Direct Object Pronouns In Spanish El Complemento Directo.

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1 Direct Object Pronouns In Spanish El Complemento Directo

2 A direct object tells who or what receives the action of the verb. I want that skirt. I bought some shoes. What are the direct objects?

3 I want that skirt. Skirt is the direct object. I bought some shoes. Shoes are the direct objects.

4 To avoid repeating a direct object noun, we often replace it with a direct object pronoun. In English the words are: it and them him and her

5 I want that skirt. What can we replace skirt with? I bought some shoes. What can we replace shoes with?

6 I want that skirt. I want it. I bought some shoes. I bought them.

7 In Spanish there are four direct object pronouns: SingularPlural lo (it/him) masc.los (them) masc. la (it/her) fem.las (them) fem. The direct object pronoun must agree in both number and gender with the nouns they replace!!!!!!

8 Where does the direct object pronoun go? 1. Right before a conjugated verb (the opposite of English)

9 I want a skirt.Skirt D.O. (Quiero una falda.) Falda D.O. I want it. (La quiero.) falda is singular and feminine which is la. We must put la in front of the conjugated verb.

10 Vamos a practicar: I need shirts. (Yo necesito camisas.) I need them. (Las necesito) Do you have my jacket? (¿Tienes mi chaqueta?) Do you have it? (¿La tienes?)

11 Más práctica: Did you buy them? (los pantalones) ¿Los compraste? I have it. (la mochila) Yo la tengo I need it. (la carpeta) Yo la necesito.

12 Más práctica (con una persona) Did you invite Juan? ¿Invitaste a Juan? Yes I invited him Sí, lo invité Did you see Elena? ¿Miraste a Elena? No, I did not see her No, no la miré

13 1. No tengo mis anteojos de sol. 2. Compré la loción bronceadora. 3. Juan tomó las fotografias ayer. 4. Invitamos a Marta a ir a la playa. 5. Ella compró los boletos a la ventanilla