Meaning

2 senses

  1. (Southern England, dialectal, nonstandard)The, those.

  2. (US, dialectal)Their.

Examples

92506 sentences

  1. Your parents didn't come, did they?

    Твої ж батьки не приїхали? — aandrusiak

    ruТвои родители не пришли, не так ли? — Lenin_1917

    deDeine Eltern sind nicht gekommen, nicht wahr? — Dejo

    CC BY 2.0 FR · Tatoeba · CK · A1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  2. I invited them to the party.

    Я запросив його на вечірку. — deniko

    deIch habe sie zur Party eingeladen. — Wolf

    CC BY 2.0 FR · Tatoeba · CK · A2Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  3. I want to see them again.

    Я хочу знову їх побачити. — deniko

    ruЯ хочу увидеть их снова. — Balamax

    deIch möchte sie wiedersehen. — Ole

    CC BY 2.0 FR · Tatoeba · CK · A1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  4. I don't like any of them.

    Жоден з них мені не подобається. — deniko

    ruМне никто из них не нравится. — las

    CC BY 2.0 FR · Tatoeba · CK · A1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

  5. Let's discuss the problem with them.

    Давай обговоримо цю проблему з ними. — ChickenKiev

    ruДавайте обсудим проблему с ними. — odexed

    deLass uns das Problem mit ihnen besprechen. — virgil

    CC BY 2.0 FR · Tatoeba · CK · A1Open on TatoebaReport a problem

Origin

From Middle English þei, borrowed in the 1200s from Old Norse þeir, plural of the demonstr

From Middle English þei, borrowed in the 1200s from Old Norse þeir, plural of the demonstrative sá which acted as a plural pronoun. Displaced native Middle English he from Old English hīe — which vowel changes had left indistinct from he (“he”) — by the 1400s, being readily incorporated alongside native words beginning with the same sound (the, that, this). Used as a singular pronoun since 1300, e.g. in the 1325 Cursor Mundi.

Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Forms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
thermostatthesaurusthesisB2thetathickA1
they — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto