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ele é inglês e ela é americana
ayleh inglayz ee ehleh amirikana
he’s English and she’s American
Object Pronouns
object pronoun added to verb
me [mi] me
te [ti] you (sing, fam)
o [oo] him, it, you (sing, pol) HOW THE LANGUAGE WORKS
a [a] her, it, you (sing, pol)
você [vosay] you (sing, pol)
nos [noosh] us
os [oosh] them (m), you (mpl)
as [ash] them (f), you (fpl)
vocês [vosaysh] you (pl)
object pronoun used with prepositions
mim [meeng] me
ti [tee] you (sing, fam) N
ele [ayl] he, it
ela [ehla] she, it
você/si [vosay/see] you (sing, pol) Personal
nós [nosh] we
eles [aylsh] them (m)
elas [ehlash] them (f)
vocês [vosaysh] you (pl) Pr onouns
The object pronouns (as listed in the first table above) gener-
ally follow the verb:
pode ajudar-me? comprei-as
pod aJoodarmi kompray-ash
can you help me? I bought them
But note the word order in the following:
não o vi
nowng oo vee
I didn’t see him
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