How to pronounce thou
Listen to thou in real sentences, spoken by real people in public video clips that play here, on YouTongue. No dictionary recording — the word as it is actually used.
“thou” in real sentences
820 clips in the index · 57 American · 45 British · 3 Australian. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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Thou thou art thou art thou art reading.
The 92nd Street Y · hear it here
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Be that that thou knowest thou art, and then thou art as great as that thou
British Library · hear it here
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Thou shalt not steal, thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not commit adultery.
Intelligence Squared · hear it here
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and did contract and purse thou thy brow together as if thou had if thou then
Kathy Williams-Devries · hear it here
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of thou. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.