this

• pron.
• adj.
• adv.
• n. （この）人の名前；（仏）Tis.

古英語のthis, これ, 北海ゲルマン語の *tha-si, これ, PIE*to から, 指示代名詞, 北海ゲルマン語の that, they.-s, と語源的には同じ。

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 tis, neuter demonstrative pronoun and adjective (masc. tes, fem. teos), probably from a North Sea Germanic pronoun *tha-si-, formed by combining the base *ta- (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 tessi, 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 t?s (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 ta) 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 t?s) 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.	tes	teos	tis	tas
Acc.	tisne	tas	tis	tas
Gen.	tisses	tisse	tisses	tissa
Dat.	tissum	tisse	tissum	tissum
Inst.	tys	tisse	tys	tissum

1. He was hand-picked for this job by the Admiral.

彼は海軍の将校が丹念に選んでこの仕事を担当した。

2. This brings us to the second question I asked.

これは私が提起した2つ目の質問に私たちを連れてきました。

3.Few would argue that this team has experience and proven ability.

このチームの豊富な経験と表現の実力は誰もが公認している。

4.It was just gone 7 o 'clock this evening when I finished.

今夜、私がやったのは7時を過ぎたばかりでした。

5.When the right woman comes along, this bad dream will be over.

適切な女性が現れると、その妄想は止まる。