he
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[edit] Translingual
[edit] Etymology 1
From Hebrew
[edit] Symbol
he
[edit] Etymology 2
Transliteration of various Semitic letters, including 𐤄 (h), ה (h), and Syriac ܗ (h), “‘hē’”).
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Noun
he
- The name of 𐤄 (h), “‘hē’”), the fifth letter of the Phoenician alphabet (
). - The fifth letter of the Aramaic alphabet (
). - The name of ה (h), “‘he’”), the fifth letter of the Hebrew alphabet (
).
- 1658: The same number in the Hebrew mysteries and Cabalistical accounts was the character of Generation; declared by the Letter He, the fifth in their Alphabet — Sir Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus (Folio Society 2007, p. 210)
- The name of ܗ (h), “‘hē’”), the fifth letter of the Syriac alphabet (
).
[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Old English hē < Proto-Germanic *hiz < Proto-Germanic *khi- < Proto-Indo-European *ki- (“‘this, here’”).
[edit] Pronunciation
- (UK) enPR: hē, IPA: /hiː/, SAMPA: /hi:/
- (US) enPR: hē, IPA: /hi/, SAMPA: /hi/
- Audio (US)help, file
- Rhymes: -iː
[edit] Pronoun
he third-person singular, masculine, nominative case (accusative him, reflexive himself, possessive his)
- (personal) A male other; the previously mentioned male; himself.
- (personal) That (when referring to a man).
- Bob, he of Poughkeepsie.
- (personal) Another (person or animal) whose gender is unknown (with animals this includes dogs, rodents; see she).
[edit] Usage notes
- See Wiktionary:English inflection for other personal pronouns.
- The third usage is considered sexist by some.
[edit] Synonyms
- (personal, another person or animal whose gender is unknown): he/she, s/he, his ass, her ass, (informal) they
[edit] Quotations
- For examples of the usage of this term see the citations page.
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[edit] Breton
[edit] Pronoun
he
[edit] Usage notes
[edit] Dutch
[edit] Interjection
he
- Said when surprised or when objecting to something.
[edit] Finnish
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Pronoun
he
- (personal) they (only of people).
[edit] Declension
- Irregular. The comitative and instructive forms don't exist; the abessive is hardly used.
- In addition to the standard set of cases, he and other personal pronouns have a specific accusative form; heidät.
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Declension of he
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[edit] Usage notes
- In standard Finnish, he can practically never be omitted, despite the verb showing both the person and the number. (compare the usage of hän, "she" / "he")
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[edit] Japanese
[edit] Noun
he (hiragana へ)
[edit] Mandarin
[edit] Verb
- 喝: drink
- I like to eat pizza and to drink milk.
- To drink coffee too much is bad for health.
[edit] Conjunction
- 和: and
- I like to eat pizza and to drink milk.
- 简体字是中国和联合国的标准汉字.
- Jiantizi is the standard Hanzi of China and the UN.
- My father and mother.
- long-term assets are classified into tangible assets and intangible assets.
- shishiqiushi de xuehao he yonghao Yingyu, Hanzi he Hanyu Pinyin.
- to learn and to use English, Hanzi and Pinyin well practically.
[edit] Noun
- river
[edit] Pinyin syllable
he
- A transliteration of any of a number of Chinese characters properly represented as having one of four tones, hē, hé, hě, or hè.
[edit] Usage notes
English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.
[edit] Old English
[edit] Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *hiz. Cognate with Old Frisian hi, he, Old Saxon hi, he.
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /he:/
[edit] Pronoun
hē (accusative hine, genitive his, dative him)
[edit] Descendants
- English: he
[edit] Spanish
[edit] Etymology 1
[edit] Verb
he (infinitive: haber)
[edit] See also
- (with acute accent) hé
[edit] Etymology 2
From Arabic; related to Portuguese eis.
[edit] Adverb
he
[edit] Usage
Takes pronoun suffixes, e.g. heme, here I am.
[edit] See also
[edit] Etymology 3
[edit] Noun
he