Complete Definition of "him"

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English

rank|this|but|all|31|him|she|they|my

Pronunciation
enPR|hĭm, IPA|/hɪm/, SAMPA|/hIm/
audio|en-us-him.ogg|Audio (US)
:rhymes|ɪm

Homophones
hymn

Pronoun
en-pron|desc=personal pronoun, objective case

  1. he when used after a preposition or as the object of a verb.

#: Give it to him (after preposition)
#: She wrote him a letter (indirect object)
#: She treated him for a cold (direct object)

Translations
trans-top|him
Albanian: atij
Dutch: hem
Czech: mu, jemu i|after preposition, mu, jemu i|indirect object, ho, jeho (direct object)
Esperanto: li (after preposition), al li (indirect object), lin (direct object)
French: (after preposition) #French|lui, (indirect object) lui, (indirect object, emphatic) lui ... à lui, (indirect object with an imperative verb) lui, (direct object) #French|le (becoming l' before a vowel or an mute h), (direct object, emphatic) le ... lui
:Examples:
::After preposition: It is for him - C'est pour lui
::Indirect object: She tells him her name - Elle lui dit son nom
::Indirect object, emphatic: She gives the book to him - Elle lui donne le livre à lui
::Indirect object with an imperative verb: Give it to him - Donnez-le-lui
::Direct object: She hates him - Elle le déteste
::Direct object (followed by a vowel or a mute h): She loves him - Elle l'aime
::Direct object, emphatic: She loves him - Elle l'aime, lui
Frisian: him
German: ihm, ihn
Guarani: i
Hungarian: �t (acc.), neki (dat.)
Ido: il, ilu
Interlingua: le (direct/indirect object); ille (after preposition)
Italian: (after preposition) #Italian|lui, (indirect object) gli, (indirect object, emphatic) a lui, (indirect object with an imperative verb) gli (attached to the end of the verb and becoming glie- when used along with a direct object), (direct object) lo (becoming #Italian|l' before a vowel), (direct object, emphatic) lui
:Examples:
::After preposition: It is for him - � per lui
::Indirect object: Maria tells him her name - Maria gli dice il suo nome
::Indirect object, emphatic: Maria gives the book to him - Maria dà il libro a lui
::Indirect object with an imperative verb, used without a direct object: Write to him - Scrivigli; Tell him - Digli
::Indirect object with an imperative verb, used with a direct object: Send it to him - Spedisciglielo; Give it to him - Daglielo
::Direct object: Maria wants him - Maria lo vuole
::Direct object (before a vowel): Giovanni hates him - Giovanni l'odia
::Direct object, emphatic: Maria wants him - Maria vuole lui
Norwegian: ham
Novial: lo
Portuguese: o, lo (after verb ending in "-r"), no (after nasal sound) (direct object); lhe (indirect object); ele (after preposition)
Spanish: le, a el
Swedish: honom
Tupinambá: i
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See also
he
his
her
them

Category:100 English basic words
Category:English third person pronouns


Frisian

Pronoun
infl|fy|pronoun

  1. #English|him

Old English

Pronunciation
IPA|/him/

Pronoun
infl|ang|pronoun

  1. dative singular of he#Old English|h� or hit#Old English|hit: (to) him, it
  2. dative plural of he#Old English|h�, hit#Old English|hit or heo|h�o: (to) them

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