Appendix:Galician pronouns

Nominative forms
Nominative forms of Galician pronouns function as the subject of a sentence. However, because Galician verb conjugation implies the subject pronoun, these forms are often omitted except in cases where the subject pronoun is given emphasis.


 * Subject implied by verb:
 * Son de España. — “I am from Spain.”
 * Subject given for emphasis:
 * El é de Portugal, pero eu son de España. — “He is from Portugal, but I am from Spain.”

Accusative inflection
The third-person pronouns, , , and , have variant forms prefixed with l- or n-. These alternative forms appear depending on the ending of the preceding word. The l- forms are used when the preceding word ends in -r or -s. The n- forms are used when the preceding word ends in a -u or a diphthong. These alternative forms are then suffixed to the preceding word.

In all other situations, the standard forms of the pronouns are used and are not suffixed to the preceding word.

Compounds with con
All personal pronouns may compound with the preposition, but the meaning varies with grammatical person. Such first and second person compounds may function as an objective or reflexive form, e.g., but third person compounds may function only as a reflexive form, e.g..

Dative-accusative contractions
The third-person oblique pronouns, , , and form contractions when they follow the prepositions   or. For example, de el contracts to  and en elas contracts to.

The third-person accusative pronouns, , , , , , , and form contractions when they follow a dative pronoun.

These contracted forms may be added as a suffix to the preceding verb.

Possessive pronouns
Possessive pronouns are a special class of personal pronouns which indicate a relationship of ownership or possession. However, they may serve as either as a pronoun or as an adjective.

Usage
The choice of gender and number matches the noun possessed, not the gender and number of the possessor.

The possessives may be suffixed to the preceding word.

Demonstratives
The demonstratives are another class of pronoun that have both pronomial and adjectival functions.

Contractions
The demonstrative pronouns form contractions when used following the prepositions and. For example, de este contracts to and en aquela contracts to.

The demonstrative pronouns also form contractions when they precede the determiner. For example, este outro contracts to and aquelas outras contracts to.