whom

Etymology
From, , from , , from , dative case of. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬.

Pronoun

 * 1)  What person or people; which person or people.
 * 2)  The person(s) whom; whomever.
 * To whom it may concern, all business of John Smith Ltd. has now been transferred to Floggitt & Runne.
 * 1)  The person(s) whom; whomever.
 * To whom it may concern, all business of John Smith Ltd. has now been transferred to Floggitt & Runne.
 * 1)  The person(s) whom; whomever.
 * To whom it may concern, all business of John Smith Ltd. has now been transferred to Floggitt & Runne.
 * 1)  The person(s) whom; whomever.
 * To whom it may concern, all business of John Smith Ltd. has now been transferred to Floggitt & Runne.
 * 1)  The person(s) whom; whomever.
 * To whom it may concern, all business of John Smith Ltd. has now been transferred to Floggitt & Runne.
 * 1)  The person(s) whom; whomever.
 * To whom it may concern, all business of John Smith Ltd. has now been transferred to Floggitt & Runne.
 * 1)  The person(s) whom; whomever.
 * To whom it may concern, all business of John Smith Ltd. has now been transferred to Floggitt & Runne.
 * 1)  The person(s) whom; whomever.
 * To whom it may concern, all business of John Smith Ltd. has now been transferred to Floggitt & Runne.
 * 1)  The person(s) whom; whomever.
 * To whom it may concern, all business of John Smith Ltd. has now been transferred to Floggitt & Runne.

Usage notes
Subject (always who):
 * Who ate my sandwich?
 * There is the thief who ate my sandwich.
 * i.e. The thief ate my sandwich.

Direct object:
 * Who(m) did you see?
 * I saw an old friend who(m) I had not seen for years.
 * i.e. I saw an old friend.

Indirect object:
 * Who(m) are you giving your apple to?
 * She is the angel who(m) I'm giving my apple to.
 * or
 * To whom are you giving your apple? (fronted prepositional phrase, almost always whom)
 * She is the angel to whom I'm giving my apple.
 * i.e. I'm giving my apple to her.

Translations

 * Afrikaans:
 * Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Asturian:, quienes
 * Bulgarian: кого
 * Catalan: ,
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish:
 * Esperanto: ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Haitian Creole: kimoun
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:, kicsodát
 * Ido:
 * Italian:
 * Latin: ,
 * Latvian:
 * Macedonian: кого
 * Mari: кӧм
 * Middle English: whom
 * Ngazidja Comorian: nɗo, nɗopvi
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk:
 * Occitan:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: o que, ,
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: кого́, кому́
 * Volapük: kimi
 * Welsh: pwy


 * Afrikaans:,  ,
 * Arabic:
 * Armenian:
 * Bulgarian: кому
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish:
 * Esperanto:, , ,
 * Finnish:,  ,  ,  ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Haitian Creole: kimoun
 * Italian:
 * Latin:
 * Macedonian: кому
 * Middle English: whom
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk:
 * Occitan: a qui, qui
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: o que, ,
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Spanish:, ,
 * Swedish: ,
 * Ukrainian: кого́, кому́, ким
 * Volapük: kime


 * Afrikaans:, , etc.
 * Arabic:, الَّتِي, اَللَّذَيْنِ, اَللَّتَيْنِ, اَلَّذِينَ, اَللَّاتِي, اَللَّائِي, اَللَّوَاتِي
 * Armenian:
 * Asturian: quien, quienes
 * Catalan:, ,
 * Czech:, , , ,
 * Danish: ,
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:, , ,
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:, , ,
 * Hindi:
 * Italian:
 * Latin:, , ,
 * Middle English: whom
 * Ngazidja Comorian: ikao
 * Portuguese:, , o qual, a qual, os quais, as quais
 * Russian:, , ,
 * Spanish:, , ,
 * Swedish:, , ,
 * Ukrainian: ко́трого
 * Welsh:


 * Serbo-Croatian:, , ,  , , , ,
 * Dutch:,  ,  ,
 * Indonesian: ,
 * Interlingua:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic:, , , , , , ,
 * Roman:, , ,  , , , ,

Etymology
From, (dative of ), from  (dative of ), from  (dative of ), from  (dative of ).

Forms with short are generalised unstressed forms.

Pronoun

 * 1)  (to) who,  accusative or dative
 * 2)  (to) who,  accusative or dative
 * 3)  (to) whoever, whomever accusative or dative
 * 4)  that accusative, inanimate
 * 5)  (to) anyone, someone usually accusative or dative
 * 1)  (to) anyone, someone usually accusative or dative