Hij

Hij

Table of contents

1 Dutch 1.1 Usage notes 1.2 Examples 1.3 Translations

Dutch

(before the personal computer age often written with the ij-ligature )

/heI/

personal pronoun, third person singular, masculine, he. Cp. zij , ze (feminine), zij , ze plural, hem (object), zijn, z'n (possesive).

Usage notes

Sometimes contracted to ie, although almost always in spoken form (/i:/): hoe doet-ie dat?, 'how does he do that?'.

Examples

Hij loopt: he walks.

Translations

• de: er
• en: he
• es: el
• fi: hän (gender neutral)
• fr: il
• ja: 彼 (かれ, kare)
• pt: ele
• ro: el
• sv: han
• zh: 他