different between them vs thems

English

Alternative forms

• dem (nonstandard)
• em
• 'em

Pronunciation

• (stressed) enPR: th?m, IPA^(key): /ð?m/
  • (stressed, NYC) IPA^(key): [d??m]
• (unstressed) enPR: th?m, IPA^(key): /ð?m/
  • (unstressed, NYC) IPA^(key): [d??m]
  • (unstressed, nonstandard, General American) IPA^(key): /ð?m/
• Rhymes: -?m

Etymology

From Middle English þem, from Old Norse þeim.

Pronoun

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

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

   2. Used as the indirect object of a verb.

   3. Used as the object of a preposition.

2. (in the singular) Him, her, or it; that one.
   1. Used as the direct object of a verb.
   2. Used as the indirect object of a verb.

   3. Used as the object of a preposition.

Usage notes

• Regarding the use of singular them, see they.

Related terms

Translations

See also

Determiner

them

1. (dialectal) Those.
   • 2005, Elmer Kelton, Sons of Texas, Tor/Forge (2005), page 111:

     " […] 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."

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:them.

Anagrams

• meth, meth-

Albanian

Alternative forms

• thom
• tham

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *??m-, from Proto-Indo-European *?ens- (“to say, instruct, announce”). Cognate with Sanskrit ?????? (???sti, “to instruct, advise, command”), and Latin c?nse? (“I give an opinion, I judge, guess, reckon”). Potentially a doublet of rrëfej.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [??m]

Verb

them (first-person singular past tense thashë, participle thënë)

1. I say

Conjugation

Derived terms

• kundërthem

Kalo Finnish Romani

Etymology

From Romani them.

Noun

them m

1. country, state

Derived terms

References

• “them” in Finnish Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.

Middle English

Etymology 1

Pronoun

them

1. Alternative spelling of þem (“them”)

Etymology 2

Determiner

them

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

Etymology 3

Noun

them (plural themes)

1. Alternative spelling of þem (“folk”)

Etymology 4

Noun

them (third-person singular simple present themeth, present participle themynge, first-/third-person singular past indicative and past participle themed)

1. Alternative spelling of þem (“to produce offspring”)

Romani

Noun

them m (plural thema)

1. country

Descendants

• Kalo Finnish Romani: them
• Welsh Romani: them

References

• Y?suke Sumi (2018) , “them”, in ??????????????????? [New Express Romani (Gypsy)] (in Japanese), Tokyo: Hakusuisha, ?ISBN, page 144

Welsh Romani

Etymology

From Romani them.

Noun

them m (plural thema)

1. land, country
2. country (as opposed to town)
3. earth, world

Derived terms

References

• “them” in Welsh Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.

English

Pronoun

thems

1. (Appalachia, colloquial) variant of those.

See also

• them

Anagrams

• meths