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Learning the Catalan Pronouns displayed below is vital to the language. Catalan pronouns include personal pronouns (refer to the persons speaking, the persons spoken to, or the persons or things spoken about), indefinite pronouns, relative pronouns (connect parts of sentences) and reciprocal or reflexive pronouns (in which the object of a verb is being acted on by verb's subject).
In English personal pronouns are (I, you, he, she, it, we, you, they), and (me, you, him, her, it, us, you, them), In Catalan, the personal pronouns are:
Jo… (I), tu… (you), ell… (he), ella… (she),
Nosaltres… (we), vosaltres… (you, plural)…, ells (they masc.), elles… (they fem.).
Examples: jo aprenc (I learn), tu aprens (you learn), ell aprèn (he learns), ella aprèn (she learns), vostè aprèn (you learn [polite]), nosaltres aprenem (we learn), vosaltres apreneu (you learn [plural]), ells aprenen (they learn), elles aprenen (they learn), vostès aprenen (you learn [plural, polite]).
Indirect Object Pronouns:
Indirect object pronouns are words that replace the indirect object, which is usually a person.
Em/m'/me (me), et/t’/te(you), li (him, her, you [formal]), ens/nos (us), us/vos (you), els (them):
Examples: Dóna’m el llibre (give me the book). T’estimo (I love you). Els agrada el gelat? (Do they like icecream?). Vull dir-vos que em caso (I would like to let you [plural] know that I am getting married).
As you can see, they change in contact with vowels and depending on their role in the sentence.
Here are some examples:
| English Pronouns | Catalan Pronouns |
|---|---|
| Pronouns | Pronoms |
| I | Jo |
| you | tu/vostè/vosaltres |
| he | ell |
| she | ella |
| we | nosaltres |
| they | ells |
| me | mi |
| you | tu/vostè/vosaltres |
| him | ell |
| her | ella |
| us | nosaltres |
| them | ells |
| my | el(s) meu(s)/la (les) meva (meves) |
| your | el(s) teu(s)/la (les) teva (teves)/el(s) seu(s)/la (les) seva (seves)/ el(s) vostre(s)/ la (les) vostra (vostres) |
| his | el(s)seu(s)/ la (les) seva (seves) |
| her | el(s) seu(s)/la (les)seva (seves) |
| our | el (la) nostre/els (les) nostres |
| their | el(s) seu(s)/la (les)seva (seves) |
| mine | meu(s)/meva(meves) |
| yours | teu(s)/teva(teves) |
| his | seu(s)/seva(seves) |
| hers | seu(s)/seva(seves) |
| ours | nostre(s) |
| theirs | seu(s)/seva(seves) |
Notice the structure of the Pronouns in Catalan.
Below is a list of the Personal pronouns, indefinite pronouns, relative pronouns, reciprocal or reflexive pronouns in Catalan placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Catalan vocabulary.
| English Pronouns | Catalan Pronouns |
|---|---|
| I speak | Jo parlo |
| you speak | tu parles/vostè parla/vosaltres parleu |
| he speaks | ell parla |
| she speaks | ella parla |
| we speak | nosaltres parlem |
| they speak | ells parlen |
| give me | donar-me/dóna'm/doneu-me/ |
| donar-te/dóna't/donar-vos/doneu-vos | |
| give him | donar-li/dóna-li/doneu-li |
| give her | donar-li/dóna-li/doneu-li |
| give us | donar-nos/dóna'ns/doneu-nos |
| give them | donar-los/dóna'ls/doneu-los |
| my book | el meu llibre |
| your book | el teu/seu/vostre llibre |
| his book | el seu llibre |
| her book | el seu llibre |
| our book | el nostre llibre |
| their book | el seu llibre |
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