Brazilian Portuguese Grammar

Examples *verbo transitivo indireto* *objeto indireto*
Portuguese	English	Example	Translation
assistir a	watch	Eu assisto a filmes nos fins de semana.	I watch movies on the weekends.
depender de	depend on	Isso depende do governo.	That depends on the government.
gostar de	like	Eu gosto de filmes de suspense.	I like suspense movies.
participar de	participate in	Ele participou de duas competições.	He participated in two contents.
Indirect objects must always come after verbs + preposition, when they are morphologically nouns or pronouns, but can come before the verb (próclise), within the verb (mesóclise), or after the verb (ênclise) when they are unstressed object pronouns. Click here for further information on object pronouns & placement rules. *Only the following object pronouns can function as indirect object of verbos transitivos indiretos: mim, ti, si, ele, ela, nós, vós, eles, elas.* *The address forms você / vocês* are also used as indirect object in informal Brazilian Portuguese.**
pensar em	think about	Eu penso nele.	I think about him.
		Eu penso nela.	I think about her.
		Eles pensam em nós.	They think about us.
		Eu penso em você.	I think about you.