it
The third-person singular neuter personal pronoun used to refer to an inanimate…The third-person singular neuter personal pronoun used to refer to an inanimate object, abstract entity, or non-human living thing.
» Take a book and read it.
Nimm ein Buch und lies es!
Возьми книгу и прочитай её!
Возьми книгу и читай её.
Возьмите книгу и почитайте!
Возьмите книгу и читайте!
Візьми книгу та прочитай її!
Meaning
14 sensesThe third-person singular neuter personal pronoun used to refer to an inanimate object, abstract entity, or non-human living thing.
Take this book and put it on the shelf.
Take each day as it comes.
er, sie, es
онon, она́oná, оно́onó
воно́vonó, цеce
A third-person singular personal pronoun used to refer to a baby or child, especially of unknown gender.
She took the baby and held it in her arms.
(rare)A third-person singular pronoun used to refer to an unspecified person.
(derogatory, offensive)A third-person singular personal pronoun used to refer to an animate referent who is transgender or non-binary.
Refers to someone being identified, often on the phone, but not limited to this situation.
It's me, John.
Somebody wanted a drink, didn't they? Who was it?
The impersonal pronoun, used without referent as the subject of an impersonal verb or statement (known as the dummy pronoun, dummy it or weather it).
It is nearly 10 o’clock.
It’s 10:45.
es, es
его́jevó, ему́jemú, его́jevó
цеce
The impersonal pronoun, used without referent, or with unstated but contextually implied referent, in various short idioms or expressions.
rough it
live it up
The impersonal pronoun, used without referent, or with unstated but contextually implied referent, in various short idioms or expressions.
Referring to a desirable quality or ability, or quality of being successful, fashionable or in vogue.
After all these years, she still has it.
Referring to sexual intercourse or other sexual activity.
I caught them doing it.
Are you getting it regularly?
(uncountable)Sex appeal, especially that which goes beyond physical appearance.
The impersonal pronoun, used as a placeholder for a delayed subject, or less commonly, object; known as the dummy pronoun (according to some definitions), anticipatory it or, more formally in linguistics, a syntactic expletive. The delayed subject is commonly a to-infinitive, a gerund, or a noun clause introduced by a subordinating conjunction.
It’s not worth talking to you.
It is easy to see how she would think that.
All or the end; something after which there is no more.
Are there more students in this class, or is this it?
That's it—I'm not going to any more candy stores with you.
Examples
106449 sentencesTake a book and read it.
Візьми книгу та прочитай її! — aandrusiak
ruВозьми книгу и прочитай её! — al_ex_an_der
deNimm ein Buch und lies es! — MUIRIEL
Did you read it at all?
Ти це взагалі читав? — deniko
ruТы это вообще читал? — sharptoothed
deHast du es überhaupt gelesen? — RandomUsername
Who did you give it to?
Кому ти це дав? — deniko
ruКому ты его дал? — Selena777
deWem hast du es gegeben? — tokre
What did you open it with?
Чим ти його відкрив? — deniko
ruЧем ты её открыла? — sigavax
deWomit hast du es geöffnet? — Espi
What is it that you want?
Чого саме ви хочете? — deniko
ruЧего ты хочешь? — shanghainese
deWas willst du? — MUIRIEL
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English it, hit ( > dialectal English hit (“it”)), from Old English hit (“it”)From Middle English it, hit ( > dialectal English hit (“it”)), from Old English hit (“it”), from Proto-West Germanic *hit, from Proto-Germanic *hit (“this, this one”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱe (“here; here”).
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