honom
Norwegian Nynorsk
editPronoun
edithonom
See also
edit| first person | second person | reflexive | third person | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | |||||
| singular | nominative | eg, je1 | du | — | han | ho | det, dat2 |
| accusative | meg | deg | seg | han, honom2 | ho, henne2 | det, dat2 | |
| dative2 | meg | deg | seg | honom | henne | di2 | |
| genitive | min | din | sin | hans | hennar, hennes1 | dess3 | |
| plural | nominative | me, vi | de, dokker | — | dei | ||
| accusative | oss, okk | dykk, dokker | seg | dei, deim2 | |||
| dative | oss, okk | dykk, dokker | seg | deim2 | |||
| genitive | vår, okkar | dykkar, dokkar | sin | deira, deires1 | |||
1Obsolete. 2Landsmål. 3Rare or literary. Italic forms unofficial today.
Swedish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editPronoun
edithonom
- him; oblique of han
- Jag älskar honom
- I love him
- Han gav honom boken
- He gave him the book
- Han gav han boken / Han gav'an boken
- He gave him the book (non-standard in writing, common in speech)
Usage notes
editThough not reflected in the written standard, han as the object form is very common in spoken Swedish, reflecting older usage of han for the accusative. See also na.
Declension
edit| Number | Person | nominative | oblique | possessive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| common | neuter | plural | |||||
| singular | first | — | jag | mig, mej3 | min | mitt | mina |
| second | — | du | dig, dej3 | din | ditt | dina | |
| third | masculine (person) | han | honom, han2, en5 | hans | |||
| feminine (person) | hon | henne, na5 | hennes | ||||
| gender-neutral (person)1 | hen | hen, henom7 | hens | ||||
| common (noun) | den | den | dess | ||||
| neuter (noun) | det | det | dess | ||||
| indefinite | man or en4 | en | ens | ||||
| reflexive | — | sig, sej3 | sin | sitt | sina | ||
| plural | first | — | vi | oss | vår, våran2 | vårt, vårat2 | våra |
| second | — | ni | er | er, eran2, ers6 | ert, erat2 | era | |
| archaic | I | eder | eder, eders6 | edert | edra | ||
| third | — | de, dom3 | dem, dom3 | deras | |||
| reflexive | — | sig, sej3 | sin | sitt | sina | ||
1Neologism. Usage has increased since 2010, though it remains limited.
2Informal
3Colloquial pronunciation spelling.
4Dialectal, also used lately as an alternative to man, to avoid association to the male gender.
5Informal, somewhat dialectal
6Formal address
7Discouraged by the Swedish Language Council