Direct Object Pronouns

Direct Object Pronouns

The Reception of Actions

What is a Direct Object Pronoun?

A direct object pronoun is a pronoun that comes before a conjugated verb and tells who or what receives the action of the verb.

How and When to Use

• In order to avoid repeating a direct object noun, the direct object can be replaced with a pronoun

• Direct object pronouns have to agree in gender and quantity

Multiple Choice

How would you use a direct object pronoun to answer this question? "Tienes las tazas?" (Do you have the cups?)

• "Sí, las tengo!"

• "Sí, los tengo!"

• "Sí, la tengo!"

• "Sí, lo tengo!"

Multiple Choice

Translate this conversation: "Do you eat meat?" / "No, I don't eat it."

• ¿Comes carne?" / "No, no lo como."

• "¿Comes carne?" / "No, no la como."

• "¿Comes carne?" / "No, no los como."

• "¿Comes carne?" / "No, no las como."

Other Rules

When using a verb phrase that has an infinitive. or a present participle (-ando and -iendo), the pronoun can be placed in front of the conjugated verb, or it can be attached to the infinitive or the present participle.

Multiple Select

How would you translate this conversation? " I am going to invite her."

• Voy a invitarlo.

• Voy a invitarla.

• Lo voy a invitar.

• La voy a invitar.

Multiple Select

How would you translate this sentence? "Do you can't to eat it?"

• ¿Quieres comerla?

• ¿Lo quieres comer?

• ¿Quieres comerlo?

• ¿La quieres comer?