Brazilian Portuguese Grammar
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| Doubt | Explanation | Example | English |
| a or ela? | a => her, it (unstressed object pronoun) | Eu não a vi. | I haven't seen her. |
| ela => her, it (stressed object pronoun, used after prepositions) | Ele deu um livro para ela. | He gave a book to her. | |
| ela => she, it (subject pronoun) | Ela me deu um livro. | She gave me a book. | |
| as or elas? | as => them (unstressed object pronoun) | Eu não as vi. | I haven't seen them. |
| elas => them (stressed object pronoun, used after prepositions) | Ele deu um livro para elas. | He gave a book to them. | |
| elas => they (subject pronoun) | Elas me deram um livro. | They gave me a book. | |
| o or lhe? | o => him, it (unstressed object pronoun, complement of transitive verbs) | Eu não o vi. | I haven't seen him. |
| lhe => him, it (unstressed object pronoun, complement of prepositional verbs) | Eu lhe dei um livro. | I gave him a book. | |
| os or lhes? | os => them (unstressed object pronoun, complement of transitive verbs) | Eu não os vi. | I haven't seen them. |
| eles => them (unstressed object pronoun, complement of prepositional verbs) | Eu lhes dei um livro. | I gave them a book. | |
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