No. 19 in Lithuanian
jis
"He"
In a sentence
Jis skaito knygą parke.
He is reading a book in the park.
In this sentence, 'jis' serves as the subject pronoun referring to a male individual who is performing the action of reading.
Mokytojas teigė, kad jis turi gerinti savo įgūdžius.
The teacher stated that he needs to improve his skills.
Here, 'jis' is a pronoun in a subordinate clause referring back to the subject ('the teacher') expressing the need for skill improvement.
Matas neatėjo vakar, nes jis sirgo.
Matas didn't come yesterday because he was sick.
In this case, 'jis' refers to 'Matas' from the previous clause, functioning as the subject of the reason clause.
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