Direct Object Pronouns

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• Direct Object Pronouns

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Direct Objects

• Diagram each part of these English sentences
• I want that skirt.
• You bought some shoes.
• What is the subject and verb?

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• I subject
• want-verb
• You- subject
• Bought-verb
• What is that skirt and some shoes?

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• That skirt and some shoes are called direct
  objects.
• Direct objects in Spanish function the same as in
  English (except in placement). They answer the
  questions what or whom.

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• If we hear the question Who saw the movie? and
  someone answers She saw it, we understand that
  it refers to the noun the movie. It clearly
  answers the question What did she see?

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Direct Object Pronouns

• Direct object pronouns take the place of the
  direct object in a sentence.
• For example

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Direct Object Pronouns

• Instead of saying,
• I want that skirt, you can say, I
  want it.
• The word it takes the place of the word
  skirt.

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Direct Object Pronouns (Spanish)

• me (me)
• te (you)
• lo (him or it)
• la (her or it)

• nos (us)
• os (you all inf.)
• los (them, you all)
• las (them, you all)

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Placement of Direct Object Pronouns

• Direct Object Pronouns, me, te, lo, la, nos, los
  and las are placed either before a conjugated
  verb or attached to the end of an infinitive.

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Before the Conjugated Verb

• Cuándo compraste la falda?
• La compré hace cinco días.

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Before the Conjugated Verb

• Isabel, tienes mi suéter?
• No, no lo tengo.

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Before the Conjugated Verb

• Compras esos pantalones?
• No, no los compro.

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Before the verb or after the infinitive

• Before the verb
• Quieres comprar esa falda?
• Sí, la quiero comprar.
• After the infinitive
• Quieres comprar esa falda?
• Si, quiero comprarla.

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Direct Object Pronouns

• When the pronoun replaces both a masculine and a
  feminine dircect object noun, we use los.
• For example

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Direct Object Pronouns

• Cuándo compraste la falda y el vestido?
• Los compré el sábado.

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Give the DOP

• Boletos
• Ana
• Tus hermanos
• Refrescos
• Pelota
• Papas
• Cebolla
• Dinero
• Escaleras