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🌏 Thai code 🙏 Thank you (slang) 🫵 You (dialect)
tha

tha

1 9.9
A dialect form of you used for one person in parts of Northern England and Scotland
  • pronoun
  • UK
translation icon : tú
  • - Does tha wanna go to bed?

Examples

  • Now, if I am done here, my good wife has promised me a hot potato pie on my return to Middleton, so if tha' will allow me, John, I shall be making my way up t'bank to avail myself of it.

    Peterloo (2018)

  • Do tha want to join us for dinner tonight?

  • If tha doesn't mind, could you help me with this task?

  • I heard tha were looking for a new job, how is that going?

Synonyms

thou
vstha
  • Archaic
808 9.9

An old form of you used when speaking to one person

is a regional spoken singular pronoun in Northern English and Scots
yoo
vstha
  • Informal
2 9.9

An informal written spelling of you that shows casual speech

is a spoken regional singular pronoun used in Northern English and Scots

Surface Forms

tha subject case
tha object case
tha possessive determiner
tha possessive pronoun
tha reflexive

Etymology

Tha as a dialect word comes from the old English word 'thou', which once meant 'you'. In parts of northern England that sound changed to tha, so people still use it as a local form of 'you'.