them

English

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Pronunciation

• (Stressed) enPR: thĕm, IPA: /ðɛm/, X-SAMPA: /DEm/

• Audio (US)

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• (Unstressed) enPR: (th)əm, IPA: /(ð)əm/, X-SAMPA: /(D)@m/

• Audio (US) unstressed, in the phrase "see them"

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• Rhymes: -ɛm

Pronoun

them personal pronoun, objective case

1. 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)

2. 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)

   • 1611, King James Bible, Deuteronomy 17.2–5:

     If there be found among you, within any of thy gates which the LORD thy God giveth thee, man or woman, that hath wrought wickedness in the sight of the LORD thy God, in transgressing his covenant, [a]nd hath gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, either the sun, or moon, or any of the host of heaven, which I have not commanded; [a]nd it be told thee, and thou hast heard of it, and enquired diligently, and, behold, it be true, and the thing certain, that such abomination is wrought in Israel: [t]hen shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman, which have committed that wicked thing, unto thy gates, even that man or that woman, and shalt stone them with stones, till they die.

   • 2006, St. John Ambulance, First on the Scence: Student Reference Guide, ISBN 1-894070-56-9, Lesson 2, page 3:

     Place the casualty on their back with feet and legs raised—this is called the shock position. [emphasis in original] Once the casualty is positioned, cover them to preserve body heat, but do not overheat.

   • 2007, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, (quoted edition: London: Bloomsbury, 2008, ISBN 978 0 7475 9586 1, page 270):

     Someone in the crowd around the lifts called sycophantically, ‘Morning, Yaxley!’ Yaxley ignored them.

Usage notes

• For notes on the usage referring to a person of unspecified gender, see the usage notes for they.

Related terms

• their
• theirs
• they
• themself
• themselves

Translations

third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb

• Albanian: ata (sq), ato (sq), atyre (sq)
• Arabic: ـهُمْ (ar) (-hum) m, ـهُنَّ (ar) (-hunna) f, ـهُما (ar) (-huma) dual

  Egyptian Arabic: ـهم (-hum)

• Armenian: նրանց (hy) (nranc’), իրենց (irenc’)

  Old Armenian: նոցա (nocʿa), նոսա (nosa)

• Burmese: သူတို့ (my) (thudo.), သူများ (my) (thumya:)
• Catalan: (accusative) els (ca) m, les (ca) f; (dative) els (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: trad. 他們, simpl. 他们 (tāmen) (human); trad. 她們, simpl. 她们 (tāmen) (human females only); trad. 它們, simpl. 它们 (tāmen) (non-human)

  Min Nan: 亻因 (in)

• Czech: jich (cs) (genitive, locative), nich (cs) (genitive, locative after preposition), jim (cs) (dative), nim (cs) (dative after preposition), je (cs) (accusative), ně (cs) (accusative after preposition), jimi (cs) (instrumental) nimi (cs) (instrumental after preposition)
• Dutch: hen (nl) (esp. for direct objects), hun (nl) (esp. for indirect objects)
• Ewe: wo
• Finnish: heidät, heitä, heillä, heille, heiltä (inflected forms of he - "they", of which the ones listed are the most frequently used)
• French: (accusative) les (fr), (dative) leur (fr), (after preposition or emphatic) eux (fr) m, (after preposition or emphatic) elles (fr) f
• Haitian Creole: yo
• Hopi: pumuy
• Hungarian: őket (hu), azokat (hu)

• Indonesian: mereka (id)
• Irish: iad (ga), iadsan (ga) (emphatic)

  Old Irish: s-, da-, -us

• Kazakh: оларды (kk) (olardı)
• Latin: eos (la) m, eas (la) f, ea (la) n; illos (la) m, illas (la) f, illa (la) n; hos (la) m, has (la) f, haec (la) n
• Manx: ad (gv), adsyn (gv) (emphatic)
• Norwegian: dem (no)
• Pitcairn-Norfolk: dem
• Russian: их (ru) (ix) (direct object), им (ru) (im) (indirect object), (see они (ru) (oní) they for the complete declension)
• Scots: thaim
• Swedish: dem (sv)
• Turkish: onlar (tr)
• Zulu: bona (zu) 2 (usually for people), yona (zu) 4, wona (zu) 6, zona (zu) 8, zona (zu) 10

third person singular pronoun of indeterminate gender

• Finnish: hänet, häntä, hänellä, hänelle, häneltä (inflected forms of hän - "he, she", of which the ones listed are the most frequently used)

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• Esperanto: ili (after preposition), al ili (indirect object), ilin (direct object)

• 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

• 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 the 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)
• Novial: les m, f or n, los m, las f, lus n
• Portuguese: os, lhes
• 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 (sv)

