verb in the above example.

userulluipeste · on Feb 11, 2014

Agreed. I just tried to give a simple (but rough) explanation, but when one tries to do that there always is something "lost in translation".