them

thashë (aorist)
thënë (participle)
thënë (participle)
duke thënë (gerund)
për të thënë (infinitive)
them (first-person indicative present singular)
thua (indicative present second-person singular)
thotë (indicative present singular third-person)
themi (first-person indicative plural present)
thoni (indicative plural present second-person)
thonë (indicative plural present third-person)
thosha (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
thoshe (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
thoshte (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
thoshim (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
thoshit (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
thoshin (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
thashë (aorist first-person indicative singular)
the (aorist indicative second-person singular)
tha (aorist indicative singular third-person)
thamë (aorist first-person indicative plural)
thatë (aorist indicative plural second-person)
thanë (aorist indicative plural third-person)
kam thënë (first-person indicative perfect singular)
ke thënë (indicative perfect second-person singular)
ka thënë (indicative perfect singular third-person)
kemi thënë (first-person indicative perfect plural)
keni thënë (indicative perfect plural second-person)
kanë thënë (indicative perfect plural third-person)
kisha thënë (first-person indicative past perfect singular)
kishe thënë (indicative past perfect second-person singular)
kishte thënë (indicative past perfect singular third-person)
kishim thënë (first-person indicative past perfect plural)
kishit thënë (indicative past perfect plural second-person)
kishin thënë (indicative past perfect plural third-person)
pata thënë (first-person indicative singular)
pate thënë (indicative second-person singular)
pati thënë (indicative singular third-person)
patëm thënë (first-person indicative plural)
patët thënë (indicative plural second-person)
patën thënë (indicative plural third-person)
do të them (first-person future indicative singular)
do të thuash (future indicative second-person singular)
do të thotë (future indicative singular third-person)
do të themi (first-person future indicative plural)
do të thoni (future indicative plural second-person)
do të thonë (future indicative plural third-person)
do të kem thënë (first-person future indicative perfect singular)
do të kesh thënë (future indicative perfect second-person singular)
do të ketë thënë (future indicative perfect singular third-person)
do të kemi thënë (first-person future indicative perfect plural)
do të keni thënë (future indicative perfect plural second-person)
do të kenë thënë (future indicative perfect plural third-person)
të them (first-person present singular subjunctive)
të thuash (present second-person singular subjunctive)
të thotë (present singular subjunctive third-person)
të themi (first-person plural present subjunctive)
të thoni (plural present second-person subjunctive)
të thonë (plural present subjunctive third-person)
të thosha (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
të thoshe (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
të thoshte (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
të thoshim (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
të thoshit (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
të thoshin (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
të kem thënë (first-person perfect singular subjunctive)
të kesh thënë (perfect second-person singular subjunctive)
të ketë thënë (perfect singular subjunctive third-person)
të kemi thënë (first-person perfect plural subjunctive)
të keni thënë (perfect plural second-person subjunctive)
të kenë thënë (perfect plural subjunctive third-person)
të kisha thënë (first-person past perfect singular subjunctive)
të kishe thënë (past perfect second-person singular subjunctive)
të kishte thënë (past perfect singular subjunctive third-person)
të kishim thënë (first-person past perfect plural subjunctive)
të kishit thënë (past perfect plural second-person subjunctive)
të kishin thënë (past perfect plural subjunctive third-person)
do të thosha (conditional first-person imperfect singular)
do të thoshe (conditional imperfect second-person singular)
do të thoshte (conditional imperfect singular third-person)
do të thoshim (conditional first-person imperfect plural)
do të thoshit (conditional imperfect plural second-person)
do të thoshin (conditional imperfect plural third-person)
do të kisha thënë (conditional first-person past perfect singular)
do të kishe thënë (conditional past perfect second-person singular)
do të kishte thënë (conditional past perfect singular third-person)
do të kishim thënë (conditional first-person past perfect plural)
do të kishit thënë (conditional past perfect plural second-person)
do të kishin thënë (conditional past perfect plural third-person)
thënça (first-person optative present singular)
thënç (optative present second-person singular)
thëntë (optative present singular third-person)
thënçim (first-person optative plural present)
thënçit (optative plural present second-person)
thënçin (optative plural present third-person)
paça thënë (first-person optative perfect singular)
paç thënë (optative perfect second-person singular)
pastë thënë (optative perfect singular third-person)
paçim thënë (first-person optative perfect plural)
paçit thënë (optative perfect plural second-person)
paçin thënë (optative perfect plural third-person)
thënkam (admirative first-person present singular)
thënke (admirative present second-person singular)
thënka (admirative present singular third-person)
thënkemi (admirative first-person plural present)
thënkeni (admirative plural present second-person)
thënkan (admirative plural present third-person)
thënkësha (admirative first-person imperfect singular)
thënkëshe (admirative imperfect second-person singular)
thënkësh (admirative imperfect singular third-person)
thënkëshim (admirative first-person imperfect plural)
thënkëshit (admirative imperfect plural second-person)
thënkëshin (admirative imperfect plural third-person)
paskam thënë (admirative first-person perfect singular)
paske thënë (admirative perfect second-person singular)
paska thënë (admirative perfect singular third-person)
paskemi thënë (admirative first-person perfect plural)
paskeni thënë (admirative perfect plural second-person)
paskan thënë (admirative perfect plural third-person)
paskësha thënë (admirative first-person past perfect singular)
paskëshe thënë (admirative past perfect second-person singular)
paskësh thënë (admirative past perfect singular third-person)
paskëshim thënë (admirative first-person past perfect plural)
paskëshit thënë (admirative past perfect plural second-person)
paskëshin thënë (admirative past perfect plural third-person)
thuaj (imperative present second-person singular)
thoni (imperative plural present second-person)
thom (alternative)
tham (alternative)

