The English personal pronouns are a subset of English pronouns taking various forms according to number, person, case and natural gender Modern English has very little inflection of nouns or Synonym for he His indicates possession, like "His book is on the table" or "That dog is his" Him I don't know how to explain it but it's more indirect; Trump called Pompeo 'My Mike' when he worked for him, and the exsecretary of state wondered in his new book if he'd ever earn a new nickname Kimberly Leonard Jan 24, Pronoun Definition Meaning Merriam Webster He his him table