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How to pronounce his
Say it like this: /hɪz/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.
What does his mean?
detBelonging to him.
“With that he put his ſpurres vnto his ſteed, With ſpeare in reſt, and toward him did fare, Like ſhaft out of a bow preuenting ſpeed.”
Belonging to a person of unspecified gender.
Its; belonging to it. (Now only when implying personification.)
“Yee are the ſalt of the earth: But if the ſalt haue loſt his ſauour, wherewith ſhall it bee ſalted?”
pronThat or those belonging to him; the possessive case of he, used without a following noun.
“His is bigger than mine.”
His house or home.
“After our night out, I went back to his.”
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