she's

See also: shes

English

Etymology

Contraction of she is.
Contraction of she has.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʃiːz/
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -iːz

Contraction

she’s

Contraction of she is.
Contraction of she has.

Usage notes

In most dialects, she’s is only used to mark the perfect tense (“She's done something.”, “She has done something.”), and not to signify possession (“She has something.”). Some dialects, however, use she’s for both.

Translations

she is

German: sie ist
Hungarian: ő (hu) (with a noun or adjective in the predicate); (ő) … van (with an adverb in the predicate)
Swedish: hon är

she has

German: sie hat
Hungarian: (neki) van …-a/-e/-ja/-je (with the possessive form of the noun)
Swedish: hon har

Anagrams

Hess, sesh

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