I don't like it when mathematicians who know much more than I do can't express themselves explicitly.
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Themselves
//ðɛmˈsɛlvz//
Synonyms for "themselves" (44 found)
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Pronoun(1 words)
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Related words (22)
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53 entries'emImeThe following table shows a list of English personal pronounall your y'all's your all's you guys' your guys'all yours y'all's you guys' your guys'archaic forms are in italics. 1 See Appendix:English third-person singular pronouns for attested neopronoun.heherherselfhersenhershernhimhimselfhisselfhissenhishishisnincluding archaic and dialectal forms. Dialectal and obsoleteithit
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1 entriesTranslations
71 translations across 30 languages.
Belarusian
4 entries- сабе́ pron (the reflexive case of they, the third-person plural personal pronoun)
- сабо́й pron (the reflexive case of they, the third-person plural personal pronoun)
- сябе́ pron (the reflexive case of they, the third-person plural personal pronoun)
- цца pron (the reflexive case of they, the third-person plural personal pronoun)
Bulgarian
2 entries- самите pron (emphatic: they)
- се́бе си pron (the reflexive case of they, the third-person plural personal pronoun)
Catalan
2 entries- es pron (the reflexive case of they, the third-person plural personal pronoun)
- mateixos pron (the persons of unspecified gender previously mentioned, as the object of a verb or following a preposition)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 他們自己 /他们自己 pron (the reflexive case of they, the third-person plural personal pronoun)
- 他們自己 /他们自己 pron (the persons of unspecified gender previously mentioned, as the object of a verb or following a preposition)
Czech
4 entries- sama pron (emphatic: they)
- sami pron (emphatic: they)
- samy pron (emphatic: they)
- samy pron (emphatic: they)
Esperanto
1 entries- sin pron (the reflexive case of they, the third-person plural personal pronoun)
Finnish
4 entries- itse pron (the reflexive case of they, the third-person plural personal pronoun)
- itse pron (the persons of unspecified gender previously mentioned, as the object of a verb or following a preposition)
- itselleen pron (the persons of unspecified gender previously mentioned, as the object of a verb or following a preposition)
- itsensä pron (the reflexive case of they, the third-person plural personal pronoun)
French
3 entries- elles-mêmes pron (emphatic: they)
- eux-mêmes pron (emphatic: they)
- se pron (the reflexive case of they, the third-person plural personal pronoun)
German
1 entries- sich pron (the reflexive case of they, the third-person plural personal pronoun)
Hungarian
4 entries- maguk pron (the reflexive case of they, the third-person plural personal pronoun)
- magukat pron (the reflexive case of they, the third-person plural personal pronoun)
- önmaguk pron (the persons of unspecified gender previously mentioned, as the object of a verb or following a preposition)
- önmagukat pron (the persons of unspecified gender previously mentioned, as the object of a verb or following a preposition)
Japanese
2 entries- 彼ら自身 pron (the reflexive case of they, the third-person plural personal pronoun)
- 彼ら自身 pron (the persons of unspecified gender previously mentioned, as the object of a verb or following a preposition)
Kalo Finnish Romani
1 entries- peen pron (the reflexive case of they, the third-person plural personal pronoun)
Khakas
1 entries- постары pron (the reflexive case of they, the third-person plural personal pronoun)
Latin
4 entries- ipsa pron (the persons of unspecified gender previously mentioned, as the object of a verb or following a preposition)
- ipsas pron (the persons of unspecified gender previously mentioned, as the object of a verb or following a preposition)
- ipsi pron (the reflexive case of they, the third-person plural personal pronoun)
- ipsos pron (the persons of unspecified gender previously mentioned, as the object of a verb or following a preposition)
Latvian
2 entries- viņas pašas pron (emphatic: they)
- viņi paši pron (emphatic: they)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- se pron (the reflexive case of they, the third-person plural personal pronoun)
Navajo
1 entries- tʼáá hó pron (the reflexive case of they, the third-person plural personal pronoun)
Northern Sami
3 entries- ieža pron (emphatic: they)
- iežaset pron (the reflexive case of they, the third-person plural personal pronoun)
- iežaska du pron (the reflexive case of they, the third-person plural personal pronoun)
Norwegian
1 entries- seg pron (the reflexive case of they, the third-person plural personal pronoun)
Polish
2 entries- same pron (emphatic: they)
- sami pron (emphatic: they)
Portuguese
4 entries- elas mesmas pron (emphatic: they)
- eles mesmos pron (emphatic: they)
- se pron (the reflexive case of they, the third-person plural personal pronoun)
- si pron (the reflexive case of they, the third-person plural personal pronoun)
Romani
1 entries- pen pron (the reflexive case of they, the third-person plural personal pronoun)
Russian
3 entries- они́ са́ми pron (emphatic: they)
- себя́ pron (the reflexive case of they, the third-person plural personal pronoun)
- себя́ pron (the persons of unspecified gender previously mentioned, as the object of a verb or following a preposition)
Slovak
2 entries- oni sami pron (emphatic: they)
- ony same pron (emphatic: they)
Spanish
3 entries- ellas mismas pron (emphatic: they)
- ellos mismos pron (emphatic: they)
- se pron (the reflexive case of they, the third-person plural personal pronoun)
Tuvan
1 entries- боттары pron (the reflexive case of they, the third-person plural personal pronoun)
Ukrainian
3 entries- вони́ сами́ pron (emphatic: they)
- вони́ самі́ pron (emphatic: they)
- себе́ pron (the reflexive case of they, the third-person plural personal pronoun)
Volapük
1 entries- okis pron (the persons of unspecified gender previously mentioned, as the object of a verb or following a preposition)
Welsh
2 entries- eu hun pron (the reflexive case of they, the third-person plural personal pronoun)
- eu hunan pron (the reflexive case of they, the third-person plural personal pronoun)
Yakut
1 entries- бэйэлэрэ pron (the reflexive case of they, the third-person plural personal pronoun)
Sample sentences
21 total sentences available.
If you take care of the small things, the big things will take care of themselves.
Source: tatoeba (2476)
Teachers stimulate the students' interest, have them think, ask questions, and debate among themselves.
Source: tatoeba (19059)
In the days of the knights, they wore shields to protect themselves from sword-fight wounds.
Source: tatoeba (20071)
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