What does “his” mean?
- 1
determinerbelonging to or connected with a man or boy already mentioned
Tom forgot his umbrella again.
- 2
pronounthe thing or things that belong to a man or boy
That jacket isn’t mine; it’s his.
His at a glance
- Part of speech
- determiner & pronoun
- CEFR level
- A1 (beginner)
- Pronunciation
- /hɪz/ · HIZ
How to use “his” correctly
“His” depends on the owner, not the thing owned: “Tom and his sister”, never “Tom and her sister” to mean Tom’s sister.
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- my determinerA1belonging to or connected with the speaker
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- that determinerA1used for a person or thing farther away or already mentioned
- the determinerA1used before a noun when the listener knows which one you mean