Him

Table of contents

1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.1.1 Homophones 1.2 Personal pronoun 1.2.1 Translations 1.3 See also

English

Pronunciation

• AHD : hĭm
• IPA : /hɪm/
• SAMPA : /hIm/

Homophones

• hymn

Personal pronoun

him (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

• Dutch: hem f
• Esperanto: li (after preposition), al li (indirect object), lin (direct object)
• French: (after preposition) lui, (indirect object) lui, (indirect object, emphatic) lui ... à lui, (indirect object with an imperative verb) lui, (direct object) 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
• Guarani: i
• Ido: il, ilu
• Interlingua: le (direct/indirect object); ille (after preposition)
• Italian: (after preposition) 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 l' before a vowel), (direct object, emphatic) lui

  Examples:

  After preposition: It is for him - É 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

• Portuguese: o, lo (after verb ending in "-r"), no (after nasal sound) (direct object); lhe (indirect object); ele (after preposition)
• Spanish: le, a el
• Tupinambá: i

See also

• he
• her
• his