Galician Pronouns
Learning the Galician Pronouns is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you practice the subject, the closer you get to mastering the Galician language. But first we need to know what the role of Pronouns is in the structure of the grammar in Galician.
Galician 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).
Grammar Tips:
In
English personal pronouns are (I, you, he, she, it, we, you, they), and (me,
you, him, her, it, us, you, them), In Galician, the personal pronouns are:
Eu… (I), ti… (you), el… (he), ela… (she),
Nós… (we), Vós… (you), eles… (they masc.), elas… (they fem.)
Examples:
eu aprendo (I learn), ti aprendes (you learn), el aprende (he learns), ela aprende (she learns), vostede aprende (you learn
[polite]), nós aprendemos (we learn), vós aprendedes (you learn
[plural, friendly]), eles aprenden (they learn), elas aprenden (they learn), vostedes aprenden (you learn [plural, polite]).
Indirect
Object Pronouns:
Indirect
object pronouns are words that replace the indirect object, which is usually a
person.
Me (me), che (you), lle (him, her, you (formal), nos (us), vos (you), lles (them):
Examples:
Dame o libro (give me the book). Quérote quiero (I love you).
Possessive Pronouns
Meu (mine masc.), miña (mine fem.), meus (mine, plural masc.), miñas (mine, plural fem.), teu / túa (yours), seu / súa (his, hers), seus / súas (his, hers plural),
noso
/ nosa (ours), voso / vosa (yours), seu / súa (theirs), seus / súas (theirs plural).
Here are some examples:
| English Pronouns | Galician Pronouns |
| Pronouns | Pronomes |
| I | Eu |
| you | ti |
| he | el |
| she | ela |
| we | nós |
| they | eles |
| |
| me | min |
| you | ti |
| him | a el |
| her | ela |
| us | nós |
| them | eles |
| |
| my | meu/miña |
| your | teu/túa |
| his | seu |
| her | seu/súa |
| our | noso/nosa |
| their | seu/súa |
| |
| mine | meu/miña |
| yours | teu/túa |
| his | seu/súa |
| hers | seu/súa |
| ours | noso/nosa |
| theirs | seu/súa |
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Pronouns in Galician has a logical pattern. Locate the Pronouns above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Galician.
List of Pronouns in Galician
Below is a list of the Personal pronouns, indefinite pronouns, relative pronouns, reciprocal or reflexive pronouns in Galician placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Galician vocabulary.
| English Pronouns | Galician Pronouns |
| I speak | eu falo |
| you speak | ti falas |
| he speaks | el fala |
| she speaks | ela fala |
| we speak | nós falamos |
| they speak | eles falan |
| |
| give me | dáme |
| | darte |
| give him | dálle |
| give her | dálle |
| give us | dános |
| give them | dálles |
| |
| my book | o meu libro |
| your book | o teu libro |
| his book | o seu libro |
| her book | o seu libro |
| our book | o noso libro |
| their book | o seu libro |
Personal pronouns, indefinite pronouns, relative pronouns, reciprocal or reflexive pronouns have a very important role in Galician, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with Galician Pronouns, you might want to check the rest of our Galician lessons here: Learn Galician. Don't forget to bookmark this page.