Direct Object Pronouns. What is a Direct Object Pronoun? Direct objects receive the action of the verb in a sentence. They answer the question… What?

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1 Direct Object Pronouns

2 What is a Direct Object Pronoun? Direct objects receive the action of the verb in a sentence. They answer the question… What? Or Whom? About the verb. – Example Luisa is buying the blouse = Luisa compra la blusa

3 Direct Object Pronouns MeNos Te Lo/laLos/Las Example Luisa is buying a blouse = Luisa compra la blusa Luisa is buying it. = Luisa la compra

4 The boy buys the pen = El chico compra la pluma – What answer the questions what? Or whom? – La pluma – Is la pluma masculine or feminine – La – El chico la compra

5 Practica I want the blue dress = Yo quiero el vestido azul I want it Yo lo quiero She wants the shoes Ella quiere los zapatos She wants them Ella los quiere

6 DO and infinitives When the infinite follows the conjugated verb, the DO can be placed BEFORE or be ATTACHED to the infinitve.

7 Example I want to buy black shoes and I want to buy black shoes today. = I want to buy black shoes and I want to buy them today. Yo quiero comprar zapatos negros y quiero comparlos hoy

8 Mas practica I want the dress Yo quiero el vestido I want it Yo lo quiero I want to buy the dress Yo quiero comprar el vestido I want to buy it Yo quiero comprarlo

9 When the DO is a person… I understand you Yo te entiendo She understands me Ella me entiende They understand us Ellos nos entienden She understands John Ella lo entiende We understand them Nosotros los entendemos