It’s important to know all of the person pronouns in Portuguese, even if you may not use all of them:

Eu (I) [Ee-ew]

Tu (you, informal) [Too]

Você (you, formal), Ela (She), Ele (He)  [Voh-say, eh-lah, eh-lee]

Nós (We) [Noi-ss]

Vós (all of you, informal)  [Voice]

Vocês (all of you, formal), Elas (them, feminine), Eles (them, masculine) [Voh-say-s, eh-las, eh-lees]

The two personal pronouns you may never use are “tu” and “vós.” Many people use “você” as “you” for most instances, though this differs by region in Brazil, since “tu” is used frequently in the South. “Tu” is used informally amongst friends and family, and you may hear people alternate between “tu” and “você.” “Vós,” on the other hand, is used very infrequently, and you will mostly hear it in extremely formal language, like in church or legislation. On Portuguese Blog, we don’t teach “tu” and “vós,” but if you decide to learn one, it’s better to learn “tu.”