them

See also: thêm

English

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them

Wikipedia

Alternative forms

dem (nonstandard)
em
'em

Pronunciation

(Stressed) enPR: thĕm,
(deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /ðɛm/
- (Stressed) (New York City)
  (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): [d̪ɛm]
(deprecated use of |lang= parameter)
Audio (US)
(file)
(Unstressed) enPR: thəm,
(deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): /ðəm/
- (Unstressed) (New York City)
  (deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): [d̪ʌm]
(deprecated use of |lang= parameter)
Audio (US) unstressed, in the phrase "see them"
(file)
(deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Rhymes: -ɛm
(deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Rhymes: -əm

Etymology

From Middle English, from Old Norse þeim.

Pronoun

them (personal pronoun, objective case)

Objective case of they: 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)
Objective case of they: third-person singular pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb.
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, […] [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.
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  Someone in the crowd around the lifts called sycophantically, ‘Morning, Yaxley!’ Yaxley ignored them.

Usage notes

Regarding the use of singular them, see they.

Related terms

Translations

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

Albanian: ata (sq), ato (sq), atyre (sq)
Arabic: ـهُم‎ (ar) m pl (-hum), ـهُنَّ‎ f pl (-hunna), ـهُما‎ du (-humā), إِيَّاهُم‎ m pl (ʾiyyāhum), إِيَّاهُنَّ‎ f pl (ʾiyyāhunna), إيَّاهُمَا‎ m du or f du (ʾiyyāhumā)
Egyptian Arabic: ـهم‎ (-hum)
Armenian: նրանց (nrancʿ), իրենց (irencʿ)
Old Armenian: նոցա (nocʿa), նոսա (nosa)
Burmese: သူတို့ (sutui.), သူများ (my) (su-mya:)
Catalan: (accusative) els (ca) m, les (ca) f, (dative) els (ca)
Chechen: царна (carna)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 他們 (zh), 他们 (zh) (tāmen) (human), 她們 (zh), 她们 (zh) (tāmen) (human, female only), 牠們 (zh), 它们 (zh) (tāmen) (animal), 它們 (zh), 它们 (zh) (tāmen) (inanimate)

Min Nan: 𪜶 (zh-min-nan) (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)
Danish: dem (da)
Dutch: hen (nl) (esp. for direct objects), hun (nl) (esp. for indirect objects), ze (nl) (unemphatic)
Esperanto: ili (eo), ilin (eo)
Ewe: wo
Faroese: teir, tær, tey (accusative case), teimum, teim (dative case)
Finnish: heidät (fi), heitä (fi), heillä, heille, (inflected forms of he - "they", of which the ones listed are the most frequently used) heiltä
French: (accusative) les (fr), (dative) leur (fr), (after preposition or emphatic) eux (fr) m, (after preposition or emphatic) elles (fr) f
Georgian: მათ (mat), იმათ (imat)

German: sie (de) (accusative), ihnen (de) (dative)
Haitian Creole: yo
Hopi: pumuy
Hungarian: őket (hu), azokat (hu)
Ido: li (io), ili (io) m, eli (io) f, oli (io) n
Indonesian: mereka (id)
Irish: iad, iadsan (emphatic)
Old Irish: s-, da-, -us
Kazakh: оларды (kk) (olardı)
Latin: eos (la) m, eas (la) f, ea (la) n, illos m, illas f, illa n, hos (la) m, has (la) f, haec (la) n
Manx: ad (gv), adsyn (emphatic)
Maori: rāua (referring to two people), rātau (referring to three or more people), rātou (referring to three or more people)
Norwegian: dem (no)
Pitcairn-Norfolk: dem
Portuguese: os (pt) m pl (direct object), lhes (pt) m pl or f pl (dative), eles (pt) m pl (preposition)
Romanian: ei (ro) m pl (direct object) (stressed form), ele (ro) f pl (direct object) (stressed form), îi m pl (direct object) (unstressed form), le f pl (direct object) (unstressed form), lor (ro) m pl or f pl (indirect object) (stressed form), le m pl or f pl (indirect object) (unstressed form)
Russian: их (ru) (ix) (direct object), им (ru) (im) (indirect object), (see они́ (ru) (oní) they for the complete declension)
Scots: thaim
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: jej du, je pl (inanimate); jeju du, jich pl (animate)
Spanish: a ellos m pl, a ellas f pl
Swedish: dem (sv)
Turkish: onlar (tr)
Ukrainian: їх (jix), їм (jim)
Venetian: lori (vec)
Wolof: leen
Zulu: bona class 2 (usually for people), yona class 4, wona class 6, zona class 8, zona class 10

