No. 138 in Lithuanian
jie
"They" (third person plural pronoun).
In a sentence
Jie atėjo pas mus vakar.
They came to us yesterday.
The word 'jie' acts as a pronoun referring to a group of people, typically male or mixed gender.
Paklausiau jų, bet jie nesakė nieko.
I asked them, but they didn't say anything.
Here, 'jie' is used as the subject pronoun for the second clause, indicating the doers of the action in that specific clause.
Jie gali padėti, jei mes jų paprašysime.
They can help if we ask them.
In this sentence, 'jie' denotes the helpers or doers of the potential helping action, given certain conditions.
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