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? Or Whom? About the verb. – Example Luisa is buying the blouse = Luisa compra la blusa
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
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
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
DO and infinitives When the infinite follows the conjugated verb, the DO can be placed BEFORE or be ATTACHED to the infinitve.
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
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
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