he: [OE] He comes ultimately from a prehistoric Indo-European base *ki-, *ko-, which denoted in general terms ‘this, here’ (as opposed to ‘that, there’) and occurs in a number of modern English demonstrative pronouns and adverbs, such as here and hence. The most direct use of the demonstrative is for the ‘person or thing referred to’, and so *ki- has come down directly via Germanic *khi- as the third person singular pronoun he (of which him, his, she, her, and it are all derivatives). => him, his, it, she
he (pron.)
Old English he, pronoun of the third person (see paradigm of Old English third person pronoun below), from Proto-Germanic *hi- (cognates: Old Saxon, Old Frisian, Middle Dutch he, hi, Dutch hy, Old High German he), from PIE *ki-, variant of *ko-, the "this, here" (as opposed to "that, there") root (cognates: Hittite ki "this," Greek ekeinos "that person," Old Church Slavonic si, Lithuanian šis "this"), and thus the source of the third person pronouns in Old English. The feminine, hio, was replaced in early Middle English by forms from other stems (see she), while the h- wore off Old English neuter hit to make modern it. The Proto-Germanic root also is the source of the first element in German heute "today," literally "the day" (compare Old English heodæg).
case
SINGULAR
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PLURAL
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masc.
neut.
fem.
(all genders)
nom.
he
hit
heo, hio
hie, hi
acc.
hine
hit
hie, hi
hie, hi
gen.
his
his
hire
hira, heora
dat.
him
him
hire
him, heom
Pleonastic use with the noun ("Mistah Kurtz, he dead") is attested from late Old English. With animal words, meaning "male" (he-goat, etc.) from c. 1300.
双语例句
1. When we use " he " , we generalize for both sex.
当我们用 he 时, 我们泛指男女.
来自《简明英汉词典》
2. " I " , " you " and " he " are all personal pronouns.
I, you和 he 都是人称代词.
来自《简明英汉词典》
3. A fellow doesn't last long on what he has done. He's got to keep on delivering as he goes along.--Carl Hubbell, Baseball Player
靠过去完成的无法让人保有成功，必须在路上持续交出成绩。
来自金山词霸 每日一句
4. He was well acquainted with the literature of France, Germany and Holland.
他对于法国、德国和荷兰的文学了如指掌。
来自柯林斯例句
5. He said they should turn their fire on the Conservative Party instead.
