those
gb/ðˈoʊz/ us/ðˈoʊz/
A1
Anglais
~ 200
azok, azok a / azok az
A1
1
azok
A1
Schéma d’usage :
those [plural noun]
Those shoes look great on you.
Azok a cipők nagyon jól állnak rajtad.
I remember those days when we were young.
Emlékszem azokra a napokra, amikor fiatalok voltunk.
Can you hand me those books on the shelf?
Those are my favorite cookies.
She doesn't like those kinds of movies.
Exemples pédagogiques
Those apples are red.
Azok az almák pirosak.
I like those cars.
Tetszenek nekem azok az autók.
Those men are tall.
Those birds are in the tree.
Those chairs are big.
Erreur fréquente :
Learners sometimes confuse 'those' with 'these', using 'those' for nearby objects instead of distant ones.
Sens
Refers to specific people or things
Collocations
those people
|those days
|those shoes
|those ideas
|those times
Synonymes
these (Refers to people or things near the speaker, unlike 'those' which refers to ones farther away.)
Antonymes
these (Opposite in terms of distance from the speaker; 'these' is for near, 'those' is for far.)
Thèmes
daily life
|communication
|core_vocabulary
Définition
Used to talk about people or things you already know about, that are not close to you.
Used to refer to specific people or things that have already been mentioned or are known from the context, typically more than one and not near the speaker.
Grammaire
Forme canonique
those
API
GB/ðˈoʊz/
US/ðˈoʊz/
Syllabes et accentuation
those (1 syllabe)
Stress on 1st syllable (those)
Formes du mot
Noun
- Base: those
- Plural: thoses
Famille de mots
Expressions
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.
Exemples
- 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.
Exemples
- We used to go dancing every Saturday — those were the days!
- Ah, those were the days when life was simple.