lhes
Portuguese
editEtymology
editFrom Latin illis, dative plural of ille. Compare Galician lles, Spanish les.
Pronunciation
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Audio (Brazil): (file) Audio (Northern Portugal): (file) - Hyphenation: lhes
Pronoun
editlhes m pl or f pl by sense
- indirect object of eles and elas
- indirect object of vocês, os senhores, and as senhoras
- (colloquial, Brazil, proscribed) direct object of vocês
- Synonym: vocês
- (colloquial, Brazil, proscribed) direct object of eles and elas
Usage notes
edit- Like other Portuguese clitic pronouns, lhes should not be used to begin a sentence. In this situation, place the pronoun after the verb, attached with a hyphen. However, this rule is not followed in Brazilian speech, which always places clitic pronouns before the verb or avoids them entirely by the use of strong subject pronouns following the verb.
- In Brazilian speech, lhes is most commonly used only to replace vocês, not eles or elas.
- Dei-lhes uma camisa. (Portugal) ― I gave them/you (plural) a shirt.
- Lhes dei uma camisa. (Brazil) ― I gave you (plural) a shirt.
- Dei para vocês uma camisa. (Brazil) ― I gave you (plural) a shirt.
- Dei para eles/elas uma camisa. (Brazil) ― I gave them a shirt.
- Synonyms are preferred instead, if used after the verb and its direct object.
See also
editnumber | person | nominative (subject) |
accusative (direct object) |
dative (indirect object) |
prepositional | prepositional with com |
non-declining | |
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singular | first | eu | me | mim | comigo | — | ||
second | tu | te | ti | contigo | você o senhor m a senhora f | |||
third | m | ele | o (lo, no) | lhe | ele | com ele | o mesmo | |
f | ela | a (la, na) | ela | com ela | a mesma | |||
plural | first | nós | nos | nós | connosco (Portugal) conosco (Brazil) |
a gente | ||
second | vós | vos | vós | convosco com vós |
vocês os senhores m as senhoras f | |||
third | m | eles | os (los, nos) | lhes | eles | com eles | os mesmos | |
f | elas | as (las, nas) | elas | com elas | as mesmas | |||
reflexive third / indefinite |
— | se | si | consigo | o mesmo etc. (reflexive) |
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