this in English: Points to a person

Translation

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

Examples

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"This" points to a book that is close to the speaker.

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"This" stands for a thing near you that you can point at.

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"This" means the morning of today, the one happening now.

that

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

the

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

it

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

what

Used to ask about a thing, or to mean the thing that.

which

Used to ask or say which one thing from a known group you mean.

such

Of this kind, or used to make what follows stronger.

a

Used before a word that starts with a consonant sound, to talk about one person or thing that is not a special or known one.

an

Used before a word that starts with a vowel sound, to mean one of something.

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