4.3 Prepositional Pronouns

After the prepositions de, en, con and sopre, a prepositional pronoun is required.

PREPOSITIONAL PRONOUN	TRANSLATION
Mi	Me
Ti	You (singular, informal)
Elle/Ello  Ella	It/Him  It/Her
Nós / Nosaltros / Nosaltras	Us
Vós / Vosaltros / Vosaltras	You (formal, singular) / You all (plural
Ellos / Ellas	Them

EXAMPLE	TRANSLATION
Cuesto èst entre ti et mi.	This is between you and me.
Estao accuí con ti.	I am here with you.
Cuesto èst por ti.	This is for you.

aviso

There is no such thing as "conmigo" and "contigo" in Neolatin. This occurred in Ibero-Romance languages (Spanish and Portuguese) because they originally had "mecum" and "tecum", which came from a combination of object pronouns with Latin "cum". The words evolved and they later obtained Romance "con" at the front of the words, resulting in the modern redundant forms of "conmigo" and "contigo". In addition, "consigo" is a common error in Spanish.

nota

Some Romance languages (Spanish, Portuguese, Catalan and Occitan) use subject pronouns instead of prepositional pronouns with the prepositions below.

PREPOSITION	TRANSLATION
Entre	Between
Excèpto	Except
Incluso	Including
Menos	Minus
Salvo	Save for
Secondo	According to

Prepositional pronouns can also be used to emphasize the direct object.

EXAMPLE	TRANSLATION
Me estas demandando ad mi?	Are you asking me?
Ad ti non te apprettsan.	They do not appreciate you.