Combinations of Weak Pronouns
When two weak pronouns appear with the same verb, they must appear in a fixed order, as illustrated in the following table:
3rd pers. reflexive |
2nd pers. | 1st pers. | 3rd pers. | adverbial | ||
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indirect obj. | direct obj. | |||||
es | et us |
em ens |
li els |
el la els les ho |
en | hi |
The two pronouns must be selected from different columns, and furthermore ho cannot combine with en or hi.
All of the combinations allowed in the standard language are given in the following table, which also shows the necessary morpho-phonological and orthographic adjustments. In each cell of the table, the forms are listed in the following order, with the same contextual conditions as explained above for the simple pronouns:
- proclitic form used before a verb that begins with a vowel
- proclitic form used before a verb that begins with a consonant
- enclitic form used after a verb that ends with a vowel (except "u")
- enclitic form used after a verb that ends with a consonant (or "u")
HI | EN | HO | EL | LA | ELS | LES | LI | EM | ET | ENS | US | |
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ES | s'hi s'hi -s'hi -s'hi |
se n' se'n -se'n -se'n |
s'ho s'ho -s'ho -s'ho |
se l' se'l -se'l -se'l |
se l' se la -se-la -se-la |
se'ls se'ls -se'ls -se'ls |
se les se les -se-les -se-les |
se li se li -se-li -se-li |
se m' se'm -se'm -se'm |
se t' se't -se't -se't |
se'ns se'ns -se'ns -se'ns |
se us se us -se-us -se-us |
ET | t'hi t'hi -t'hi -t'hi |
te n' te'n -te'n -te'n |
t'ho t'ho -t'ho -t'ho |
te l' te'l -te'l -te'l |
te l' te la -te-la -te-la |
te'ls te'ls -te'ls -te'ls |
te les te les -te-les -te-les |
te li te li -te-li -te-li |
te m' te'm -te'm -te'm |
te'ns te'ns -te'ns -te'ns |
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US | us hi us hi -us-hi -vos-hi |
us n' us en -us-en -vos-en |
us ho us ho -us-ho -vos-ho |
us l' us el -us-el -vos-el |
us l' us la -us-la -vos-la |
us els us els -us-els -vos-els |
us les us les -us-les -vos-les |
us li us li -us-li -vos-li |
us m' us em -us-em -vos-em |
us ens us ens -us-ens -vos-ens |
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EM | m'hi m'hi -m'hi -m'hi |
me n' me'n -me'n -me'n |
m'ho m'ho -m'ho -m'ho |
me l' me'l -me'l -me'l |
me l' me la -me-la -me-la |
me'ls me'ls -me'ls -me'ls |
me les me les -me-les -me-les |
me li me li -me-li -me-li |
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ENS | ens hi ens hi 'ns-hi -nos-hi |
ens n' ens en 'ns-en -nos-en |
ens ho ens ho 'ns-ho -nos-ho |
ens l' ens el 'ns-el -nos-el |
ens l' ens la 'ns-la -nos-la |
ens els ens els 'ns-els -nos-els |
ens les ens les 'ns-les -nos-les |
ens li ens li 'ns-li -nos-li |
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LI | li hi li hi -li-hi -li-hi |
li n' li'n -li'n -li'n |
li ho li ho -li-ho -li-ho |
li l' li'l -li'l -li'l |
li l' li la -li-la -li-la |
li'ls li'ls -li'ls -li'ls |
li les li les -li-les -li-les |
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ELS ind. obj. |
els hi els hi 'ls-hi -los-hi |
els n' els en 'ls-en -los-en |
els ho els ho 'ls-ho -los-ho |
els l' els el 'ls-el -los-el |
els l' els la 'ls-la -los-la |
els els els els 'ls-els -los-els |
els les els les 'ls-les -los-les |
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EL | l'hi l'hi -l'hi -l'hi |
el n' l'en -l'en -l'en |
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LA | la hi la hi -la-hi -la-hi |
la n' la'n -la'n -la'n |
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ELS dir. obj. |
els hi els hi 'ls-hi -los-hi |
els n' els en 'ls-en -los-en |
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LES | les hi les hi -les-hi -les-hi |
les n' les en -les-en -les-en |
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EN | n'hi n'hi -n'hi -n'hi |
In combinations like es + en, the resulting form, pronounced, could be analyzed either as s' + en or as se + 'n. The orthographic convention in such cases is to place the apostrophe as far to the right as possible: "se'n", and not "s'en", and similarly for "se'ls", "me'n", "te'm", "te'ns", etc. The combination of el/la with en, however, is written "l'en", because there is no form le that would justify the spelling "le'n".
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