it in English: Stands for a thing, an animal

Translation

Stands for a thing, an animal, or an idea already mentioned, and can also start a sentence about weather or time.

Examples

.

"It" stands for the pen so you do not say the word again.

raining.

"It" is used to talk about the weather.

o'.

"It" is also used to talk about the time.

this

Points to a person or thing that is near, or the one you are talking about right now.

that

Points to a person or thing further away, or the one already mentioned, and can also join two parts of a sentence.

he

Stands for a man or boy already mentioned, as the subject of the sentence.

she

Stands for a woman or girl already mentioned, as the subject of the sentence.

they

Stands for two or more people or things already mentioned, as the subject of the sentence.

itself

The same thing or animal you have just named, used when the thing does something to it.

be

To exist, or to join a subject to a word that describes what or how it is.

the

Used before a noun when the listener already knows which person or thing you mean.

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