them

them  (m, m)

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 Notes 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).

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[Middle English, from Old Norse theim and Old English thm; see to- in Indo-European roots.]

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them [ðɛm (unstressed) ðəm]

pron

1. (objective) refers to things or people other than the speaker or people addressed I'll kill them what happened to them?

2. Chiefly US a dialect word for themselves when used as an indirect object they got them a new vice president

determiner

a nonstandard word for those three of them oranges

[Old English thǣm, influenced by Old Norse theim; related to Old Frisian thām, Old Saxon, Old High German thēm, Old Norse theimr, Gothic thaim]

Usage: See at me¹, they

Translations

them [ðem, ðəm] PRON

1. (direct object) → los/las
I didn't know them → no los conocía
look at them! → ¡míralos!
I had to give them to her → tuve que dárselos

2. (indirect object) → les; (combined with direct object pron) → se
I gave them some brochures → les di unos folletos
you must tell them the truth → tienes que decirles la verdad
yes, of course I gave them the book → sí, claro que les di el libro
yes, of course I gave it to them → sí, claro que se lo di
I gave the money to them, not their parents → les di el dinero a ellos, no a sus padres
I'm giving it to them not you → se lo doy a ellos, no a ti
give it to them when you go to Liverpool → dáselo cuando vayas a Liverpool
give it to them, not me → dáselo a ellos, no a mí

3. (after prepositions, in comparisons, with verb "to be") → ellos/ellas
it's for them → es para ellos
my sisters didn't go, my mother stayed with them → mis hermanas no fueron, mi madre se quedó con ellas
we are older than them → somos mayores que ellos
it must be them → deben de ser ellos
that's them, they're coming now → son ellos, ya vienen
they were carrying them on them → los llevaban consigo

4. (referring back to "someone", "anyone" etc: direct object) → lo or (Sp) le/la; (indirect object) → le
if anyone tries to talk to you, ignore them → si alguien trata de hablar contigo, no le hagas caso

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them [ˈðɛm](STRONG) [ðəm] pron

(direct) → les
I see them → je les vois
I didn't see them → je ne les ai pas vus

(indirect) → leur
I gave them some brochures → Je leur ai donné des brochures.
Give them the book → Donne-leur le livre.
I told them the truth → Je leur ai dit la vérité.
to them
I'm explaining it to them → Je suis en train de le leur expliquer.

(stressed) → eux* $(elles)m/f
it's them! → ce sont eux!, c'est eux!

(after preposition) → eux* $(elles)m/f
Ann and Sophie came, and Graham was with them → Ann et Sophie sont venues, et Graham était avec elles.
I couldn't find my glasses, so I had to go out without them
BUT Je n'ai pas pu trouvé mes lunettes, alors j'ai dû sortir sans.
His dark socks had a stripe on them
BUT Ses chaussettes foncées avaient une rayure dessus.
it's for them → c'est pour eux
a few of them → quelques-uns*(quelques-unes)
Give me a few of them → Donnez m'en quelques-uns (or quelques-unes).
some of them → certains*(certaines)
a lot of them, many of them → beaucoup

(= him or her) (direct) → le; (indirect) → lui
If anyone arrives early, can you let them in? → Si quelqu'un arrive en avance peux-tu le faire entrer?
It takes great courage to face your child and tell them the truth → Cela demande énormément de courage de faire face à son enfant et lui dire la vérité.
If anyone phones, please tell them I'm out
BUT Si on appelle, merci de dire que je suis sorti.

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them [, (weak form)]

pers pron pl

(dir obj, with prep +acc) → sie; (indir obj, with prep +dat) → ihnen; both of them saw me → beide haben mich gesehen; neither of them saw me → keiner von beiden hat mich gesehen; give me a few of them → geben Sie mir ein paar davon; none of them → keiner/keinen (von ihnen); he’s one of them → das ist einer von ihnen; (= homosexual) → er ist andersrum (inf)

(emph) → sie; them and us (inf) → sie or die (inf) → und wir; it’s them → sie sinds; it’s them who did it → SIE or DIE haben es gemacht

(dial, incorrect) them as wants to → die, die wollen

adj (incorrect) → diese

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them [ðɛm, ɐweak form ð/əm] pers pron pl

a. (direct, unstressed) → li/le; (stressed, people) → loro; (things) → essi/e
I watched them → li ho guardati or le ho guardate
he knows THEM → conosce LORO
if I were them → se io fossi in loro
it's them! → eccoli!

b. (indirect, people) → loro (after verb), gli (fam); (things) → essi/e
she gave them the money → ha dato loro i soldi, gli ha dato i soldi (fam)

c. (after prep, people) → loro; (things) → essi/e
I'm thinking of them → penso a loro
as for them → quanto a loro (or a questi)
both of them → tutt'e due
several of them → parecchi (di loro or di essi)
give me a few of them → dammene un po' or qualcuno
I don't like either of them → non mi piace nessuno dei due
none of them would do it → nessuno (di loro) lo voleva fare
that was very good of them → è stato molto gentile da parte loro

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them

pron them [ðəm, ðem]

(used as the object of verb or preposition)

