Direct Object Pronouns

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1 Direct Object Pronouns
First Year, 3.3

2 Direct Objects direct object who? what?
The ___________________________ in a sentence receives the action of the verb. Direct objects answer the questions ________________ or ____________________ about the verb. who? what?

3 How do you know what the direct object of a sentence is?
Step 1: Locate the verb (Underline it!) Step 2: Ask yourself, WHO? Or WHAT? Receives the action of the verb. That is your direct object. (Circle it!) ENGLISH SPANISH I have the shoes Yo tengo los zapatos. She wears a scarf Ella lleva una bufanda. We call your brother. 3. Llamamos a tu hermano.

4 Direct Object Pronouns
The _______________________________________ takes the place of the direct object. Examples I have the shoes. I have them. She wears a scarf. She wears it. We call your brother. We call him. direct object pronoun

5 DOP’s me nos us te you(familiar) os you all(familiar) lo, la
you(formal), him, it los, las you all(formal), them

6 Structure of the sentence
In Spanish the __________________________________is placed ____________________ the conjugated verb. Examples I need them (the shoes). Yo los necesito. You call him. Tú lo llamas. I have it (the scarf). Yo la tengo. direct object pronoun BEFORE

7 La Práctica Diana: los zapatos Tú: la pluma Roberto: las bufandas
Josefina y yo: las revistas Alberto: el libro Diana los compra. Diana buys them. Tú la compras. You buy it. Roberto las compra. Roberto buys them. Nosotros las compramos. We buy them. Alberto lo compra. Alberto buys it.

8 La Práctica 6. Vosotros: los pantalones 7. Diana: la ropa 8. Yo: el café Vosotros los compráis. You all (fam.)buy them. Diana la compra. Diana buys it. Yo lo compro. I buy it.

9 DOPs with an infinitive
When an infinitive follows the conjugated verb, the ____________________________________ can be placed in either of the following places: ____________________ the conjugate verb Ex: ____________________. I want to take them today. ____________________ to the infinitive Ex: ___________________ I want to take them today. direct object pronoun before Las quiero sacar hoy. attached Quiero sacarlas hoy.

10 La Práctica Diana: la ropa Miguel: el abrigo Graciela y yo: la bufanda
Raúl y Ben: el gorro Yo: los shorts Diana va a llevarla. O Diana la va a llevar. Miguel va a llevarlo. O Miguel lo va a llevar. Vamos a llevarla. O La vamos a llevar. Ellos van a llevarlo. O Lo van a llevar. Yo voy a llevarlos. O Los voy a llevar.