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It’s “thee is tall.”

He, she, thee.

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Ahhh, that makes so much more sense.

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No, that’s incorrect.

It’s “Thou are tall” or “Thou art tall

Nominative   Oblique  Possessive 
Thou         Thee     Thy/Thine* 
I            Me       My/Mine*
He           Him      His
She          Her      Her/Hers**
You          You      Your/Yours**

* Used as an object (It is thine) or historically, when the following word started in the vowel (Thine eyes sparkle like diamonds, Mine ears ache)

** Used as an object (it is hers)

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Yes I too, read the Wikipedia entry for thou/thee.

Are the Outlander writers just dumb or something then? Or is what you’re referring to (“thou art”) just a different context.

Because in Outlander, the quakers clearly use “thee is” and not “thou art/are”.

Because they use it as the second person singular.

Minor spoilers for latest season of Outlander

Thee is a wolf

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