No. 11 in Swedish
han
"He" (third-person singular masculine pronoun).
In a sentence
Han gillar att läsa böcker.
He likes to read books.
In this sentence, 'han' functions as the subject of the sentence, referring to a male person.
Jag träffade honom igår, och han verkade glad.
I met him yesterday, and he seemed happy.
In this sentence, 'han' is used to refer back to a male person previously mentioned, denoting the subject in the second clause.
Vem är han som står vid dörren?
Who is he standing by the door?
Here, 'han' is used as the pronoun for a male person, inquiring about his identity in the sentence.
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