That

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Demonstrative adjective 1.3.1 See also 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 Demonstrative pronoun 1.4.1 Antonyms 1.4.2 Translations 1.5 Relative pronoun 1.5.1 See also 1.5.2 Translations 1.6 Conjunction 1.6.1 Translations 1.6.2 Usage note

English

Etymology

Old English þæt (neuter relative pronoun, definite article).

Pronunciation

• /thăt/
• IPA: ðæt̚
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  • Rhymes: -æt

Demonstrative adjective

that (plural: those)

1. The (thing) being indicated (at a distance from the speaker, or previously mentioned, or at another time).

   That book is a good read.

   That battle was in 1450.

See also

• here
• there
• this
• what
• yon
• yonder

Translations

Arabic: ذٰلِكَ (ðáːlika) m., ذَاكَ (ðáːka) m.; تِلْكَ (tílka) / تَاكَ (táːka) f. s. (nonhuman pl); ذَانِكَ (ðáːnika) m dual, تَانِكَ (táːnika) f dual; أولاَئِكَ (’uláː’ika) (human pl) Egyptian, Arabic: دكها dukha m., دكها dikha f., دكهم dukhum pl. Bosnian: taj m sg, ti m. pl., ta f sg and n pl, te f. pl., to n sg takav m sg, takvi m. pl., takva f sg and n pl, takve f. pl., takvo n sg Bulgarian: онзи / онази / онова / онези (onzi/onazi/onova/onezi) m/f/n/pl; оня / оная / онуй / ония (onja/onaja/onuj/onija) m/f/n/pl Chinese: 那 (nà), 那个 (nàgè) Czech: tamten m., tamta f., tamto n. Dutch: dat, die Esperanto: tiu Finnish: tuo, se s.; nuo, ne pl. French: ça, celà German: dieser m., diese f., dieses n., diese pl. Greek: εκείνος m., εκείνη f., εκείνο n., εκοίνοι pl., εκείνες f pl, εκείνα n pl Hungarian: az s., azok pl. Indonesian: itu Irish: an...sin Italian: quello m., quella f. Japanese: その (sonó), あの (anó)

Manchu: (tere) Novial: ti Old English: se, sēo, þæt Persian: آن (ān) Polish: tamten / tamta / tamto m/f/n Portuguese: esse m., essa f., esses pl., essas f/pl (near); aquele m., aquela f., aqueles pl., aquelas f/pl (far) Romanian: acela, ăla, cela m.; aceea, aia, ceea f. Russian: тот / та / то / те (tot/ta/to/te) m/f/n/pl Serbian: Cyrillic: тај m sg, ти m. pl., та f sg and n pl, те f. pl., то n sg такво m sg, такви m. pl., таква f sg and n pl, такве f. pl., такво n sg Roman: taj m sg, ti m. pl., ta f sg and n pl, te f. pl., to n sg takav m sg, takvi m. pl., takva f sg and n pl, takve f. pl., takvo n sg Sindhi: اُهو m., اُها f. Slovak: ten / tá / to m/f/n, tamten / tamtá / tamto m/f/n distant (lit., that there) Slovene: tisto n., tista f., tisti m. Spanish: ese m., esa f., esos pl., esas f/pl, eso n. (near); aquel m., aquella f., aquellos pl., aquellas f/pl, aquello n., (far) Swedish: den c., den där c., det n., det där n. Telugu: ఆ (aa)

Demonstrative pronoun

that (plural: those)

1. That thing.

   That was an interesting example.

Antonyms

• here
• there
• this
• yon
• yonder

Translations

Bosnian: to, ono n. Bulgarian: това (tova) Esperanto: tio German: dieser m., diese f., dieses n., diese pl. Greek: αυτός m., αυτή f., αυτό n., αυτοί pl., αυτές f pl, αυτά n pl Hungarian: az s., azok pl. Japanese: (near) それ (soré) (far) あれ (aré) Korean: 그것 (gugeot), 저것 (jeogeot) Novial: te m. or f. or n., tu n., to m., ta f. plurals add -s Old English: se m., sēo f., þæt n.

Portuguese: (near) esse m., essa f., esses pl., essas f/pl (far) aquele m., aquela f., aqueles pl., aquelas f/pl Russian: это (éto) Serbian: Cyrillic: то, оно n. Latin: to, ono n. Slovak: to n. Sindhi: اُهو m., اُها f. Spanish: (near) ése m., ésa f., ésos pl., ésas f/pl (far) aquél m., aquélla f., aquéllos pl., aquéllas f/pl Swedish: den c., denna c., den där c., det n., detta n., det där n. Telugu: అది (adi)

Relative pronoun

that

1. Which.

   I like the song that you wrote.

   In this sense, that is prescriptively used in restrictive contexts only. For non-restrictive contexts (e.g., I like the last song on the album, which John wrote.), which is preferred.

See also

which

Translations

Arabic, Egyptian: إلى (ʔilli) Bosnian: koji m sg, koju f sg, koja n pl, koje m pl, f pl, and n sg Bulgarian: който / която / което (kojto/kojato/koeto) m/f/n, когато (kogato) Chinese: 那 (nà), 那个 (nàgè) Dutch: dat, die Esperanto: kiu Finnish: joka, mikä French: que Greek: που (pou) German: den, die, das, die (m/f/n/pl resp.) Hungarian: amelyik Indonesian: yang Italian: che Japanese: (not used) Novial: kel

Old English: þe Persian: كِه (ke) Portuguese: que Romanian: pe care Russian: который / которая / которое / которые (kotóryj/kotóraja/kotóroje/kotóryje) m/f/n/pl, что (što) Serbian: Cyrillic: који m sg, коју f sg, која n pl, које m pl, f pl, and n sg Roman: koji m sg, koju f sg, koja n pl, koje m pl, f pl, and n sg Sindhi: جيڪو m., جيڪا f. Slovak: ktorý / ktorá / ktoré m/f/n, čo Slovene: ki Spanish: que Swedish: som, vilken

Conjunction

that

1. (Connecting clauses involving reported speech etc.)

   He told me that the book is a good read.

Translations

Arabic: ان (’ínna) Arabic, Egyptian: ان (ʔinn) Bosnian: da Bulgarian: че (če) Czech: že Dutch: dat Esperanto: ke Finnish: että French: que Greek: ότι German: dass (new spelling), daß (old spelling) Hebrew: ...ש (še...) Icelandic: að Ido: ke Indonesian: bahwa Italian: che

Japanese: (not used) Norwegian: at Novial: ke Old English: þæt Persian: كِه (ke) Polish: że Portuguese: que Romanian: că Russian: что (što) Serbian: Cyrillic: да Roman: da Slovak: že Sindhi: تَه Spanish: que Swedish: att

Usage note

• That as a conjunction is often unnecessary — "He told me that it is a good read." could just as easily be "He told me it is a good read."

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