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his
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[ English
[ Pronunciation
[ Pronoun
his possessive pronoun
- (attributive) Belonging to him.
- This is his book.
[ Translations
attributive: belonging to him
- Albanian: tij sq(sq)
- Breton: e
- Catalan: seu
- Chinese (Mandarin): 他的 (tāde)
- Croatian: svoj hr(hr)
- Czech: jeho cs(cs)
- Dutch: zijn nl(nl) m.
- Esperanto: lia eo(eo)
- Finnish: hänen (genitive of hän) + -nsa (with back vowel harmony) / -nsä (with front vowel harmony) (possessive suffix)
- Note: In standard Finnish, both the possessive suffix and the genitive of the personal pronoun are compulsory. In colloquial Finnish, usually only hänen is used.
- French: son fr(fr) m., sa fr(fr) f., ses fr(fr) pl.
- Note: In French, the gender of this adjective agrees with the thing owned, not with the owner.
- German: sein de(de) m./n., seine f., seine (pl.)
- Greek: του (tou) m.
- Hebrew: שלו (shello)
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[ Pronoun
his possessive pronoun
- That which belongs to him; the possessive case of he, used without a following noun.
- The decision was his to live with.
[ Translations
that which belongs to him
- Catalan: el seu m., la seva f., els seus pl., les seves f. pl.
- Croatian: njegov hr(hr)
- Czech: jeho cs(cs)
- Dutch: de zijne, aan hem
- Esperanto: lia eo(eo)
- Finnish: hänen fi(fi)
- French: le sien fr(fr) m., la sienne fr(fr) f., les siens fr(fr) pl., les siennes fr(fr) f. pl.
- Note: In French, the gender of this pronoun agrees with the thing owned, not with the owner.
- German: der seine
- Greek: δικός του m., δικός της f., δικός τους pl. (if the thing owned is male)
- δική του m., δική της f., δική τους pl. (if the thing owned is female)
- δικό του m., δικό της f., δικό τους pl. (if the thing owned is neuter)
- Note: In Greek, the gender of this pronoun agrees both with the thing owned and the owner.
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[ See also
[ Navajo
[ Alternative spellings
- xis (in older Americanist literature)
[ Pronunciation
[ Noun
his
- pus
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