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Portuguese Subject Pronouns
I, you, she, he, it, we, they. These are all subject pronouns and you are about to learn what they look like in European Portuguese and a few particular aspects concerning their usage.
6 Persons, 5 Verb Forms
Portuguese verb conjugations comprise 5 verb forms: 3 singular and 2 plural (the 2- and 3-person plural share the same verb form). Take the verb comer (eat) as an example:
| SINGULAR | |||
| 1-person | 2-person | 3-person | |
| PRONOUN | Eu | Tu | Ele, Ela |
| V. FORM | como | comes | come |
| PLURAL | |||
| 1-person | 2-person | 3-person | |
| PRONOUN | Nós | Vocês | Eles, Elas |
| V. FORM | comemos | comem | comem |
It hasn’t always been like that though. Only a couple of generations ago, the 2-person plural had a slightly different pronoun coupled with its own verb form:
| PLURAL | |||
| 1-person | 2-person | 3-person | |
| PRONOUN | Nós | Vós | Eles, Elas |
| V. FORM | comemos | comeis | comem |
Even though vós comeis sounds extremely dated (no one says it these days), a few Portuguese textbooks still teach verb conjugation the old way. So, be mindful of that.
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