English

Pronunciation

• (Stressed) , /ðɛm/, /DEm/
• (Unstressed) , ðəm/, D@m/

• Rhymes with: -ɛm

Pronoun

1. 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)

2. Third person singular pronoun of indeterminate or irrelevant gender

   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)

Usage notes

• For notes on the usage referring to a person of unspecified gender, see the usage notes for they.

Related terms

• their
• theirs
• they
• themself
• themselves

Translations

Translations to be checked

• Arabic:
• Czech: nim (after preposition), jim (indirect object), je (direct object)
• Dutch: hen , hun
• Esperanto: ili (after preposition), al ili (indirect object), ilin (direct object)
• Finnish: heidät, heitä, heille
• French: (after preposition) eux , elles , (indirect object) leur, (indirect object, emphatic) leur ... à eux , leur ... à elles , (indirect object with an imperative verb) leur, (direct object) les, (direct object, emphatic) les ... eux , les ... elles

  Note: ''In French, the masculine form is used to refer to a group of people or things that include at least one male or at least one masculine noun respectively, or when the sexes or genders are unknown; the feminine form is used only when all the people or things in the group referred to are known to be female or feminine, respectively.

  Examples:

  After preposition: It is for them — C'est pour eux; C’est pour elles

  Indirect object: She tells them her name — Elle leur dit son nom; She gives the book to them — Elle leur donne le livre

  Indirect object, emphatic: She gives the book to them — Elle leur donne le livre à eux; Elle leur donne le livre à elles

  Indirect object with an imperative verb: Give it to them — Donnez-le-leur

  Direct object: She hates them — Elle les déteste

  Direct object, emphatic: She loves them — Elle les aime, eux; Elle les aime, elles

• German: sie, ihnen
• Hungarian: őket, azokat
• Irish: iad; emphatic iadsan
• Italian: (after preposition) loro, (indirect object) loro, gli (colloquial), (indirect object, emphatic) a loro, (indirect object with an imperative verb) loro, gli (colloquial; becomes glie- when used with a direct object), (direct object) li , le , (direct object, emphatic) loro

  Note: In Italian, the masculine form is used to refer to a group of people or things that include at least one male or at least one masculine noun respectively, or when the sexes or genders are unknown; the feminine form is used only when all the people or things in the group referred to are known to be female or feminine, respectively.

  Examples:

  After preposition: It is for them — É per loro

  Indirect object: Maria tells them her name — Maria dice loro il suo nome; Maria gli dice il suo nome

  Indirect object, emphatic: Maria gives the book to them — Maria dà il libro a loro

  Indirect object with an imperative verb, used without a direct object: Write to them — Scrivi loro; Scrivigli; Tell them — Di' loro; Digli

  Indirect object with an imperative verb, used with a direct object: Send it to them — Spediscilo loro; Spedisciglielo; Give it to them — Dallo loro; Daglielo

  Direct object: Maria wants them - Maria li vuole; Maria le vuole

  Direct object, emphatic: Maria wants them — Maria vuole loro

• Japanese: 彼らを (かれらを, karera o)
• Korean: 그들을 (geudeuleul), 그들에게 (geudeulege)
• Manx: ad, emphatic: adsyn
• Novial: les , or , los , las , lus
• Portuguese: os, lhes
• Russian: их (iχ), им (im), ими (ími)
• Slovak: im (dative), ich (accusative)''
• Spanish: les (direct object); a ellos , a ellas (indirect object); ellos , ellas (after preposition)
• Swedish: dem

Them is the English third person accusative (i.e., used after a preposition or as the object of a verb) plural personal pronoun. They is the nominative form (i.e., subject of a phrase). Them is sometimes also used in the singular as the accusative form of the singular they. (See also: English personal pronouns).

Them or THEM may also refer to:

• Celtic F.C., Scottish football club
• Them, Denmark, a municipality
• Them (band), a band featuring Van Morrison
• Themselves, a band formerly known as Them
• Them (novel), a 1969 novel by Joyce Carol Oates
• Them: Adventures With Extremists, a 2003 book by Jon Ronson
• Them (2006 film), French Horror film starring Olivia Bonamy and Michael Cohen
• Them!, a science fiction film about giant ants
• "Them", a 1988 album by heavy metal band King Diamond
• Them (TV series), a Fox network television series
• THEM (TV series), also known as Totally Hidden Extreme Magic, a short lived television series
• THEM! (comics), a gang of villains from the Wonder Woman comic
• THEM (Marvel universe), a fictional terrorist organisation
• "The Honourable Elijah Muhammad", used in internal notes of the Nation of Islam and by biographer Alex Haley

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