What does “her” mean?
- 1
pronounused for a woman or girl as the object of a verb or preposition
I called her last night.
- 2
determinerbelonging to or connected with a woman or girl already mentioned
Maria left her phone on the table.
Her at a glance
- Part of speech
- pronoun & determiner
- CEFR level
- A1 (beginner)
- Pronunciation
- /hɚ/ · HUR
How to use “her” correctly
“Her” is both object and possessive; the stand-alone possessive is “hers”: “This bag is hers”, not “This bag is her”.
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