Canonical Weak-Pronoun Order
Pronoun clusters follow grammatical order rather than the order of the full noun phrases they replace.
How It Works
Reflexive se precedes ordinary personal object clitics, and first- or second-person clitics normally precede third-person objects: se me'n va, te'l dono. En and hi occupy later positions in combinations such as me'n and m'hi.
With a longer group, identify the reflexive, recipient, object and adverbial functions separately before writing it. Se me'n va contains reflexive se, first-person me and en. A pair such as te l'hi portaré can contain a recipient te, a definite object l’ and locative hi. This last hi is not the singular-dative replacement in l'hi dono; the same spelling can represent different analyses.
Examples (3)
- Se me'n va anar el temps.
Time slipped away from me.
- Te l'hi portaré demà.
I will bring it to you there tomorrow.
- No se n'ha adonat.
She has not realized it.
How It Connects
Learn This First
Identify each clitic’s function before ordering a larger cluster.
Related Patterns
Practice Canonical Weak-Pronoun Order in Bubblegum
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