Jamaican dialect
Used as a susbtitute for the subject pronoun (non-standard) or the Demonstrative pronoun those.
Much like the object pronoun me replaces "I" informally.
It used as a plural marker in some cases but, not always and is used most times when it's replaceable with the subject pronoun they.
Eg.
Me speak whole heap of languages them. (Incorrect)
Me speak whole heap of languages. (Only correct version).
The tires them (dem) in the shed outta front. (Correct non-standard)
The tires, they're in the shed out front. (Correct standard)
Who yah going out with later?
Me friends them (dem). (Short reply exception)
What you going to do later?
Wash me clothes them (dem) (short reply exception)
Used as a susbtitute for the subject pronoun (non-standard) or the Demonstrative pronoun those.
Much like the object pronoun me replaces "I" informally.
It used as a plural marker in some cases but, not always and is used most times when it's replaceable with the subject pronoun they.
Eg.
Me speak whole heap of languages them. (Incorrect)
Me speak whole heap of languages. (Only correct version).
The tires them (dem) in the shed outta front. (Correct non-standard)
The tires, they're in the shed out front. (Correct standard)
Who yah going out with later?
Me friends them (dem). (Short reply exception)
What you going to do later?
Wash me clothes them (dem) (short reply exception)
Them (dem) love jerk chicken you see. (Patois)
They love jerk chicken, you see. (Standard J'can)
The cows (them) dem over deh need feeding. (Not Patois pluralisation)
'Em cows over there need feeding. (Ebonics)
The cows, they're over there. They need feeding. (Standard J'Can)
The mother them (dem) who not coming lemme know. (Patois pluralisation the mothers, those who aren't coming let me know )
'Em mothers who aint coming lemme know. (Ebonics)
Those mothers who aren't coming let me know. (Standard J'can)
They love jerk chicken, you see. (Standard J'can)
The cows (them) dem over deh need feeding. (Not Patois pluralisation)
'Em cows over there need feeding. (Ebonics)
The cows, they're over there. They need feeding. (Standard J'Can)
The mother them (dem) who not coming lemme know. (Patois pluralisation the mothers, those who aren't coming let me know )
'Em mothers who aint coming lemme know. (Ebonics)
Those mothers who aren't coming let me know. (Standard J'can)
by Tropical Rythms December 11, 2021
Get the Them (dem)mug. They've always existed. always been and never were. Whether you wear them on your sleeve or they've been kicked underneath your bed, their always there. They are always present, never past, however sometimes future. No matter how close you think they are they have always already happened.
Their existence was foreseen, their future engraved into stone, their stories told long before they were written, their songs played before their instruments were made. They are always too far yet not far enough.
You can always find them, whether that be in a shooting star or the depths of the mirror, they will always be with you, seemingly following you wherever you go but trapped to roam only the space in your mind, a psychic shadow predetermined by Fate.
And they are always together, no matter what.
They balance themselves out, they need each other, they want each other, they have each other.
That's just how it is, it's how it's always been and it's how it will be.
It's them, it's always them
And it's right.
Their existence was foreseen, their future engraved into stone, their stories told long before they were written, their songs played before their instruments were made. They are always too far yet not far enough.
You can always find them, whether that be in a shooting star or the depths of the mirror, they will always be with you, seemingly following you wherever you go but trapped to roam only the space in your mind, a psychic shadow predetermined by Fate.
And they are always together, no matter what.
They balance themselves out, they need each other, they want each other, they have each other.
That's just how it is, it's how it's always been and it's how it will be.
It's them, it's always them
And it's right.
Guy 1: hey, look at the way the sunset makes the sky pink and blue!
Guy 2: and the green of the trees make it look even better!
Guy 3: It's them, it's always them, that's why the world has it's innocence, its life, it's youthfulness, they gave theirs up.
It's them, it's aways them is a way to refer to anything pink green and blue, it's the right way. We must honor there sacrifices and let them be remembered.
Guy 2: and the green of the trees make it look even better!
Guy 3: It's them, it's always them, that's why the world has it's innocence, its life, it's youthfulness, they gave theirs up.
It's them, it's aways them is a way to refer to anything pink green and blue, it's the right way. We must honor there sacrifices and let them be remembered.
by Marcy Wu August 13, 2023
Get the It's them, it's always themmug. I don’t know. I heard this from a show and this shit is menacing. I’m guessing it means for horrible people that if you are a mass murderer, you are loyal to thousands of evil and masterminded beings. I don’t really know honestly lol.
When you kill somebody, just remember, “Kill one man and you are a murderer; Kill them all and you are a god….”
by Chaotic3546 October 11, 2023
Get the Kill one man and you are a murderer; Kill them all and you are a god…mug. by Joeyana Pankcake Boy October 18, 2019
Get the Donald Bob's themmug. And when the Queen heard that the poor of Paris could not even buy bread, she said LET THEM EAT CAKE
by UNIVERSAL THREAT January 7, 2025
Get the LET THEM EAT CAKEmug. It’s the first day of kindergarten so I had to tell my students how it is and lay them the whale shit.
by Carbonnegative March 17, 2024
Get the Lay them the whale shitmug. by CumSockLicker April 6, 2023
Get the never let them know your next movemug.