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(THĕm, THəm) pronunciation
pron. The objective case of they.
  1. Used as the direct object of a verb: We saw them at the conference.
  2. Used as the indirect object of a verb: We gave them a round of applause.
  3. Used as the object of a preposition: This letter is addressed to them.
  4. Informal. Used as a predicate nominative: It's them. See Usage Note at be, I1.
  5. Nonstandard. They: "Them's the kind I like." (American Dialect Dictionary).
  6. Nonstandard. Used reflexively as the indirect object of a verb: They ought to get them a new place to live. See Note at me.
adj. Nonstandard
Those: "Them dogs will find the end of them footprints before ten o'clock" (William Faulkner).

[Middle English, from Old Norse theim and Old English thǣm.]



1. see they.

2. Use of them as a demonstrative pronoun and adjective is non-standard or dialectal in current English:
Them's my sentiments—E. M. Forster, 1924
I didn't know much about planes in them days—P. McCabe, 1992.

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IN BRIEF: Other people or things you are talking about.

pronunciation There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them. — Joseph Brodsky (1940-), Russian-American poet & essayist.

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Dansk (Danish)
pron. - dem, de
det. - dem, de
adj. - dem

Nederlands (Dutch)
hen, hun, haar, ze, zich, deze/die

Français (French)
pron. - les, eux, elles, leur, le, la, l', lui, tous/toutes les deux, (d'entre) eux/elles, tous/toutes, (aucun d'entre) eux/elles
det. - eux/elles
adj. - ceux-là, celles-là

Deutsch (German)
pron. - sie, ihnen
adj. - diese
det. - diese

Ελληνική (Greek)
pron. - τους, τις, τα, (καθομ.) αυτοί
adj. - αυτοί, εκείνοι

Italiano (Italian)
le, li, loro, gli

Português (Portuguese)
pron. - os (m), as (f), a eles (m), a elas (f)
adj. - lhes

Русский (Russian)
косв. от "их, "им", "ими", (разг.) вм. "они", (возвр.) "с ними"

Español (Spanish)
pron. - ellas, ellos, las, los, les, aquello, aquellas
det. - ellas, ellos, las, los
adj. - ellas, ellos, las, los

Svenska (Swedish)
pron. - dem, de, dom, sig
adj. - de där

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
他们, 它们, 她们

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
pron. - 他們, 它們, 她們
det. - 他們, 它們, 她們

한국어 (Korean)
pron. - 그들을, 그것들을, 그들
det. - 그를, 그녀를
adj. - 그들의, 그것들의

日本語 (Japanese)
pron. - 彼女らを, それらを

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(ضمير) ها, هن, هم (صفه) ها, هن, هم‏

עברית (Hebrew)
pron. - ‮אותם, הם (מדוברת)‬
det. - ‮אלה/ו (עגה)‬
adj. - ‮אלה/ו‬


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