is hisThis phrase combines は (pronounced "wa"), which goes right after the thing you are talking about, with 彼の (kare no), which means "his." While it often translates to "is his" in English, the actual word for "is" in Japanese—usually です (desu)—comes at the very end of the sentence. For example, これは彼のかばんです (kore wa kare no kaban desu) is word-for-word "as for this, his bag is," which simply means "This is his bag."