European Portuguese Grammar lessons on pronouns. These include subject, object and reflexive clitics used to replace nouns in sentences.
In Portuguese, the demonstrative pronouns este/esta, esse/essa, and aquele/aquela change based on gender and number, making them “variable.” We call them Variable Demonstrative Pronouns in Portuguese. They help define the position of objects or people relative to the speaker and listener. What’s a Demonstrative Pronoun? A demonstrative pronoun is a word (pronoun) that represents another … Read more
I know that grammar lessons can be tough and unappealing. Perhaps reading And reading Invariable Demonstrative Pronouns in Portuguese may have shut you down. But I will try my best to keep it simple. Isto, isso and aquilo are certainly up there in the difficulty level when first learning Portuguese. If you were looking for … Read more
Anchor Words in Portuguese⚓is not an official term. It’s something that I call words that “anchor” the clitics before the verbs. If that just now didn’t make sense, you may want to catch up on Object Pronouns in Portuguese before you continue. What are Anchor Words in Portuguese⚓? Firstly, clitic placement in European Portuguese can … Read more
The Object Personal Pronouns in Portuguese are the words for me, you, him, her, it, us, and them. They are divided into three categories in Portuguese: These are also referred to as Pronomes Pessoais Oblíquos Átonos. These are the famous clitic pronouns in Portuguese (or should I say infamous). They are a little trickier to … Read more
Pronouns are always a little confusing to learn in Portuguese if you’re a native English speaker. This is because Portuguese has many more than English. In this lesson, we’re looking at Prepositional Personal Pronouns in Portuguese. As this title suggests, these pronouns will change in function of what preposition is used. In Portuguese, they are … Read more
In English, the Pronomes Pessoais Retos are referred to as Subject Personal Pronouns. This is because these pronouns take up the place of the grammatical subject in the sentence. In non-technical words, that means the words for I, you, he, she, it, we and they = the doers of the sentence. What’s 1st person singular? … Read more
The Ultimate Guide for Learners What are personal pronouns in Portuguese? How are they used? Do you need to know them? These may be questions you often have regarding this topic. Let’s find out what they are. In Portuguese, they are referred to as Pronomes Pessoais. What’s a personal pronoun? A personal pronoun (pronome pessoal) … Read more
In this post, we’re looking at the Possessives Portuguese. They are used to show ownership. They indicate who the owner of a specific thing is or indicate a relationship between two people (and things too). There are actually two grammatical classifications for these words: pronouns and determiners and then another group of possessives. In this … Read more
You may have heard me say before that Portuguese is a Null-Subject Language. But what does that mean? This means that Portuguese grammar allows us to create a full sentence without an explicit subject (doer) even though it follows the SVO sequence. This is not possible in English, as we always need to include who … Read more