lhe

See also: LHE and LHe

Phuthi

Etymology 1

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Pronoun

lhe

1. these; class 4 proximal demonstrative.

Etymology 2

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Pronoun

lhe

1. this; class 9 proximal demonstrative.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese lle, from earlier Old Galician-Portuguese li , from Latin illī, dative of ille. Cognate with Old Spanish ge and Italian gli (dative).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʎi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʎi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʎe/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʎɨ/

• Hyphenation: lhe

Pronoun

lhe (plural lhes)

2. dative of ele and ela: (to) him/her/it

   Synonyms: a ele, a ela, para ele, para ela

   Comprámos um cão e demos-lhe um bom banho. (Portugal)

   We bought a dog and gave him quite a bath.

   Compramos um cão e lhe demos um bom banho. (Brazil)

   We bought a dog and gave him quite a bath.

4. dative of você, o senhor, and a senhora: (to) you

   Senhora, estas rosas foram-lhe entregues. (Portugal)

   Miss, these roses have been delivered to you.

   Senhora, estas rosas lhe foram entregues. (Brazil)

   Miss, these roses have been delivered to you.

6. (Portugal) equivalent to a third- or second-person possessive pronoun

   Doía-lhe o braço. (Portugal)

   His arm was hurting.

   Doía o braço (dele). (Brazil)

   His arm was hurting.

8. (Brazil) accusative of você
   • Eu nunca me importei até lhe conhecer.

     I never cared until I met you.

     (Hoje à Noite, Calcinha Preta)

10. (Brazil) accusative of ele and ela

    Eu lhe amava e mergulhava no seu olhar de onça menina.

    I loved her and immersed myself in her jaguar girl gaze.

    (Flor de Tangerina, Alceu Valença)

Usage notes

• Like other Portuguese clitic pronouns, lhe should not be used to begin a sentence in the standard language. In this situation, place the pronoun after the verb, attached with a hyphen. However, this rule is not always followed in Brazilian speech and writing, which places clitic pronouns before the verb or avoids them entirely by the use of strong subject pronouns following the verb.
• In common Brazilian speech, lhe is most commonly used only to replace você, not ele or ela.

  Dei-lhe uma camisa. (Portugal) ― I gave him/her/you (singular) a shirt.

  Lhe dei uma camisa. (Brazil) ― I gave you (singular) a shirt.

  Dei para você uma camisa. (Brazil) ― I gave you (singular) a shirt.

  Dei para ele/ela uma camisa. (Brazil) ― I gave him/her a shirt.

• Synonyms are preferred instead, if used after the verb and its direct object.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:lhe.

Synonyms

• (to you): para/a você/ti/o senhor, te
• (possessive pronoun): seu
• (him/her/it): ele, ela, o, a
• (you): você, o senhor, te

See also

Portuguese personal pronouns (edit)
Number	Person	Nominative (subject)		Accusative (direct object)		Dative (indirect object)	Prepositional		Prepositional with com		Non-declining
		m	f	m	f	m and f	m	f	m	f	m	f
Singular	First	eu		me			mim		comigo
	Second	tu		te			ti		contigo		você
											o senhor	a senhora
	Third	ele	ela	o (lo, no)	a (la, na)	lhe	ele	ela	com ele	com ela	o mesmo	a mesma
				se			si		consigo
Plural	First	nós		nos			nós		connosco (Portugal) conosco (Brazil)		a gente
	Second	vós		vos			vós		convosco, com vós		vocês
											os senhores	as senhoras
	Third	eles	elas	os (los, nos)	as (las, nas)	lhes	eles	elas	com eles	com elas	os mesmos	as mesmas
				se			si		consigo
Indefinite				se			si		consigo