Thee is the very old word for 'you' when 'you' is the object of the sentence — the person receiving the action. Old English had a full set: thou for the subject (thou art kind), thee for the object (I give thee this ring), thy and thine for possession. So thou is to thee exactly as I is to me, and he is to him.

Thee is the very old word for 'you'Thee是「你」很古老的字 when 'you' is the object of the sentence當「你」是句子的受詞的時候 the person receiving the action也就是接受動作的那個人。Old English had a full set古英文有一整套 thou for the subject thou是主詞用的 (thou art kind)（thou art kind） thee for the object thee是受詞用的 (I give thee this ring)（I give thee this ring） thy and thine for possessionthy和thine是所有格用的。So thou is to thee所以thou對thee的關係 exactly as I is to me就跟I對me一樣 and he is to him跟he對him一樣。

Nobody speaks this way now. It died out of ordinary English around four hundred years ago, and modern English uses 'you' for everything.

Nobody speaks this way now現在沒有人這樣說話了。It died out of ordinary English around four hundred years ago它大約四百年前從一般英文裡消失 and modern English uses 'you' for everything現代英文所有情況都用'you'。

But you still meet thee constantly in three places: the King James Bible and old prayers, Shakespeare and other old plays, and wedding vows and hymns. Because of that, the word now feels holy, poetic, or old-fashioned rather than simply grammatical.

But you still meet thee constantly in three places不過你還是會在三個地方常常遇到thee the King James Bible and old prayers英王欽定版聖經和古老的禱文 Shakespeare and other old plays莎士比亞和其他古老的戲劇 and wedding vows and hymns還有婚禮誓詞和聖歌。Because of that正因為這樣 the word now feels holy, poetic, or old-fashioned這個字現在讓人覺得神聖、詩意，或老派 rather than simply grammatical而不只是單純的文法。

One thing that surprises people: thou and thee were originally the *casual* forms, used for close friends, children, and God, while 'you' was the polite form for strangers and superiors — much like 你 and 您. It was the loss of the casual form that flipped the feeling, so today thee sounds grand and formal, which is the opposite of what it once meant.

One thing that surprises people有件事讓人意外 thou and thee were originally the *casual* formsthou和thee原本是比較*隨性*的說法 used for close friends, children, and God用在好朋友、小孩，和對神說話上 while 'you' was the polite form for strangers and superiors而'you'才是對陌生人和長輩用的禮貌形式 much like 你 and 您就很像中文的你和您。It was the loss of the casual form就是因為那個隨性形式消失了 that flipped the feeling才讓感覺整個翻轉過來 so today thee sounds grand and formal所以現在thee聽起來又莊重又正式 which is the opposite of what it once meant這正好跟它原本的意思相反。

Old Quaker communities in England and America kept using thee into modern times as a mark of plain, equal speech, and a few dialects in northern England still have it.

Old Quaker communities in England and America英格蘭和美國的老貴格會社群 kept using thee into modern times一直把thee用到近代 as a mark of plain, equal speech當作平實、平等說話方式的標誌 and a few dialects in northern England still have it英格蘭北部有幾種方言現在還保留著它。