Pronouns

Pronouns are a kind of shortcut – language would be rather tedious without them.  They are used in place of nouns or proper nouns – usually to avoid repetition.  Often, a reference is made to a noun or proper noun directly, and then subsequent references to the person or thing are made using a pronoun.  Examples of pronouns:  him; her; it; his; their; you; them; me.

For example, to say “Johnny tried to put the frog in Johnny’s pocket, but the frog jumped out” does not flow very well, so we use pronouns like this:  “Johnny tried to put the frog in his pocket, but it jumped out”.

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pronouns Written by Geetu on 2007-02-01 08:38:59 IP: 201.79.212.178 Would you please be able to give me the pronoun translations? I looked in a dictionary but had no success identifying what was which. Thanks again.  xxx

Pronouns Written by Administrator on 2008-06-08 07:36:26 IP: Please see the following pages for more on pronouns, and the translations:    Subject Pronouns  Object Pronouns  Prepositional Pronouns  Possessive Pronouns  Reflexive Pronouns

Written by Randall on 2010-07-27 12:25:01 IP: 76.252.237.30 Does "você" use the third person singular form when conjugating a verb? For example, is this correct?: "Você é dos Estados Unidos."    Great site by the way

Você Written by Administrator on 2010-07-27 12:25:51 IP: 81.103.153.54 Yes, você uses the 3rd person singular verb forms.

Thanks Written by Bryan on 2012-10-09 17:53:40 IP: 132.190.92.85 I know that many people have given you the thumbs up but I am sure you could use one more. Geat site with obviously a lot of work put into it. Wish I knew about it when I lived in Brasil!

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