Russian Vocabulary (and Wisdom)

How to say "he" in Russian

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он

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Meaning: he, it

Pronunciation: [ohn]

Part of speech: pronoun (personal pronoun)

Rank: #4 (see frequency list)

Example sentences:

Он -- актёр.
He is an actor.
Он лю́бит её, а она́ лю́бит его́.
He loves her, and she loves him.
Скажи́те ему́, что́бы он вошёл.
Tell him to come in.
literal Tell him that he come in.
Он о́чень изве́стный челове́к.
He is a very famous person.
У меня́ есть кот. Он лю́бит игра́ть со мной.
I have a tomcat. It likes to play with me.
Он откры́л дверь.
He opened the door.
Он си́льный и сме́лый.
He is strong and courageous.

Other forms of the word (declensions):

case	singular			plural
case	masculine	neuter	feminine	plural
Nominative	он	оно́	она́	они́
Genitive	его́, него́	его́, него́	её, неё	их, них
Dative	ему́, нему́	ему́, нему́	ей, ней	им, ним
Accusative	его́, него́	его́, него́	её, неё	их, них
Instrumental	им, ним	им, ним	е́ю, ей, не́ю	и́ми, ни́ми
Prepositional	(о) нём	(о) нём	(о) ней	(о) них

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Word recordings: Copyright(c) 2006 Streit Goulnara, Streit Eric, Vion Nicolas. Copyright(c) 2007 S. Sakhno, N. Vion. Distributed under CC-BY.

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