comigo / contigo / connosco

Comigo, Contigo and Connosco

Level 2

With the preposition con, several pronouns become one word: comigo (with me), contigo (with you), connosco (with us), convosco (with you all) and consigo (with himself or herself).

How It Works

The forms:

  • con + min → comigo (with me)
  • con + ti → contigo (with you)
  • con + nós → connosco (with us)
  • con + vós → convosco (with you all)
  • reflexive → consigo (with himself, herself, themselves)

Other persons: use con with the ordinary pronoun: con el, con ela, con eles, con vostede, con vostedes. Con does not join el or ela in writing, unlike de and en (del, dela, nel, nela).

Con nós and con vós: these are also heard and accepted, but connosco and convosco are the preferred forms in careful Galician.

Consigo is only reflexive: it points back to the subject of the same sentence: Ana leva o paraugas consigo (Ana takes the umbrella with her). To say with him or with her about someone else, use con el or con ela: Vou con el (I am going with him).

Spelling: Galician writes comigo with one m, not conmigo as in Spanish.

Other prepositions: they simply take min and ti: para min, sen ti. See pronouns after prepositions.

Examples (6)

  1. Vés comigo ao cine?

    Are you coming to the cinema with me?

    Word by Word: Come-you with-me to-the cinema?

    con + min → comigo.

  2. Quero falar contigo.

    I want to talk to you.

    Word by Word: Want-I talk with-you.

    con + ti → contigo.

  3. Vés connosco ao teatro?

    Are you coming to the theatre with us?

    Word by Word: Come-you with-us to-the theatre?

    con + nós → connosco.

  4. Imos convosco á praia.

    We are going to the beach with you all.

    Word by Word: Go-we with-you-all to-the beach.

    con + vós → convosco.

  5. Ana leva sempre o móbil consigo.

    Ana always carries her phone with her.

    Word by Word: Ana carries always the mobile with-herself.

    Consigo refers back to the subject, Ana.

  6. Estiven con ela toda a tarde.

    I spent the whole afternoon with her.

    Word by Word: Was-I with her all the afternoon.

    For her, con stays a separate word: con ela.

Common Mistakes

  • Using con + min instead of comigo.

    Vés con min?
    Vés comigo?

    Min never follows con. Con + min is always written comigo.

  • Using con + ti instead of contigo.

    Quero ir con ti.
    Quero ir contigo.

    After con, ti becomes part of one word: contigo.

  • Spelling comigo the Spanish way.

    Vén conmigo.
    Vén comigo.

    The Galician form has a single m: comigo.

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comigo / contigo / connoscoLevel 2Comigo, Contigo and Connosco

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Con has special joined forms with certain stressed pronouns.

Words in This Pattern

comigoconnoscoconvoscoconsigo