来自古英语 this,这个，来自 North Sea Germanic*tha-si,这个，来自 PIE*to,指示代词，词源同 that,they.-s,在 North Sea Germanic 表限定性后缀。
中文词源
this
this: [OE] This is descended from the neuter form of the Old English demonstrative adjective and pronoun whose masculine form was thes. It was formed in the prehistoric Germanic period from the demonstrative base *tha- (source also of English that, there, etc) and a suffix *-se which had the function of indicating a specific thing. => the, those
this (pron.)
Old English þis, neuter demonstrative pronoun and adjective (masc. þes, fem. þeos), probably from a North Sea Germanic pronoun *tha-si-, formed by combining the base *þa- (see that) with -s, which is probably identical with Old English se "the" (representing here "a specific thing"), or with Old English seo, imperative of see (v.) "to behold." Compare Old Saxon these, Old Frisian this, Old Norse þessi, Middle Dutch dese, Dutch deze, Old High German deser, German dieser.
Once fully inflected, with 10 distinct forms (see table below); the oblique cases and other genders gradually fell away by 15c. The Old English plural was þæs (nominative and accusative), which in Northern Middle English became thas, and in Midlands and Southern England became thos. The Southern form began to be used late 13c. as the plural of that (replacing Middle English tho, from Old English þa) and acquired an -e (apparently from the influence of Middle English adjective plurals in -e; compare alle from all, summe from sum "some"), emerging early 14c. as modern those.
About 1175 thes (probably a variant of Old English þæs) began to be used as the plural of this, and by 1200 it had taken the form these, the final -e acquired via the same mechanism that gave one to those.
Masc.
Fem.
Neut.
Plural
Nom.
þes
þeos
þis
þas
Acc.
þisne
þas
þis
þas
Gen.
þisses
þisse
þisses
þissa
Dat.
þissum
þisse
þissum
þissum
Inst.
þys
þisse
þys
þissum
双语例句
1. He was hand-picked for this job by the Admiral.
他是由海军上将精心挑选出来担任这项工作的。
来自柯林斯例句
2. This brings us to the second question I asked.
这就将我们带到了我所提的第二个问题。
来自柯林斯例句
3. Few would argue that this team has experience and proven ability.
这个队伍的丰富经验和表现出来的实力是众所公认的。
来自柯林斯例句
4. It was just gone 7 o'clock this evening when I finished.
今晚我做完的时候刚过7点。
来自柯林斯例句
5. When the right woman comes along, this bad dream will be over.
