lhe
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Portuguese lle, from Latin illī, dative of ille. Cognate with Old Spanish ge and Italian gli (dative).
Pronunciation
Pronoun
lhe (plural lhes)
- third-person singular indirect objective personal pronoun; (to) him/her/it
- Compramos um cão e demos-lhe um bom banho.
- We bought a dog and gave him quite a bath.
- second-person singular indirect objective personal pronoun, when used with a pronoun other than tu; (to) you
- Senhora, estas rosas lhe foram entregues.
- Miss, these roses have been delivered to you.
- equivalent to a third- or second-person possessive pronoun
- Doía-lhe o braço.
- His arm was hurting.
Quotations
For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:lhe.
Synonyms
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 (reflexive) | si (reflexive) | consigo (reflexive) | |||||||||||
| Plural | First | nós | nos | nós | connosco (Portugal) conosco (Brazil) |
a gente | |||||||
| Second | vós | vos | vós | convosco | 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 (reflexive) | si (reflexive) | consigo (reflexive) | |||||||||||
| Indefinite | se (reflexive) | si (reflexive) | consigo (reflexive) | ||||||||||
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