third-person singular pronoun of indeterminate gender

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

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Esperanto: (after preposition) ^{(please verify)} ili (eo), (indirect object) ^{(please verify)} al ili , (direct object) ^{(please verify)} ilin (eo)

Italian: (after preposition) ^{(please verify)} loro (it), (indirect object) ^{(please verify)} loro (it), (colloquial) ^{(please verify)} gli (it), (indirect object, emphatic) ^{(please verify)} a loro, (indirect object with an imperative verb) ^{(please verify)} loro (it), (colloquial; becomes glie- when used with a direct object) ^{(please verify)} gli (it), (direct object) ^{(please verify)} li (it) m, ^{(please verify)} le (it) f, (direct object, emphatic) ^{(please verify)} loro (it)
Japanese: ^{(please verify)} 彼らを (かれらを, karera o)
Korean: ^{(please verify)} 그들을 (geudeuleul), ^{(please verify)} 그들에게 (geudeulege)
Novial: ^{(please verify)} les m, f or n, ^{(please verify)} los m, ^{(please verify)} las f, ^{(please verify)} lus n
Slovak: (dative) ^{(please verify)} im, (accusative) ^{(please verify)} ich
Spanish: (direct object) ^{(please verify)} les (es), ^{(please verify)} a ellos (es) m , (indirect object) ^{(please verify)} a ellas (es) f , ^{(please verify)} ellos (es) m, (after preposition) ^{(please verify)} ellas (es) f
Swedish: ^{(please verify)} dem (sv)

Determiner

them

(dialectal) Those.
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  " […] Them two wild horses ain't fit to ride, and I been wonderin' how I was goin' to get you out of this place before them Spanish maybe circle back and finish the job."
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Them kids need to grow up.

Anagrams

meth, meth-

Albanian

Alternative forms

thom

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *ϑēm-, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱeh₁(n)s- (“to say, instruct, announce”). Cognate with Sanskrit शास्ति (śā́sti, “to instruct, advise, command”).

Pronunciation

(deprecated use of |lang= parameter) IPA^(key): [θɛm]

Verb

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

I say

Conjugation

Standard Albanian conjugation of them (active voice)

		singular (njëjës)			plural (shumës)
participle (pjesore)			thënë
gerund (përcjellore)			duke thënë
infinitive (paskajore)			për të thënë
		1st pers. (veta e 1rë)	2nd pers. (veta e 2të)	3rd pers. (veta e 3të)	1st pers. (veta e 1rë)	2nd pers. (veta e 2të)	3rd pers. (veta e 3të)
indicative (dëftore)		unë	ti	ai/ajo	ne	ju	ata/ato
	present (e tashme)	them	thua	thotë	themi	thoni	thonë
	imperfect (e pakryer)	thosha	thoshe	thoshte	thoshim	thoshit	thoshin
	aorist (simple past) (e kryer e thjeshtë)	thashë	the	tha	thamë	thatë	thanë
	perfect (e kryer)	kam thënë	ke thënë	ka thënë	kemi thënë	keni thënë	kanë thënë
	past perfect (më se e kryer)	kisha thënë	kishe thënë	kishte thënë	kishim thënë	kishit thënë	kishin thënë
	aorist II (past perfect II) (e kryer e tejshkuar)	pata thënë	pate thënë	pati thënë	patëm thënë	patët thënë	patën thënë
	future¹ (e ardhme)	do të them	do të thuash	do të thotë	do të themi	do të thoni	do të thonë
	future perfect² (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 (lidhore)		unë	ti	ai/ajo	ne	ju	ata/ato
	present (e tashme)	të them	të thuash	të thotë	të themi	të thoni	të thonë
	imperfect (e pakryer)	të thosha	të thoshe	të thoshte	të thoshim	të thoshit	të thoshin
	perfect (e kryer)	të kem thënë	të kesh thënë	të ketë thënë	të kemi thënë	të keni thënë	të kenë thënë
	past perfect (më se e kryer)	të kisha thënë	të kishe thënë	të kishte thënë	të kishim thënë	të kishit thënë	të kishin thënë

