English pronunciation · Words Starting with T
Thee Pronunciation
Thee is pronounced DHEE, IPA /ˈði/.
DHEE
US /ˈði/ · UK /ˈðiː/
Syllables: DHEE (1 syllable)
pronoun (archaic): The old object form of thou, meaning you when speaking to one person.
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Thee in a Sentence
- I give thee my word.
- The line reads, with all my heart I thank thee.
- Quakers once said thee to everyone, high or low.
Common Mispronunciations of Thee
Not THEE
Keep the voice on through the opening so it buzzes, exactly as the and they do. The breathy th of theatre belongs to other words.
Not DHAY
The vowel runs long, matching the emphatic reading of the. An ay there gives they, which is a different pronoun entirely.
Tip: Thou is the subject and thee is the object, matching I and me. Both survive mainly in older poetry and in the Bible.
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