Definition
那些 (nà xiē) is the plural form of 'that' — you use it when pointing to multiple things far from you. 那 (nà) alone can mean 'that' or 'those' (singular or plural), but 那些 makes it clear it's more than one. For items close to you, use 这些 (zhè xiē 'these').
pronoun
those
Easily confused
- 哪些nǎ xiēlook-alikewhich (plural), which ones
Examples
- 那些。nà xiē shū shì wǒ mǎi de.I bought those books.
- 那些。nà xiē píngguǒ hěn dà.Those apples are very big.
- 那些。nà xiē xuéshēng lái le.Those students have come.
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