Direct Objects and Direct Object Pronouns. Parts of Speech Grammatically speaking, the verb (V) is the action in the sentence. The subject (S) is the.

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1 Direct Objects and Direct Object Pronouns

2 Parts of Speech Grammatically speaking, the verb (V) is the action in the sentence. The subject (S) is the doer of the action. The direct object (DO) is the recipient of the action. – To determine the DO, ask: what? Or who? Is being “verbed”

3 Examples of DOs in English I called Emily yesterday. He sent the letter. We ate the pizza. SV DO

4 Examples of DOPs in English We use pronouns to avoid repetition. – I called Emily yesterday. I called her yesterday. – He sent the letter. He sent it. – We ate the pizza. We ate it. S V DOP

5 How they work in Spanish… In Spanish, the direct object pronouns are placed IN FRONT OF the conjugated verb (which is still conjugated based on the subject). However, in a 2-verb situation, you can place the direct object pronoun before the conjugated verb, or attach it to the end of the infinitive. (DOPs can also be placed at the end on gerunds or commands, but we won´t be seeing these this quarter).

6 Direct Object Pronouns To replace the direct object: Me………………………………………………………………………………...………… Me You (familiar)……………………………………………………..………………………… Te Male Usted or Him or Masculine-Singular noun…………………………… Lo Female Usted or Her or Feminine-Singular noun…………………………… La Us…………………………………………………………………………………….………. Nos Ya´ll…………………………………………………………………………………….………. Os Ustedes (Male/mixed group), Them (men, mixed group) or Masculine-Plural noun…………………………………………………………… Los Ustedes (Women) or Them (women) or Feminine-Plural noun……………………………………………………………………………….…….. Las

7 Let´s break it down… Juan tiene la pluma. Juan has the pen. Juan tiene el libro. Juan has the book. María quiere las plumas. María wants the pens. María quiere los libros. María wants the books. Juan la tiene.Juan has it. Juan lo tiene.Juan has it. María las quiere.María wants them. María los quiere.María wants them.

8 Let´s Replace the DOs with DOPs… Mi madre debe llamar a nosotros. El perro caza su cola. Julia quiere besar a su hijo, pero ella está en NY. Mis abuelos quieren mucho a mi hermana y yo. Mi madre nos debe llamar. O… Mi madre debe llamarnos. Julia lo quiere besar. O… Julia quiere besarlo. El perro la caza. Mis abuelos nos quieren mucho.

9 Now let´s translate Mis padres me ayudan mucho. ¿Tus compañeros te invitan a salir? ¡Te llamo después! Mi trabajo me paga bien. ¿Vas a llamarlo mañana? O… ¿Lo vas a llamar mañana? Quiero ayudarla. O… La quiero ayudar. Do your buddies invite you to go out? My parents help me a lot. I´ll call you later! My job pays me well. Are you going to call him tomorrow? I want to help her.