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Table of contents

1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Demonstrative pronoun 1.3.1 Related words 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 Demonstrative determiner 1.4.1 Translations 1.4.2 Related words

English

Etymology

Middle English > Old English þis (neuter demonstrative) > North Sea Germanic base *þa- (that) > Proto-Germanic *that > Proto-Indo-European *tod- , extended form of demonstrative pronomial base *to- ; + North Sea Germanic definitive suffix -s > Proto-Indo-European base *so- (this, that).

Pronunciation

• thĭs, /ðɪs/, /DIs/

Demonstrative pronoun

this

1. the thing, item, etc.

   this is very important.

Related words

• that, these, those

Translations

Arabic: هٰذَا (háːðaː) m, هٰذِهِ (haːðíːhi) f, هٰذَانِ (haːðáːni) m dual, هٰتَانِ (haːtáːni) f dual, هٰأُولاَءِ (haːʔuláːʔi) pl Bulgarian: ето (eto), това (tova) Catalan: això n, aquest m, aquesta f Chinese: 这 (zhè), 这个 (zhè ge) Danish: dette Dutch: dit n, deze m/f Esperanto: tio ĉi , ĉi tio Finnish: tämä French: ce m, cet m, cette f Frisian: dit n, dizze m/f German: dies, diese Greek: ούτος (oútos) m, αύτη (ávti) f, τούτο (toúto) n Hebrew: זה (zeh) m, זו (zu) f, זאת (zot) pl Hungarian: ez

Icelandic: þessi  : ca Italian: questo m, questa f Japanese: これ (koré) Korean: 이것 (igeot) Latin: hic m, haec f, hoc n Manchu: (ere) Norwegian: dette Persian: اين (in) Polish: ten m, ta f, to n Portuguese: isto Romanian: acest , ăsta m, această , asta f Russian: это (éto) Slovak: toto Spanish: esto Swedish: den här c, denna c, det här n, detta n Thai: นี่ (nèè)

Demonstrative determiner

this

1. used to indicate something that is nearby

   this website

2. used to refer to something previously mentioned

Translations

Arabic: هٰذَا (háːðaː) m, هٰذِهِ (haːðíːhi) f, هٰذَانِ (haːðáːni) m dual, هٰتَانِ (haːtáːni) f dual, هٰأُولاَءِ (haːʔuláːʔi) pl Bulgarian: този , тази , това , тези (tózi, tázi, tóva, tézi) m/f/n/pl; тоя , тая , туй , тия (tója, tája, tuj, tíja) m/f/n/pl Chinese: 这 (zhè), 这个 (zhè ge) Czech: tento , tato , toto m/f/n Esperanto: tiu ĉi , ĉi tiu Finnish: tämä sg, nämä pl French: ce m, cet m, cette f German: dieser , diese , dieses, diese m/f/n/pl Greek: ούτος (oútos) m, αύτη (ávti) f, τούτο (toúto) n

Hungarian: ez a sg, ezek a pl Italian: questo m, questa f Japanese: この (konó) Korean: 이 (i), 이것 (igeot) Lakota: le sg, lena pl Latin: hic m, haec f, hoc n Polish: ten, ta, to m/f/n Portuguese: este m, esta f, estes pl, estas f/pl Russian: этот , эта , это , эти (étot, éta, éto, éti) m/f/n/pl Slovak: tento m, táto f, toto n Spanish: este m, esta f, estos pl, estas f/pl Swedish: denna c, den här c, detta n, det här n Thai: นี้ (nēē)

Related words

• that, these, those