The Ending Already Says Who
Every conjugation table you have learned shows a pronoun next to each form — but in real Portuguese those pronouns are usually SILENT. Falo can only ever mean I speak, and falas can only mean you speak, so Portuguese simply drops the pronoun and lets the ending do the work:
| I speak Portuguese and English. | Falo português e inglês. |
| I work at the school and study at home. | Trabalho na escola e estudo em casa. |
| We open the store early. | Abrimos a loja cedo. |
Questions work the same way:
| Do you live in Lisbon? — I do. | Moras em Lisboa? — Moro. |
That answer — just moro — is the normal Portuguese yes: repeat the verb, nothing else. It works with any verb:
| Are you hungry? — I am. | Tens fome? — Tenho. |
| Is she a teacher? — She is. | Ela é professora? — É. |
When the Pronoun Stays
Keep eu, tu, ele... when you point at a CONTRAST between people, or when you want emphasis:
| I speak Portuguese and you speak English. | Eu falo português e tu falas inglês. |
Third-person forms are the one grey zone: fala could be he, she or formal you, so ele, ela, você and o senhor appear whenever the context does not already make it obvious.
From here on, expect sentences without pronouns — they are the normal register, not a shortcut.
