By Jami Sipe Direct Object Pronouns Bill hit the ball. –“The ball” receives the action of the verb “hit.” Sherry reads the book. –“The book” receives.

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2 By Jami Sipe Direct Object Pronouns

3 Bill hit the ball. –“The ball” receives the action of the verb “hit.” Sherry reads the book. –“The book” receives the action of the verb “reads.” The object that directly receives the action of the verb is called the … Examples:

4 personThe direct object can also be a person. Bill – Sherry hit Bill. “what?” “whom?”The direct object is “what?” or “whom?” receives the action of the verb. Más…

5 Bill hit the ball. what? – Bill hit what? the ball – Bill hit the ball. Sherry hit Bill. whom? – Sherry hit whom? Bill – Sherry hit Bill. Más… Ouch!

6 Examples: the flowersthe flowersPaul bought the flowers. He took the flowers home and gave the flowers to his dog. them themPaul bought the flowers. He took them home and gave them to his dog. Replacing a noun used as a direct object with a pronoun:

7 *a group of males or males with females ** a group of females me me = me te te = you (familiar) lo lo = you (formal, masc.) him, it la la = you (formal, fem.) her, it nos nos = us os os = you (pl., familiar in Spain) los los = you* (pl.) them* las las = you** (pl.) them** PluralSingular

8 In an affirmative statement with one verb, the direct object pronoun comes immediately before the conjugated verb: Ejemplos: tengo tengo = I have la plumathepen – Tengo la pluma. = (I have the pen.) Lait – La tengo. = (I have it.) The pronoun “la” comes immediately before the verb “tengo.”

9 The direct object pronoun must agree with the noun it is replacing. Remember: Ejemplos: Juan lo tiene. Juan lo tiene. Juan tiene = (John has) el librothe bookJuan tiene el libro. = (John has the book.) lo itJuan lo tiene. = (John has it.)

10 LaLa como. itla comida, la manzana – I eat it. = la comida, la manzana, etc. LoLo como. itel pollo, el arroz, el perro caliente – I eat it. = el pollo, el arroz, el perro caliente, etc. LaLa leo. itla revista, la novela – I read it. = la revista, la novela, etc. Más ejemplos:

11 When there are two verbs together in a sentence: la Él la va a pagar. = (He is going to pay it.) lo it Yo lo quiero compar. = (I want to buy it.) Or … you may stick the direct object pronoun onto the end of the infinitive. You may place the direct object pronoun before the conjugated verb. la Él va a pagarla. = (He is going to pay it.) loit Yo quiero comparlo. = (I want to buy it.) Ejemplos:

12 Rewrite the sentence replacing the direct object with a direct object pronoun. Él los comió. Ella la canta. Yo las tengo. Él lo compró. Las comemos. Voy a comprarlo./ Lo voy a comprar. Él comió los tacos. Ella canta la canción. Yo tengo las flores. Él compró el libro. Comemos papas fritas. Voy a comprar un libro.

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