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(te)

II

Ihe	to him, her, you (polite
	andfriendly)
nos	to us
(vos)	(to you)
Ihes	to them (masc. and fem.)

to you (polite and friendly)

Notice that the form of the pronoun used after a preposition is the same as the form of the pronoun used before a verb as subject, except for mim “me” and (ti) “you” (famitiar).

There is a special form for “with me,” comigo “with us,” conosco, for “with you” (familiar: contigo) and for “with you, with him, with her,” etc., consigo, although the latter form is not used freąuently, com o senhor, com ile, etc. being preferred.

3. Pronouns used as direct objects:

me	me
(te)	(you) (familiar)
0	him
a	her
o	you (masc., polite and
	friendly)
a	you (fenu, polite and
	friendly)
nos	us
(vos)	(you)
os	them (masc.)
as	them (Jem.)
os	you (masc., polite and
	friendly)
as	you (fempolite and

friendty)

4. Pronouns as indirect objects: me    to me

(to you) (familiar)

Notę that the subject pronouns nós and vós and the forms used after prepositions have the accent mark, that the direct and indirect object pronouns which correspond do not have the accent mark and are pronounced difTerently.

Inasmuch as Ihe and Ihes can have several mean-ings, a prepositional form can be used for clarity:

Eu Ihe mandei urna I sent him (or her, you) carta.    a letter.

Eu mandei a ela urna I sent her a letter. carta.

5. Reflexive pronouns:

Reflexive pronouns are used with reflexive verbs to indicate an action the subject performs upon itself:

me	myself
(te)	(yourself) (familiar)
se	himself, herself, yourself
	(polite andfriendly)
nos	ourselves
(vos)	(yourselves)
se	themselves, yourselves

(polite andfriendly)