Study Resource: Contractions with object pronouns in Brazilian Portuguese
By: Ana Amélia Rodrigues dos Santos
This page presents charts of the common between Brazilian Portuguese object pronouns and some other words.
Contractions between ‘com’ and object pronouns
The following chart illustrates the forms of contractions between com(with) and various object pronouns in Brazilian Portuguese.
Subject pronouns | Stressed object pronouns | com(with) + object pronoun |
|---|---|---|
eu(I) | mim(me) | comigo |
tu(you) | ti(you) | comigo |
você(you, sg.) | você(you) | com você |
ele(he, it) | ele(him, it) | com ele |
ela(she, it) | ela(her, it) | com ela |
nós(we) | nós(us) | conosco** |
vós*(you) | vós(you) | convosco |
vocês(you) | vocês(you) | com vocês |
eles(they) | eles(them) | com eles |
Contractions between direct and indirect object pronouns
In Brazilian Portuguese sentences with both an and a , it is possible to replace both with object pronouns. When this happens, you can form a contraction between the two. Though these contractions are not common, you may see them or want to use them in some situations.
Indirect objects | Direct objects | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
o(him, it) | a(her, it) | os(them) | as(them) | |
me(me) | mo | ma | mos | mas |
te(you) | to | ta | tos | tas |
lhe(him, her, it) | lho | lha | lhos | lhas |
nos(us) | no-lo | no-la | no-los | no-las |
vos(you) | vo-lo | vo-la | vo-los | vo-las |
lhes(them) | lho | lha | lhos | lhas |
