Subject pronouns

eu você ele, ela nós vocês eles, elas

I you he, she we you they

When talking about group of women, use elas. When talking about group of women and/or men, use eles.

Notice: In European Portuguese você is formal "you", tu is used among relatives, friends and children. In Brazilian Portuguese tu is hardly ever used (only in regions in south and north-east parts of Brazil). In colloquial speech tu can be used with 3rd person singular verbs.
vós (you plural) is not usually used either, it is replaced with vocês.

Verbs with você must be in 3rd form singular, verbs with vocês must be in 3rd form plural. So usually no verbs in 2nd person singular or plural are used (and I have skipped them in the verbs -page).

The same table with two examples shows how to use verbs

	Verb ESTAR		(to be)
	eu estou você, ele, ela está		I am you, he, she is
	nós estamos vocês, eles, elas estão		we are you, they are

	Verb CANTAR		(to sing)
	eu canto você, ele, ela canta nós cantamos vocês, eles, elas cantam		I sing you, he, she sings we sing you, they sing

 

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