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It means of them. It is a genetive plural.
In Latin you have suus sua suum which means his/her/their, belonging to the subject of the sentence:
- Marcus libros suos legit (M. is reading his own books)
- Marcus et Licius libros suos legunt (M. & L. are reading their own books)
When the owner is not the subject, you must use eius (lit: of him/her) or "eorum/earum" (of them: eorum when the owners are masculine, neuter or a mix of genders, earum when feminine)
- Marcus librum eius legit (M. is reading his/her, i.e. Lucius', Livia's, book)
- Marcus librum eorum legit (M. is reading their - Lucius et Livius', Lucius et Livia's - book; note that it is one book belonging to more than one person)
- Marcus librum earum legit (M. is reading their - Lucia et Livia's - book; one book belonging to more than one female person)
(the rules are a little more complicated for some special cases, but this is most general - and frequent - use)
Scian4
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The parrot might be, if he spends all his money on booze and has none left for food. Also, anger uses a lot of energy