conditional¹^,² (kushtore)		unë	ti	ai/ajo	ne	ju	ata/ato
	imperfect (e pakryer)	do të thosha	do të thoshe	do të thoshte	do të thoshim	do të thoshit	do të thoshin
	past perfect (më se 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 (dëshirore)		unë	ti	ai/ajo	ne	ju	ata/ato
	present (e tashme)	thënça	thënç	thëntë	thënçim	thënçit	thënçin
	perfect (e kryer)	paça thënë	paç thënë	pastë thënë	paçim thënë	paçit thënë	paçin thënë

admirative (habitore)		unë	ti	ai/ajo	ne	ju	ata/ato
	present (e tashme)	thënkam	thënke	thënka	thënkemi	thënkeni	thënkan
	imperfect (pakryer)	thënkësha	thënkëshe	thënkësh	thënkëshim	thënkëshit	thënkëshin
	perfect (e kryer)	paskam thënë	paske thënë	paska thënë	paskemi thënë	paskeni thënë	paskan thënë
	past perfect (më se e kryer)	paskësha thënë	paskëshe thënë	paskësh thënë	paskëshim thënë	paskëshit thënë	paskëshin thënë
imperative (urdhërore)		—	ti	—	—	ju	—
imperative (urdhërore)	present (e tashme)	—	thuaj	—	—	thoni	—
¹) indicative future identical with conditional present ²) indicative future perfect identical with conditional perfect

Derived terms

kundërthem

Middle English

Noun

them

(deprecated use of |lang= parameter) Alternative form of teme (“folk”)

Romani

Noun

them m (plural thema)

country

			personal pronoun			possessive pronoun	possessive determiner
			subjective	objective	reflexive	possessive pronoun	possessive determiner
first person	singular		I me (colloquial)	me	myself me mysen	mine	my mine (before vowels, archaic) me
first person	plural		we	us	ourselves ourself oursen	ours	our
second person	singular	standard, formal	you	you	yourself yoursen	yours yourn (obsolete outside dialects)	your
	singular	archaic, informal	thou	thee	thyself theeself thysen	thine	thy thine (before vowels)
	plural	standard	you ye (archaic)	you	yourselves	yours yourn (obsolete outside dialects)	your
		colloquial	you all y'all	you all y'all	–	y'all's	your all's (nonstandard) y'all's
		informal / dialectal	(see list of dialectal forms at you and inflected forms in those entries)
third person	singular	masculine	he	him	himself hisself (archaic) hissen	his hisn (obsolete outside dialects)	his
		feminine	she	her	herself hersen	hers hern (obsolete outside dialects)	her
		neuter	it hit	it hit	itself hitself	its his (archaic)	its his (archaic) hits
		genderless, nonstandard	they	them	themself, themselves	theirs	their
		genderless, nonspecific (formal)	one	one	oneself	–	one's
	plural		they	them hem, 'em	themselves theirsen	theirs theirn (obsolete outside dialects)	their