Direct object pronouns

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1 Direct object pronouns

2 What is a direct object? Bill hit the ball.
The object that directly receives the action of the verb. The direct object also answers the question “what?” or “whom?” Bill hit the ball. What did Bill hit? BALL= direct object

3 Sherry reads a book. What does Sherry read? BOOK=direct object

4 Sherry hit Bill Sherry hit whom? BILL= direct object

5 We can replace the name of the direct object with a pronoun
We can replace the name of the direct object with a pronoun. (direct object pronoun) Bobby bought the flowers. He took the flowers home and gave the flowers to his wife. Bobby bought the flowers. He took them home and gave them to his wife.

6 ENGLISH Direct object pronouns
(me) (us) (you) XXX (him, her, it, you) (them, y’all)

7 SPANISH Direct object pronouns
Me Nos Te XX Lo/La Los/Las

8 ENGLISH/SPANISH Direct object pronouns
(me) Me (us) Nos (you) Te XXX (him, her, it, you) (them, y’all) Lo/La Los/Las

9 Ejemplos Yo tengo el libro—---- Yo lo tengo Yo tengo el libro.
El libro=direct object (masculine) Yo tengo el libro—---- Yo lo tengo *Notice the direct object pronoun is BEFORE the verb.

10 Juan tiene la pluma. Juan ____ tiene.

11 Juan tiene la pluma. Juan la tiene. Juan has it.

12 Jorge tiene el lápiz. Jorge ______ tiene.

13 Jorge tiene el lápiz. Jorge lo tiene. Jorge has it.

14 Traduce 1. Marty has it. (the pencil) Marty lo tiene. 2. I have them. (the books) Yo los tengo. 3. We have it. (the scarf) Nosotros la tenemos.

15 Direct object pronoun placement
You now know the direct object pronoun goes before the conjugated verb. There is also one more spot we can place the direct object pronoun in sentences……… Attached to an infinitive verb!!

16 Ejemplos They are going to visit us. (ir + a + infinitive)
Ellos van a visitarnos. She doesn’t want to see it. Ella no quiere verlo. Robert is going to write it. Roberto va a escribirlo.

17 You have a choice!!! OR Yo lo voy a hacer.
You can choose where to place the direct object pronoun if there is a conjugated verb and an infinitive in the same sentence! Yo voy a hacerlo. OR Yo lo voy a hacer.

18 Práctica I have them. (tables) Yo las tengo. I need to have it. (stapler) Yo necesito tenerla./ La necesito tener. Can I answer it? (question) ¿Puedo contestarla?/ ¿ La puedo contestar? We wear them.(coats) Nosotros los llevamos.

19 Tu tarea Juan eats it. (the soup) I am going to open it. (the door)
She rents it. (the video) We turn it off. (the light) Y’all wear them. (the backpacks) You (fam.) look for me. I am going to drink it. (the lemonade) They (fem.) look for us. We are going to learn it. (Spanish)