их продали

sold them

→ они

phrase Uncommon #23,310

sold them Их means “them,” and продали is the past-tense form of продать (“to sell”) used with a plural subject or polite вы. The phrase usually means “sold them,” though context can sometimes make it ambiguous whether the subject is “they” or “you.”

RU: Кому вы их продали?

EN: Who did you sell them to?

Вы правда их продали?

Did you really sell them?

— Преследователь (2008)

Это вы ему их продали.

You’re the one who sold them to him.

Либо их продали, либо они сбежали.

Either they were sold or they ran away.

— Преследователь (2008)

Где вы их продали?

Where did you sell them?

Их продали.

They were sold.

— Преследователь (2008)