sin, si, sitt, sine or hans, hennes?

Norwegian has two ways to say his and her.

Use sin, si, sitt, sine when the owner is the subject of the same clause. They agree with the thing owned: sin (masculine), si (feminine -a nouns, sin also accepted), sitt (neuter), sine (plural). Per vasker bilen sin (Per washes his car).

Use hans (his) and hennes (her):

• when the owner is not the subject: Kari lånte bilen hans (Kari borrowed his car)
• when the possessive is part of the subject: Bilen hans er rød. Kari og mannen hennes bor i Bergen.

In an at-clause, check the subject of that clause: Per sier at han har solgt bilen sin, but Kari sier at mannen hennes er syk.