them
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[ English
| Rank of this word in the English language, from analyzing texts from Project Gutenberg. | ||||||
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| been | will | no | #49: them | when | if | there |
[ Pronunciation
- (Stressed) enPR: thĕm, IPA: /ðɛm/, SAMPA: /DEm/
- Audio (US)help, file
- (Unstressed) enPR: thəm/, IPA: ðəm/, SAMPA: D@m/
- Audio (US) unstressed, in the phrase "see them"help, file
- Rhymes: -ɛm
[ Pronoun
them personal pronoun, objective case
- Third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb.
- Give it to them. (after preposition)
- She wrote them a letter. (indirect object)
- She treated them for a cold. (direct object)
- Third person singular pronoun of indeterminate or irrelevant gender
- If someone comes and asks for the ticket, just give it to them. (after preposition)
- If one of my patients calls, please bring them their dinner. (indirect object)
- If a student has an inappropriate question, whatever you do, do not berate them. (direct object)
[ Usage notes
- For notes on the usage referring to a person of unspecified gender, see the usage notes for they.
[ Related terms
[ Translations
Third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb
[ Translations to be checked
- Arabic: هم (hum)
- Czech: nim (after preposition), jim (indirect object), je (direct object)
- Dutch: hen f., hun
- Esperanto: ili (after preposition), al ili (indirect object), ilin (direct object)
- Finnish: heidät, heitä, heille
- French: (after preposition) eux m., elles f., (indirect object) leur, (indirect object, emphatic) leur ... à eux m., leur ... à elles f., (indirect object with an imperative verb) leur, (direct object) les, (direct object, emphatic) les ... eux m., les ... elles f.
- Note: In French, the masculine form is used to refer to a group of people or things that include at least one male or at least one masculine noun respectively, or when the sexes or genders are unknown; the feminine form is used only when all the people or things in the group referred to are known to be female or feminine, respectively.
- Examples:
- After preposition: It is for them — C'est pour eux; C’est pour elles
- Indirect object: She tells them her name — Elle leur dit son nom; She gives the book to them — Elle leur donne le livre
- Indirect object, emphatic: She gives the book to them — Elle leur donne le livre à eux; Elle leur donne le livre à elles
- Indirect object with an imperative verb: Give it to them — Donnez-le-leur
- Direct object: She hates them — Elle les déteste
- Direct object, emphatic: She loves them — Elle les aime, eux; Elle les aime, elles
- German: sie, ihnen
- Hungarian: őket, azokat
- Irish: iad; emphatic iadsan
- Italian: (after preposition) loro, (indirect object) loro, gli (colloquial), (indirect object, emphatic) a loro, (indirect object with an imperative verb) loro, gli (colloquial; becomes glie- when used with a direct object), (direct object) li m., le f., (direct object, emphatic) loro
- Note: In Italian, the masculine form is used to refer to a group of people or things that include at least one male or at least one masculine noun respectively, or when the sexes or genders are unknown; the feminine form is used only when all the people or things in the group referred to are known to be female or feminine, respectively.
- Examples:
- After preposition: It is for them — É per loro
- Indirect object: Maria tells them her name — Maria dice loro il suo nome; Maria gli dice il suo nome
- Indirect object, emphatic: Maria gives thee book to them — Maria dà il libro a loro
- Indirect object with an imperative verb, used without a direct object: Write to them — Scrivi loro; Scrivigli; Tell them — Di' loro; Digli
- Indirect object with an imperative verb, used with a direct object: Send it to them — Spediscilo loro; Spedisciglielo; Give it to them — Dallo loro; Daglielo
- Direct object: Maria wants them - Maria li vuole; Maria le vuole
- Direct object, emphatic: Maria wants them — Maria vuole loro
- Japanese: 彼らを (かれらを, karera o)
- Korean: 그들을 (geudeuleul), 그들에게 (geudeulege)
- Manx: ad, emphatic: adsyn
- Novial: les m., f. or n., los m., las f., lus n.
- Portuguese: os, lhes
- Russian: их (iχ), им (im), ими (ími)
- Slovak: im (dative), ich (accusative)
- Spanish: les (direct object); a ellos m., a ellas f. (indirect object); ellos m., ellas f. (after preposition)
- Swedish: dem
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