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Pronunciation / Transliteration: le
"Le di el libro."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Used as the object of a verb or preposition to refer to a male person or animal previously mentioned or easily identified.
"I gave the book to him yesterday." - 2
Used after a linking verb such as 'to be' in formal or traditional contexts.
"It was him who called the office."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from Old English 'him', the dative and instrumental case form of 'hē' (he). It traces back to Proto-Germanic '*himmaj', an oblique case form of the demonstrative pronoun root, evolving through Middle English to function as the modern objective personal pronoun for the third-person masculine singular.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Him" is said worldwide
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lui
Transliteration: lui
"Je lui ai donné le livre."
ihn
Transliteration: ihn
"Ich sehe ihn im Garten."
lui
Transliteration: lui
"Ho parlato con lui."
le
Transliteration: le
"Le di el libro."
ele
Transliteration: ele
"Eu dei o livro a ele."
उसे
Transliteration: use
"मैंने उसे किताब दी।"
他
Transliteration: tā
"我把书给了他。"
그를
Transliteration: geureul
"나는 그에게 책을 주었다."
彼
Transliteration: kare
"私は彼に本をあげました。"
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