No. 2,901 in Swedish
de
"De" in Swedish means "they" or "them."
In a sentence
De sitter vid bordet och pratar.
They are sitting at the table and talking.
'De' is used as a third-person plural subject pronoun referring to a group of people.
Jag såg de bokstäverna på väggen.
I saw those letters on the wall.
Here, 'de' functions as a demonstrative pronoun describing 'bokstäverna' (letters).
Vi pratade med de lärarna igår.
We talked with those teachers yesterday.
'De' acts as a demonstrative pronoun specifying the noun 'lärarna' (teachers).
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