1 people, animals, things etc already spoken about, being pointed out etc Let's invite them to dinner; What will you do with them? hulle إياهُم: ضَمير المَفْعول بِه тях je, jim, jimi dem sie,ihnen τους los, las (complemento directo); les (complemento indirecto); ellos, ellas (con preposición) nemad, nad, need (objektikäänetes) آنها را heitä, heidät, heille les, eux, elles, leur אוֹתָם, אוֹתָן उन्हें, उनको njih, njima őket, azokat mereka því .{{TH}}.{{TH}}. þeim mun, því .{{TH}}.{{TH}}. því loro, li, le 彼らを 그(그녀)들을(에게), 그것들을(에게) juos, jas viņus; viņiem mereka hen dem im, ich, nimi itd. os/eles (pe) ei/ele; lor, -le их ich, im, nimi jih, jim, z njimi njima dem, sig พวกเขา (รูปกรรมของ they) onları, onlara 的受詞，他(她、它)們 їм, їх ان کو chúng nó, họ 的宾格，他（她、它）们

2 used instead of him, ~him or her etc where a person of unknown sex or people of both sexes are referred to If anyone touches that, I'll hit them. hulle تُسْتَعْمَل عِندَما لا نَعْرِف جِنْس المُشار إليْه тях, ги ho ham ihn,sie τον, την (το χρησιμοποιούμε όταν δε γνωρίζουμε το φύλο του αναφερόμενου αντικειμένου) le, la teda, seda به او (kun sukupuolta ei tunneta tai kun viitataan molempiin sukupuoliin) le, la, les, leur, eux אוֹתָם, אוֹתָן उन्हें, उनको, इन्हें, इनको im, ih azt (az embert) mereka hann, hana suo, sua, suoi, sue その人を 그 사람을(에게) jam, jai, jiems, já, jà, juos viņus; viņiem mereka hem han, henne go os/eles îl; o; îi им ho, ju tisti ih honom, henne พวกเขา (รูปกรรมของ they) onu, ona (泛指)代替受詞的他、她、它 того (з них) اس کو họ, chúng （泛指）代替宾格的他、她、它

pron themˈselves

1 used as the object of a verb or preposition when people, animals etc are the object of actions they perform They hurt themselves; They looked at themselves in the mirror. hulself, hulleself ضَمير المَفعول به عندما يَقَع الفِعْل على المُتَكَلِّم: نفْسُهُم тях си se, sebe sig selv sich(selbst) τον εαυτό τους, τους εαυτούς τους se, sí mismos; se, sí mismas ennast, end, endid (objektikäänetes) خودشان itseään se, eux, elles-mêmes स्वयं sebe, sebi (ön)magukat diri mereka (sjálfa) sig se stessi, se stesse, si 彼ら自身を (재귀 용법) 그(그녀, 그것)들 자신 (스스로) save (par daudzsk. 3. personu) sevi diri mereka sendiri zichzelf seg (selv) się, siebie se/si pe/la ei (înşişi) себя sa, seba sebe sebe sig [] ด้วยตัวของพวกเขาเอง kendileri, kendilerine (反身代詞)他們、她們、它們(自己)(用於受詞) себе; -ся خود کو chính họ （反身代词）他们、她们、它们（自己）（用于宾格）

2 used to emphasize they, ~them or the names of people, animals etc They themselves did nothing wrong. hulle, hulle sélf تُسْتَعْمَل للتَّوْكيد: نَفْسُهُم те самите sami selv selbst αυτοί οι ίδιοι (για έμφαση) ellos mismos; ellas mismas ise خودشان itse eux, elles-mêmes oni sami, sami sebe (ők) maguk mereka sendiri sjálfir (essi) stessi, esse (stesse) 彼ら自身は (강조 용법) 그 (그녀, 그것)들 자신 (스스로) patys (viņi) paši (not translated) zelf selv oni sami próprios înşişi, însele сами sami, samy sami sami själva [] ด้วยตัวของพวกเขาเอง bizzat kendileri 他(她、它)們本身(表強調) особисто خود ہي بطور تاکيد đúng là họ 他（她、它）们本身（表强调）

3 without help etc They decided to do it themselves. sélf بدون مُساعَدَه، بِنَفْسِهِم сами sami selv selbst μόνοι τους ellos mismos, ellos solos; ellas mismas, ellos mismos ise خودشان keskenään tout seuls, toutes seules अपने आप sami, same saját maguk sendiri sjálfir; hjálparlaust da sé 彼ら自身で (도움을 받지 않고 그, 그녀, 그것들 스스로) patys [] paši sendiri zelf selv sami sozinhos singuri сами sami, samy sami sami [] själva ด้วยตัวของพวกเขาเอง kendi başlarına, kendi kendilerine 他(她、它)們親身(在沒有幫助的情況下) самі خود ہي ، بلا مدد tự họ 他（她、它）们亲身（在没有帮助的情况下）

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them → ضمير الغائب للجمع je dem sie αυτούς los he eux njih loro 彼らを 그들을 hen dem ich os, eles, lhes им dem พวกเขา onları họ 他们