Study Resource: Contractions with object pronouns in Brazilian Portuguese
By: Ana Amélia Rodrigues dos Santos
This page presents charts of the common contractions 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 (meaning with) and various object pronouns in Brazilian Portuguese.
| Subject pronouns | Stressed object pronouns | com (meaning with) + object pronoun |
|---|---|---|
eu (meaning I) | mim (meaning me) | comigo |
tu (meaning you) | ti (meaning you) | comigo |
você (meaning you, sg.) | você (meaning you) | com você |
ele (meaning he, it) | ele (meaning him, it) | com ele |
ela (meaning she, it) | ela (meaning her, it) | com ela |
nós (meaning we) | nós (meaning us) | conosco** |
vós* (meaning you) | vós (meaning you) | convosco |
vocês (meaning you) | vocês (meaning you) | com vocês |
eles (meaning they) | eles (meaning them) | com eles |
Contractions between direct and indirect object pronouns
In Brazilian Portuguese sentences with both an indirect object and a direct object, 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
me (meaning me) | mo | ma | mos | mas |
te (meaning you) | to | ta | tos | tas |
lhe (meaning him, her, it) | lho | lha | lhos | lhas |
nos (meaning us) | no-lo | no-la | no-los | no-las |
vos (meaning you) | vo-lo | vo-la | vo-los | vo-las |
lhes (meaning them) | lho | lha | lhos | lhas |
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