they

Significado

Pron

1. A group of entities previously mentioned.
2. A single person, previously mentioned, but typically not if previously named and identified as male or female, especially if of unknown, irrelevant or (since 21st century) non-binary gender. Now increasingly used for an unnamed person even if the gender of the person is identified.
3. People; some people; people in general; someone, excluding the speaker.
4. The authorities: government, police, employers, etc.
5. The opponents of the side which is keeping score.

Det

1. The, those.
2. Their.

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ðeɪ/

Etimologia

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *tóy
Proto-Germanic *þai
Proto-Norse *ᚦᚨᛁᛉ (*þaiʀ)
Old Norse þeirbor.
Middle English þei
English they
From Middle English þei, borrowed in the 1200s from Old Norse þeir, plural of the demonstrative sá which acted as a plural pronoun. Displaced native Middle English he from Old English hīe — which vowel changes had left indistinct from he (“he”) — by the 1400s, being readily incorporated alongside native words beginning with the same sound (the, that, this). Used as a singular pronoun since 1300, e.g. in the 1325 Cursor Mundi.
The Norse term (whence also Icelandic þeir (“they”), Faroese teir (“they”), Danish de (“they”), Swedish de (“they”), Norwegian Nynorsk dei (“they”)) is from Proto-Germanic *þai (“those”) (from Proto-Indo-European *to- (“that”)), whence also Old English þā (“those”) (whence obsolete English tho), Scots thae, thai, thay (“they; those”).
The origin of the determiner they (“the, those”) is unclear. The OED, English Dialect Dictionary and Middle English Dictionary define it and its Middle English predecessor thei as a demonstrative determiner or adjective meaning "those" or "the". This could be a continuation of the use of the English pronoun they's Old Norse etymon þeir as a demonstrative meaning "those", but the OED and EDD say it is limited to southern, especially southwestern, England, specifically outside the region of Norse contact.

Frases

Maybe it was because they moved around so much .

Talvez tenha sido porque eles se mudaram muito.

They certainly did not waste it either .

Eles certamente também não desperdiçaram isso.

They finished fourth out of four teams .

Eles terminaram em quarto lugar em quatro equipes.

The boy continued to listen to his heart as they crossed the desert .

O garoto continuou a ouvir seu coração enquanto atravessava o deserto.

At the same time , they cannot find an exact definition of what a feeling is .

Ao mesmo tempo, eles não conseguem encontrar uma definição exata do que é um sentimento.

They managed to retain their title .

Eles conseguiram manter seu título.

They usually will die after mating and laying eggs .

Eles geralmente morrem depois de acasalar e colocar ovos.

The reviews they wrote on the Internet were not quite objective .

As críticas que eles escreveram na Internet não eram muito objetivas.