those
gb/ðˈoʊz/ us/ðˈoʊz/
A1
Englisch
~ 200
Bedeutungen
0 Bedeutungen
pronoun
A1
relation
1
Refers to specific people or things
Used to talk about people or things you already know about, that are not close to you.
Verwendungsmuster:
those [plural noun]
Häufiger Fehler:
Learners sometimes confuse 'those' with 'these', using 'those' for nearby objects instead of distant ones.
Synonyme
these (Refers to people or things near the speaker, unlike 'those' which refers to ones farther away.)
Antonyme
these (Opposite in terms of distance from the speaker; 'these' is for near, 'those' is for far.)
Wortverbindungen
those people
|those days
|those shoes
|those ideas
|those times
Themen
daily life
|communication
|core_vocabulary
Beispiele
- Those shoes look great on you.
- I remember those days when we were young.
- Can you hand me those books on the shelf?
- Those are my favorite cookies.
- She doesn't like those kinds of movies.
Beispiele für Lernende
- Those apples are red.
- I like those cars.
- Those men are tall.
- Those birds are in the tree.
- Those chairs are big.
Grammatik
Ausdrücke
one of those days
1/wˈʌn əv ðˈoʊz dˈeɪz/
fixed phrase
informal
Day full of problems or difficulties
A day when everything seems to go wrong.
Beispiele
- It's been one of those days — nothing is working out.
- I'm having one of those days where I just want to go back to bed.
those were the days
1/ðˈoʊz wɚ ðə dˈeɪz/
fixed phrase
informal
Nostalgic reference to the past
Used to say that a time in the past was happy or good.
Beispiele
- We used to go dancing every Saturday — those were the days!
- Ah, those were the days when life was simple.