English

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ðɛmˈsɛlvz/,
• An audio transcript can be found at en-us-themselves.ogg
• Hyphenation: them·selves

Pronoun

1. (the reflexive case of they, the third-person plural personal pronoun) The people previously mentioned, as the object of a verb or following a preposition, where the people are also the subject of the verb; also used for emphasis.
2. : : They’ve hurt themselves.
3. : : They fought among themselves.
4. : : They are going to try climbing Mount Everest themselves.
5. The person of unspecified gender previously mentioned, as the object of a verb or following a preposition, where the person is also the subject of the verb; also used for emphasis.
6. : : Would whoever stole my phone please make themselves known.
7. : : They’ve brought this on themselves.
8. : : The children did this themselves.

Usage notes

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

Synonyms

• himself, themself

Translations

• Finnish: itse|itsensä, itse|itseään; keskenään; itse
• Hungarian: ,

• Japanese: {{t|ja|彼ら自身|tr=karera-jishin|sc=Jpan}}

• Finnish: itse|itsensä, itse|itseään; itse|itselleen; itse
• Hungarian: ,

• Japanese: {{t|ja|彼ら自身|tr=karera-jishin|sc=Jpan}}

• :
• : 他們自己, 他们自己 (tāmen zìjǐ)
• : zichzelf
• : eux-mêmes
• : sich selber

• : essi stessi
• : 그들 자신 (geudeul jasin)
• : eles mesmos
• : себя (sebjá)
• : ellos mismos
• : sig själva

Category:English third person pronouns

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