their in English: Belonging to a group of people

Translation

Belonging to a group of people or things already mentioned.

Examples

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"Their" shows the house belongs to those people.

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"Their" tells you the bags belong to the children.

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"Their" means the car belongs to the people we know about.

they

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

them

Used to talk about more than one person or thing after a verb or preposition.

there

In or to that place, or used to say that something exists.

my

Belonging to the person who is speaking.

her

A woman or girl already mentioned, when she is not the subject: after a verb, or after a word like to or with. Also: belonging to a woman or girl.

its

Belonging to a thing, an animal, or a baby already mentioned.

our

Belonging to us, the speaker together with one or more other people.

his

Shows that something belongs to a man or boy already mentioned.

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