Catalan Personal Pronouns - Strong Pronouns

Strong Pronouns

The "strong" pronouns (Catalan: pronoms forts) in Catalan have the following forms:

These forms are used as subject pronouns (with the exception of si), and also as disjunctive pronouns, for example, after a preposition.

• Jo encara no en sé gaire. ("I still don't know much about it.")
• Ell, no crec que vingui. ("Him, I don't think he's coming.")
• Han preguntat per vosaltres. ("They asked about you.")

The first person singular pronoun has a special form mi after most prepositions.

• Queda't amb mi. ("Stay with me.")

However, the form jo is used with some prepositions, for example, in segons jo ("according to me"), and in coordinated structures with another noun or pronoun: contra tu i jo ("against you and me").

The reflexive pronoun si cannot be used as a subject. It most commonly appears after a preposition, often reinforced by mateix:

• Ho va comprar per a si mateix. ("He bought it for himself.")

The 2nd person polite pronouns are vostè (singular) and vostès (plural). They combine with 3rd person verbs.

• Vostè em faria un favor? ("Would you do me a favor?")

The older form vós (with 2nd person plural verb agreement) can be found in some varieties of Catalan, and in contexts like administrative texts.

The 1st person majestic plural is expressed with the pronoun Nós (in place of nosaltres).