him
pronunciation
How to pronounce him in British English:
UK [hɪm]
How to pronounce him in American English:
US [hɪm]
Word Origin
- him
- him: [OE] Him was originally the dative case of Old English hē ‘he’, which in the late Old English period gradually started to take over from the original accusative hine as the general object form (the ’un or ’n still occasionally found in southern English dialects for ‘him’ may represent the last vestiges of this). The dative ending -m is also found in, for example, German ihm (dative of er ‘he’) and Dutch hem.=> he
- him (pron.)
- Old English him, originally dative masculine and neuter of he; beginning 10c. it replaced hine as masculine accusative, a regional process completed by 15c. The dative roots of the -m ending are retained in German (ihm) and Dutch (hem). Hine persists, barely, as the southern England dialectal 'un, 'n for "him."
Example
- 1. And I got to know him a little bit .
- 2. Think about him or her as a person .
- 3. It takes him two hours to get home . "
- 4. I 've known him for almost 22 years .
- 5. Another possibility : just wait him out .