See also

English personal pronouns

Number	Person	Gender	Subject	Objective	Reflexive	Possessive adjective	Possessive pronoun
Singular	First	—	I	me	myself	my	mine
	Second	—	you, thou (archaic)	you, thee (archaic)	yourself, thyself (archaic) theeself (archaic)	your, thy (archaic)	yours, thine (archaic)
	Third	Masculine	he	him	himself	his
		Feminine	she	her	herself	her	hers
		Neuter	it		itself	its	its (rare)
		Gender-neutral	they	them	themself	their	theirs
Plural	First	—	we	us	ourselves	our	ours
	Second	—	you, ye (archaic)	you	yourselves	your	yours
	Third	—	they	them	themselves	their	theirs
Indefinite	Third	—	one		oneself	one's	—

Determiner

them

1. (nonstandard) those

   Them kids need to grow up.

Statistics

• Most common English words before 1923: been · will · no · #49: them · when · if · there

Anagrams

• meth

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Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *ϑe̅m-, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱeh1(n)s- 'to say, instruct, announce'. Cognate to Sanskrit śa̅́sti (“to instruct, advise, command”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: [θɛm]

Verb

them (first-person singular past tense thashë, participle thënë)

1. I say

Conjugation

conjugation of them

participle (pjesorja)			thënë
gerund — present (përcjellorja — koha e tashme)			duke thënë
gerund — past (përcjellorja — koha e kryer)			duke pasë thënë
infinitive (paskajorja)			për të thënë
		singular (numri njëjës)			plural (numri shumës)
		1st person (veta e parë)	2nd person (veta e dytë)	3rd person (veta e tretë)	1st person (veta e parë)	2nd person (veta e dytë)	3rd person (veta e tretë)
indicative (mënyra dëftore)		unë	ti	ai/ajo	ne	ju	ata/ato
	present (koha e tashme)	them	thua	thotë	themi	thoni	thonë
	imperfect (koha e pakryer)	thosha	thoshe	thoshte	thoshim	thoshit	thoshin
	simple past (koha e kryer e thjeshtë)	thashë	the	tha	thamë	thatë	thanë
	perfect (koha e kryer)	kam thënë	ke thënë	ka thënë	kemi thënë	keni thënë	kanë thënë
	pluperfect (koha e kryer e tejshkuar)	pata thënë	pate thënë	pati thënë	patëm thënë	patët thënë	patën thënë
	future (koha e ardhme)	do të them	do të thuash	do të thotë	do të themi	do të thoni	do të thonë
	future perfect (koha e ardhme e përparme)	do të kem thënë	do të kesh thënë	do të ketë thënë	do të kemi thënë	do të keni thënë	do të kenë thënë
subjunctive (mënyra lidhore)		unë	ti	ai/ajo	ne	ju	ata/ato
	present (koha e tashme)	të them	të thuash	të thotë	të themi	të thoni	të thonë
	past (koha e pakryer)	të thosha	të thoshe	të thoshte	të thoshim	të thoshit	të thoshin
	perfect (koha e kryer)	të kem thënë	të kesh thënë	të ketë thënë	të kemi thënë	të keni thënë	të kenë thënë
	pluperfect (koha e kryer e tejshkuar)	të kisha thënë	të kishe thënë	të kishte thënë	të kishim thënë	të kishit thënë	të kishin thënë
conditional (mënyra kushtore)		unë	ti	ai/ajo	ne	ju	ata/ato
	present (koha e tashme)	do të thosha	do të thoshe	do të thoshte	do të thoshim	do të thoshit	do të thoshin
	perfect (koha e kryer)	do të kisha thënë	do të kishe thënë	do të kishte thënë	do të kishim thënë	do të kishit thënë	do të kishin thënë
optative (mënyra dëshirore)		unë	ti	ai/ajo	ne	ju	ata/ato
	present (koha e tashme)	thënça	thënç	thëntë	thënçim	thënçit	thënçin
	perfect (koha e kryer)	paça thënë	paç thënë	pastë thënë	paçim thënë	paçit thënë	paçin thënë
admirative (mënyra habitore)		unë	ti	ai/ajo	ne	ju	ata/ato
	present (koha e tashme)	thënkam	thënke	thënka	thënkemi	thënkeni	thënkan
	imperfect (koha e pakryer)	thënkësha	thënkëshe	thënkësh	thënkëshim	thënkëshit	thënkëshin
	perfect (koha e kryer)	paskam thënë	paske thënë	paska thënë	paskemi thënë	paskeni thënë	paskan thënë
	pluperfect (koha e kryer)	paskësha thënë	paskëshe thënë	paskësh thënë	paskëshim thënë	paskëshit thënë	paskëshin thënë
imperative (mënyra urdhërore)		—	ti	—	—	ju	—
			thuaj			thoni

Derived terms

• kundërthem

Variants

• thom

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Romani

Noun

them m (plural thema)

1. country