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Español 3 Cap. 1Repaso Los complementos
directos e indirectos-Direct and Indirect
Object Pronouns

• Sandra Hoffmann
• Redmond High School

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OBJECTS1.1. The DIRECT Object

• The direct object in a sentence in the person or
  thing that receives the action (Whom or what is
  being verb-ed?)

ENGLISH SPANISH
I bought a sweater. Yo compré un suéter.
I Subject Yo
bought Verb compré
a sweater Object un suéter
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1.2. The DIRECT Object Pronoun

• If you do not want to repeat the word sweater
  all the time, you can replace with the pronoun
  it in English. In Spanish, we would need the
  direct object pronoun lo to replace un suéter

I bought the sweater Yo compré el suéter
I bought it. Yo lo compré.

• NOTE that in Spanish the direct object pronoun
• stands BEFORE the conjugated verb! In a
  negative
• sentence, the direct object pronoun stands
  between
• no and the conjugated verb form Yo no lo
  compré.

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1.3. DIRECT Object Pronouns in Spanish
Subject Pronoun Direct Object pronoun Subject Pronoun Direct Object Pronoun
yo me nosotros nos
tú te vosotros os
él ella Ud. lo la ellos ellas Uds. los las
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1.4. The Pronoun it

• In Spanish, there is no equivalent of the English
  pronoun it. We need to use lo or la
  depending on whether they take the place of a
  masculine or feminine noun

Yo compré un suéter. Yo lo compré.
Yo compré una camisa. Yo la compré.
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1.5. The Pronoun them

• The same is true for the English pronoun them
  that we will need to translate as los or las
  depending on the grammatical gender of the noun
  it is replacing

Tú compraste unos pantalones. Tú los compraste.
Tú compraste unas faldas. Tú las compraste.
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2. The INDIRECT Object

• Answers the question
• Who does what TO WHOM or WHAT?

ENGLISH SPANISH
I wrote a letter to John. Yo le escribí una carta a Juan.
I Subject Yo
wrote Verb escribí
a letter DIRECT Object una carta
to John INDIRECT Object a Juan
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2. Spanish INDIRECT Object Pronouns
Subject Pronoun Indirect Object pronoun Subject Pronoun Indirect Object Pronoun
yo me nosotros nos
tú te vosotros os
él ella Ud. le ellos ellas Uds. les