Grammar

Personal & Possessive Pronouns

Portuguese pronouns change form depending on their role in the sentence — subject, direct object, indirect object, or possession — and, unlike English, possessives agree with the noun they describe.

Subject pronouns

Who performs the action.

PersonPronounExample
1st singulareu

Eu moro no Brasil.

I live in Brazil.

2nd singulartu / você

Você mora aqui?

Do you live here?

3rd singular masc.ele

Ele trabalha num banco.

He works at a bank.

3rd singular fem.ela

Ela fala três idiomas.

She speaks three languages.

1st pluralnós

Nós vamos ao parque.

We are going to the park.

2nd pluralvocês

Vocês moram aqui?

Do you all live here?

3rd pluraleles / elas

Eles moram em São Paulo.

They live in São Paulo.

"Você" acts like he/she, grammatically

Even though "você" means "you", Portuguese verbs treat it exactly like a 3rd-person pronoun (ele/ela): "Você fala" uses the same verb form as "Ele fala" — not a special "you" form the way English conjugates differently.