Who" is a Subject Pronoun "Who" is a subject pronoun like "he," "she" and "we" in the examples above. We use "who" to ask which person does an action or which person is a certain way. Examples: Who made the birthday cake? Who is in the kitchen? Who is going to do the dishes? "Whose" is a Possessive Pronoun "Whose" is a possessive pronoun like "his," "her" and "our." We use "whose" to find out which person something belongs to. Examples: Whose camera is this? Whose dog is barking outside? Whose cell phone keeps ringing?

Who is that man? Who is going to the store with you? Whose wallet is that? Whose shows that something belongs to someone.

"Whose" shows possession of an item. For example, "Whose book is this?" "Who's" is the contraction of "who" and "is." For example, "Who's going to the party?"

who means someone . whose maens someone's something