From Proto-Albanian *θēm-, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱens- (“to say, instruct, announce”). Cognate with Sanskrit शास्ति (śā́sti, “to instruct, advise, command”), and Latin cēnseō (“to give an opinion, to judge, guess, reckon”). Potentially a doublet of rrëfej.


them

She treated them for a cold.

(in the plural) Those ones.
Used as the direct object of a verb.

She wrote them a letter.

(in the plural) Those ones.
Used as the indirect object of a verb.

Give it to them.

(in the plural) Those ones.
Used as the object of a preposition.

If a student has an inappropriate question, whatever you do, do not berate them.

If there be found among you, within any of thy gates which the Lord thy God giveth thee, man or woman, that hath wrought wickedness in the sight of the Lord thy God, […] [t]hen shalt thou bring forth that man or that woman, which have committed that wicked thing, unto thy gates, even that man or that woman, and shalt stone them with stones, till they die.

1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Deuteronomy 17:2–5:

Place the casualty on their back with feet and legs raised—this is called the shock position. [emphasis in original] Once the casualty is positioned, cover them to preserve body heat, but do not overheat.

2006, St. John Ambulance, First on the Scene: Student Reference Guide, →ISBN, Lesson 2, page 3:

Someone in the crowd around the lifts called sycophantically, ‘Morning, Yaxley!’ Yaxley ignored them.

2007, J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, London: Bloomsbury, 2008, →ISBN, page 270:

(in the singular) A single person, previously mentioned, especially if of unknown or non-binary gender.

If one of my patients calls, please bring them their dinner.

If someone comes and asks for the ticket, just give it to them.

Each adolescent girl with ASD has needs specific to her because each of them has variable characteristics and different degrees of sensory and perceptual difficulties.

2024 July 2, Rukiye Arslan, Derya Yanık, Raziye Pekşen Akça, “Investigation of Menstrual Hygiene and Self-Care Skills of Adolescent Girls with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Mother Views”, in Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, →DOI:

I know it seems unfair, but them's the rules.

(informal, in certain phrases, treated as singular) They or those.

head

them (third-person, personal pronoun, objective case of they)

The following table shows a list of English personal pronoun

including archaic and dialectal forms. Dialectal and obsolete

ata

third personal plural pronoun used after a preposition or as the object of a verb

nich (genitive, locative after preposition)

jimi (instrumental) nimi (instrumental after preposition)

(indirect object, colloquial; enclitic, becomes glie when used with a direct object) gli

wọ́n

following a complex verb or monosyllabic verb ending in a low- or mid-tone

wọn

following a monosyllabic verb ending in a high tone

hänet

third-person singular pronoun of indeterminate gender

häneltä

she", of which the ones listed are the most frequently used

From Middle English þem, from Old Norse þeim.


them

Gimme two of them yellow ones.

How would you like a scrummage, Andy, with them Scotchmen that stole your mother's chickens this morning?

1835, John Pendleton Kennedy, Horse Shoe Robinson: A Tale of the Tory Ascendency:

The world 'as got me snouted jist a treat; / Crool Forchin's dirty left 'as smote me soul. / An' all them joys o' life I 'eld so sweet / Is up the pole.

1915, C.J. Dennis, The Songs of the Sentimental Bloke, published 1916, page 13:

"I say it's a shame, Silas Linden, the way them children is treated."

1925 July – 1926 May, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “(please specify the chapter number)”, in The Land of Mist (eBook no. 0601351h.html), Australia: Project Gutenberg Australia, published April 2019:

America you don’t really want to go to war.
America it's them bad Russians.
Them Russians them Russians and them Chinamen. And them Russians.

1956, Allen Ginsberg, “America”, in Howl and Other Poems (Pocket Poets Series), City Lights Books, →OCLC, page 33:

"[…] Them two wild horses ain't fit to ride, and I been wonderin' how I was goin' to get you out of this place before them Spanish maybe circle back and finish the job."

2005, Elmer Kelton, Sons of Texas, Tor/Forge, page 111:


them

Alternative spelling of þem (“the, that, this”)


them

Alternative form of temen (“to produce offspring”)


them

Several etymologies have been proposed:
* Inherited from Sanskrit *स्थाम्य (sthāmya).
* Borrowed from Old Armenian թեմ (tʻem).

ref

Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “*sthāmya”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 794

Yaron Matras (2002) “Historical and linguistic origins”, in Romani: A Linguistic Introduction, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 28

Boretzky, Norbert, Igla, Birgit (1994) Wörterbuch Romani-Deutsch-Englisch für den südosteuropäischen Raum : mit einer Grammatik der Dialektvarianten [Romani-German-English dictionary for the Southern European region] (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 287