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is a contraction of they are, and should be distinguished from the like-sounding forms their and there.

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IN BRIEF: Those people are.

Now they're hurrying because they are afraid. — Ayn Rand, Source: (Atlas 64)

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See words rhyming with "they're."

Dansk (Danish)
cont. - they are

Nederlands (Dutch)
zij zijn

Français (French)
cont. - (contr. = they are) ils/elles sont

Deutsch (German)
cont. - sie sind

Ελληνική (Greek)
abbr. - (αυτοί) είναι

Italiano (Italian)
sono, stanno

Português (Portuguese)
abbr. - eles são (m)

Русский (Russian)
(сокр.) они (с добавлением гл. "быть" в наст. вр.)

Español (Spanish)
cont. - son, están

Svenska (Swedish)
abbr. - they are

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
他们是...

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
cont. - 他們是...

한국어 (Korean)
cont. - they are의 간략형

日本語 (Japanese)
abbr. - they are, they were

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(اختصار) they are, انهم‏

עברית (Hebrew)
cont. - ‮הם (מצבם), הם עושים ...‬

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