[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/she/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [S](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/s/) / she # she pronoun (she — subject; her — object and possessive; hers; herself); noun (a she — a female, informal) «she» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. A word used instead of the name of a girl, woman or female animal already talked about. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/she/#m1) 2. Sometimes used for a ship, a country or a car, as if it were a person. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/she/#m2) 3. (informal) A she is a female animal: «Is your cat a he or a she?» [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/she/#m3) 4. (casual, Australia, NZ) «She'll be right» means everything will be fine; «she» here means things in general. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/she/#m4) 5. (casual) «She's» = she is or she has; «she'd» = she would or she had; «she'll» = she will. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/she/#m5) 6. (rough, rude) «Who's she, the cat's mother?» is an old put-down for saying «she» about someone who is right there. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/she/#m6) 7. (casual, broken grammar) «Her and me went» is heard in speech; in writing say «She and I went». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/she/#m7) ### In the lessons In stories and word problems «she» points back to a female character named earlier, so the reader must find who «she» is. In casual talk she is often the person everybody can see, never named («she took 3 of mine»). In the exam voice the name is repeated or the passive is used: «4 apples are given away by the girl». Phrases: she said, she is, she has, she'll be right. ### Examples - Mia lost her pencil, so she borrowed one. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/she/#x1) - She is my older sister. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/she/#x2) - The cat licked her kittens because she loves them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/she/#x3) - She has 5 apples and gives away 2. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/she/#x4) - My teacher says she likes poetry. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/she/#x5) - She and I walk to school together. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/she/#x6) - The ship sailed and she reached port at dawn. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/she/#x7) - she had 5 — no wait, 6 apples, then ate 2 (casual, self-correction) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/she/#x8) - Lost the ball? She'll be right, we've got 3 more. (casual, Australia) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/she/#x9) - She nicked my pen again, the cheeky cow. (rough) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/she/#x10) - It is given that she possesses 5 apples and subsequently relinquishes 2; determine the quantity remaining in her possession. (formal exam) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/she/#x11) - "Some wine and meat," she replied. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/she/#x12) ### Note «She» is the subject: «She runs.» The object form is «her»: «I saw her.» Say «She and I», not «Her and me went». With «she» the verb takes -s: she runs, she has, she is. In a maths problem «she» is the same person as the girl named before, so her numbers belong to that person. Trap: with two girls in the story, check who «she» is. «She'll be right» is not about a girl. Insults like «the cheeky cow» still mean the same she and do not change the numbers. Formal «in her possession» = what she has; «relinquishes» = gives up. ## In Jewish tradition In stories and word problems «she» points back to a female character named earlier, so the reader must find who «she» is. In casual talk she is often the person everybody can see, never named («she took 3 of mine»). In the exam voice the name is repeated or the passive is used: «4 apples are given away by the girl». Phrases: she said, she is, she has, she'll be right. ### Examples - And she called his name Issachar. (Torah GEN.30.18, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/she/#x1) - And again she bore his brother Abel. (Torah GEN.4.2, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/she/#x2) - And Sarai was barren; she had no child. (Torah GEN.11.30, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/she/#x3) - And her treacherous sister Judah saw it. (Prophets JER.3.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/she/#x4) - How is she become as a widow! (Writings LAM.1.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/she/#x5) - And Amnon said unto her: 'Arise, be gone.' (Prophets 2SA.13.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/she/#x6) ### Note «She» is the subject: «She runs.» The object form is «her»: «I saw her.» Say «She and I», not «Her and me went». With «she» the verb takes -s: she runs, she has, she is. In a maths problem «she» is the same person as the girl named before, so her numbers belong to that person. Trap: with two girls in the story, check who «she» is. «She'll be right» is not about a girl. Insults like «the cheeky cow» still mean the same she and do not change the numbers. Formal «in her possession» = what she has; «relinquishes» = gives up. ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «she» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/she/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«she» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/she.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «she» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/she/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«she» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/she.html) on Mova free.