No. 22 in Swedish
hon
"Hon" means "she" in English.
In a sentence
Hon läser en bok.
She is reading a book.
The word 'hon' is used as the subject of the sentence, referring to a female person performing the action of reading.
Jag vet att hon kommer att vara där.
I know that she will be there.
Here, 'hon' is used as the subject in the subordinate clause, indicating the female person expected to arrive.
Katten sover bredvid hon.
The cat sleeps next to her.
In this case, 'hon' incorrectly replaces 'henne', which illustrates a common mistake due to 'hon' being nominative, but it was intended to mean 'her' in accusative.
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