Brazilian Portuguese Grammar
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| Doubt | Explanation | Example | English |
| a or lhe? | a => her, it (unstressed object pronoun, complement of transitive verbs) | Eu não a vi. | I haven't seen her. |
| lhe => her, it (unstressed object pronoun, complement of prepositional verbs) | Eu lhe dei um livro. | I gave her a book. | |
| as or lhes? | as => them (unstressed object pronoun, complement of transitive verbs) | Eu não as vi. | I haven't seen them. |
| lhes => them (unstressed object pronoun, complement of prepositional verbs) | Eu lhes dei um livro. | I gave them a book. | |
| vos or vós? | vos => you plural (unstressed object pronoun) | Eu vos dei um livro. | I gave you a book. |
| vós => you plural (subject pronoun) | Vós aprendeis português. | You (guys) learn Portuguese. | |
| vós => you plural (stressed object pronoun, used after prepositions) | Ensino português a vós. | I teach Portuguese to you (guys). | |
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