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they [ðeɪ] pron (subjective)
1. refers to people or things other than the speaker or people addressed they fight among themselves 2. refers to unspecified people or people in general not including the speaker or people addressed in Australia they have Christmas in the summer 3. Not standard refers to an indefinite antecedent such as one, whoever, or anybody if anyone objects, they can go 4. an archaic word for those blessed are they that mourn [thei from Old Norse their, masculine nominative plural, equivalent to Old English thā] Usage: It was formerly considered correct to use he, him, or his after pronouns such as everyone, no-one, anyone, or someone as in everyone did his best, but it is now more common to use they, them, or their, and this use has become acceptable in all but the most formal contexts: everyone did their best Translations they [ðeɪ] PRON 1. (referring to particular people, things) 1.1. (emphatic, to avoid ambiguity) → ellos/ellas we went to the cinema but they didn't → nosotros fuimos al cine pero ellos no I spoke to my sisters and they agreed with me → hablé con mis hermanas y ellas estaban de acuerdo conmigo it's they who → son ellos quienes ... we work harder than they do → trabajamos más que ellos 1.2. Don't translate the subject pronoun when not emphasizing or clarifying: they're fine, thank you → están bien, graciasthey're yellow → son amarillos 1.3. (frm) they who → los que ..., quienes ... 2. (referring to "someone", "anyone") if anyone tells you otherwise, they're mistaken → si alguien te dice lo contrario, no tiene razón they [ˈðeɪ] pron pl (gen) → ils* $(elles)m/f "Are there any tickets left?" - "No, they're all sold." → "Est-ce qu'il reste des billets?" - "Non, ils sont tous vendus." "Do you like those shoes?" - "No, they're horrible." → "Tu aimes ces chaussures?" - "Non, elles sont affreuses." (stressed) → eux* $(elles)m/f They are the guilty ones, not us → Ce sont eux les coupables, pas nous. (= he or she) The teacher is not responsible for the student's success or failure. They are only there to help the student learn → Le professeur n'est pas responsable du succès ou de l'échec de l'étudiant. Il est là seulement pour aider l'étudiant à apprendre. Anyone who does this is unwise; in fact they are downright idiotic → Quiconque fait ça est imprudent, et même franchement idiot. they pers pron pl → sie; they are very good people → es sind sehr gute Leute; it is they (form) → sie sind es; they who → diejenigen, die or welche, wer (+sing vb) they [ðeɪ] pers pron pl a. (gen) → essi/e; (people only) → loro they have gone → sono partiti (or partite) there they are → eccoli (or eccole) là THEY know nothing about it → LORO non ne sanno nulla they [ðeɪ] pers pron pl pron they [ðei] (used only as the subject of a verb) 1 persons, animals or things already spoken about, being pointed out etc They are in the garden. hulle هُم: للعاقِل وغَيْر العاقِل те oni, ony, ona de sie αυτοί, αυτές, αυτά (για συγκεκριμένα πρόσωπα ή πράγματα που έχουν προαναφερθεί) ellos; ellas nemad, nad, need آنها he, ne ils, elles הֵם, הֵן वे oni, one ők mereka þeir, þær, þau essi, esse, loro 彼らは 그(그녀)들은(이), 그것(저것) 들은(이) jie viņi; viņas mereka, ia zij de oni eles ei; ele они oni, ony oni oni de พวกเขา onlar 他(她,它)們 вони وہ، وہ لوگ người vật đã được đề cập đến 他(她,它)们 2 used instead of he, ~he or she etc when the person's sex is unknown or when people of both sexes are being referred to If anyone does that, they are to be severely punished. hulle تُسْتَعْمَل عِندَما يَكون جِنْس المُشار إليْه غَيْر مَعروف те on, ten han er,sie,es αυτό(ς), αυτή (το χρησιμοποιούμε όταν δε γνωρίζουμε το φύλο του αναφερόμενου αντικειμένου) esa persona; ellos tema, see او hän il(s), elle(s) הֵם, הֵן वे, वे लोग, लोग oni azok mereka hann, hún, þeir, þær (lui), (lei) その人は (이미 언급된 사람의 성이 알려지지 않았거나, 양 성이 모두 언급된 경우의) 그들 jis, ji, jie viņi dia hij en, man, folk on eles el, ea, ei, ele он; они on, ten oni oni han, hon, den, de เขา Not: cinsiyet belli değilse he veya she yerine kullanılır (指不分性別的)人們 той (з них) وہ người ta (指不分性别的)人们 they → هُم oni de sie αυτοί ellos he ils oni loro 彼らは 그들 zij de oni eles они de พวกเขาทั้งหลาย onlar họ 他们 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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