Object pronouns in Spanish

Object pronouns in Spanish

How to convert nouns to object pronouns.

You can replace nouns with pronouns.

• Direct object pronouns replace the noun that receives the action of the verb.

• It answers the question "what?" or "whom?".

• Carlos eats the food. Carlos come la comida.

• Carlos eats it. Carlos la come.

This video is about indirect object pronouns.

le= to/for him/her/you formal

les= to/for them/you all formal

He is telling her.

Él le dice.

Do you see how the noun "peanuts" has been converted to the pronoun "them"?

• Yo quiero los cacahuetes. I want the peanuts.

• Yo los quiero. I want them.

Look how the noun "beach" has been changed to the pronoun "it".

• Nosotros visitamos la playa. We visit the beach.

• Nosotros la visitamos. We visit it.

Sometimes a sentence has two objects: a thing and a person.

• Ella escribe una carta a mí. She is writing a letter to me.

• Ella me escribe una carta. She is writing me a letter.

• Ella me la escribe.

• Command form: Escríbemela.

Ejemplos:

• She buys us cake. (2 objects) Ella compra un pastel para nosotros. = Ella nos lo compra.

• She is giving me the money. (2 objects) Ella me da el dinero.

• I have the ticket for you. (2 objects) Te lo tengo. or Yo te lo tengo.

• I have it. (1 object) Yo lo tengo.