whose in English: A question word that asks which person something belongs to. It also joins two ideas about the same person. (pronoun)

Translation

A question word that asks which person something belongs to. It also joins two ideas about the same person.

Word origin

From Old English hwaes, the possessive form of hwa, meaning who.

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Here "whose" asks which person owns the bag.

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"Whose" joins the two parts of the sentence and shows the car is his.

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"Whose" can start a question inside a longer sentence.

who

Used to ask about a person, or to mean the person that.

which

Used to ask or say which one thing from a known group you mean.

what

Used to ask about a thing, or to mean the thing that.

belong

To be owned by someone, or to be in the right place.

his

Shows that something belongs to a man or boy already mentioned.

whom

A formal form of "who", used for the person an action is done to.

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