{"id":6802,"date":"2016-02-22T17:50:11","date_gmt":"2016-02-22T17:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/?p=6802"},"modified":"2016-02-29T17:48:09","modified_gmt":"2016-02-29T17:48:09","slug":"eu-me-mim-comigo-difference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/eu-me-mim-comigo-difference\/","title":{"rendered":"EU, ME, MIM, COMIGO &#8211; difference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are some rules and words which make sense to native speakers because they have been using those words all their lives without giving them a second thought. However, these rules and words can be confusing to non-native speakers. This is exactly the case for the use of <strong>EU<\/strong>, <strong>ME<\/strong>, <strong>MIM<\/strong> and <strong>COMIGO<\/strong>. Let\u2019s see how and when to use them:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6803\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/02\/meme-thinking-face-1920x1080.jpg\" alt=\"meme-thinking-face-1920x1080\" width=\"367\" height=\"265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/02\/meme-thinking-face-1920x1080.jpg 599w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/02\/meme-thinking-face-1920x1080-350x252.jpg 350w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 367px) 100vw, 367px\" \/><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Eu<\/strong> \u2013 it is used when it is the <strong>subject<\/strong> of the sentence.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Eu<\/strong> n\u00e3o vou sair hoje \u00e0 noite. \u2013 <em>I am not going out tonight.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Se voc\u00ea for <strong>eu<\/strong> vou. \u2013 <em>If you go I will go.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><strong>Eu<\/strong> falei com o Jo\u00e3o para terminar o projeto. \u2013 <em>I told Jo\u00e3o to finish the project.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"2\">\n<li><strong>Me<\/strong> \u2013 it comes <strong>before<\/strong> the verb when there is no preposition<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>Lorena <strong>me<\/strong> falou o que eu queria ouvir. \u2013 <em>Lorena told me what I wanted to hear.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Joana <strong>me<\/strong> mandou mensagem ontem. \u2013 <em>Joana sent me a text yesterday.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Nathan <strong>me<\/strong> confirmou que vai ajudar o professor. \u2013 <em>Nathan confirmed that he would help the teacher.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"3\">\n<li>Mim \u2013 it comes <strong>after<\/strong> the verb and the preposition<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>O Gustavo fala sobre <strong>mim<\/strong>? \u2013 <em>Does Gustavo talk about me?<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Aquela menina n\u00e3o para de olhar para <strong>mim<\/strong>. \u2013 <em>That girl won\u2019t stop looking at me.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Mariana n\u00e3o vai \u00e0 festa sem <strong>mim<\/strong>. \u2013 <em>Mariana will not go to the party without me.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ol start=\"4\">\n<li><strong>Comigo \u2013 com + mim = comigo<\/strong> \u2013 it comes after the verb when the preposition is <em>com<\/em> (with).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<ul>\n<li>Pedro falou <strong>comigo<\/strong> que quer uma festa de anivers\u00e1rio. \u2013 <em>Pedro told me he wants a<\/em> birthday party.<\/li>\n<li>Thiago vai sair <strong>comigo<\/strong> na sexta. \u2013 <em>Thiago is going out with me on Friday.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Luana se casou <strong>comigo<\/strong> h\u00e1 10 anos. \u2013 <em>Luana married me 10 years ago.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Exerc\u00edcio \u2013 complete com EU, ME, MIM ou COMIGO:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Rebeca n\u00e3o foi ao cinema _______________.<\/li>\n<li>Eu sei que ele n\u00e3o gosta de _______________.<\/li>\n<li>Esse filme n\u00e3o _______________ interessa. Podemos ver outro?<\/li>\n<li>Henrique consertou a televis\u00e3o para _______________.<\/li>\n<li>Como assim _______________ n\u00e3o passei no teste?<\/li>\n<li>Voc\u00ea pode _______________ fazer um favor?<\/li>\n<li>Ainda d\u00e1 tempo de voc\u00ea ir_______________, caso voc\u00ea mude de ideia.<\/li>\n<li>_______________ ainda n\u00e3o aprendi os pronomes.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Answers are at the end of <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/16-collocations-with-the-verb-fazer\/\">this post<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>Tenham uma boa semana, pessoal! &#8211; <em>Have a nice week, everyone!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<img width=\"350\" height=\"252\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/02\/meme-thinking-face-1920x1080-350x252.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image tmp-hide-img\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/02\/meme-thinking-face-1920x1080-350x252.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2016\/02\/meme-thinking-face-1920x1080.jpg 599w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p>There are some rules and words which make sense to native speakers because they have been using those words all their lives without giving them a second thought. However, these rules and words can be confusing to non-native speakers. This is exactly the case for the use of EU, ME, MIM and COMIGO. Let\u2019s see&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"post-item__readmore\"><a class=\"btn btn--md\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/eu-me-mim-comigo-difference\/\">Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":131,"featured_media":6803,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":""},"categories":[6,1851,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6802","post","type-post","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-grammar","category-learning","category-vocabulary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/131"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6802"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6802\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6819,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6802\/revisions\/6819"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6802"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6802"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/portuguese\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}