• Personal pronouns
• Possessive pronouns
• Demonstrative pronouns

The rest of this page is just a list of
other pronouns without explanation on their use.

Direct object pronouns

There are detailed rules on the use of direct object pronouns, but generally these are used when something is done directly to someone/something. The pronoun may follow the verb and in that case the verb and the pronoun are separated with a hyphen.

me te² o, a nos vocês os, as

me you him, her, it us you, them

2 used in colloquial language

 

Indirect object pronouns

There are detailed rules on the use of undirect object pronouns, but generally these are used when something is done undirectly to someone/something. The pronoun may follow the verb and in that case the verb and the pronoun are separated with a hyphen.

me te³ lhe nos vocês lhes

me you him, her, it us you, them

3 used in colloquial language

Direct and indirect object pronouns: Their difference is that direct are used in verbs with direct object, without prepositions after, and indirect when there is preposition:
Ex.: Ela o ama = Ela ama ele
       Ela lhe cansou = Ela cansou dele
 

Prepositional pronouns

To be used with prepositions

mim você ele, ela nós vocês eles, elas

me you him, her, it us you them

 

Reflexive pronouns

me se se nos se se

(myself) (yourself) (himself, herself, itself) (ourselves) (yourselves) (themselves)

Example: Está na hora de me deitar, It is time for me to go to bed
deitar = to put to bed
deitar-se = to go to bed (or roughly, to put oneself to bed)

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