Personal Pronouns & Basic Sentence Structure

In Portuguese, personal subject pronouns replace nouns: • eu (I), tu (you - informal PT), você (you - formal/standard), ele/ela (he/she), nós (we), vocês (you all), eles/elas (they). Word Order: Subject + Verb + Complement. Example: 'Eu sou o Pedro.' (I am Pedro). Note that 'você' uses 3rd-person singular verb forms.

Formula

PositiveSubject Pronoun + Verb + Complement
NegativeSubject Pronoun + não + Verb + Complement
Question(Word) + Verb + Subject Pronoun?

Examples

Eu sou o Pedro. (I am Pedro.)

Como você se chama? (What is your name?)

Nós somos de Lisboa. (We are from Lisbon.)

Check yourself

Which pronoun corresponds to 1st-person plural 'We' in Portuguese?