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Meaning of they | Babel Free

Pronoun masculine CEFR A1

Definitions

  1. plural of él (“they, them”)
  2. Like other masculine words, masculine pronouns can be used when the gender of the subject is unknown or when the subject is plural and of mixed gender.
  3. Treated as if it were third person for purposes of conjugation and reflexivity.
  4. If le or les precedes lo, la, los, or las in a clause, it is replaced with se (e.g. se lo dije instead of *le lo dije).
  5. Used primarily in Spain.

CEFR level

A1
Beginner
This word is part of the CEFR A1 vocabulary — beginner level.

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