Direct Object Pronouns

By German Hernandez

DOP

​What is a Direct Object Pronoun?

• DOP replaces the main object in a sentence

• DOP is the IT in a sentence

• The DOP avoids repeating an object over and over again.

• It's the main object that RECEIVES the ACTION

• So instead of saying I eat pizza... you would say

  I eat it.

Multiple Choice

What is a Direct Object Pronoun?

• the person in the sentence

• the verb/action in the sentence

• The main objet, the "it".

Multiple Choice

The Direct Object Pronoun answer the question....

• What is receiving the action?

• Who is doing the action?

• Why the action is being done.

• When the action is being done.

Direct Object Pronoun Singular (1)

• me - me - I am receiving the action. You hit me.

• te - you - you are receiving the action. I hit you.

• lo - masculine/singular (it) I read the book. Yo leo el libro. The book is receiving the action.

• la - feminine/singular (it) I read the magazine. Yo leo la revista. The magazine is receiving the action

Direct Object Pronoun Plural (2 or more)

• nos - us They hit us. We are receiving the action.

• los - masculine/plural. I read the books.The books are receiving the action

• las - feminine/plural. I read the magazines. The magazines are receiving the action.

Direct Object Pronouns

​Me

Te

Lo/La

Nos

Los/Las​

Multiple Choice

What DOP would you use to replace los libros with?

Yo leo los libros.

• lo

• la

• los

• las

Multiple Choice

What DOP would you use to replace las maletas with?

Yo hago las maletas.

• lo

• la

• los

• las

Multiple Choice

What DOP would you use to replace los boletos with?

Yo compro el boleto.

• lo

• la

• los

• las

Multiple Choice

What DOP would you use to replace la pantalla with?

Yo miro la pantalla.

• lo

• la

• los

• las

​Steps to Find the main OBJECT in a sentence.

• ​Find the ACTION in your sentence. The action will be a conjugated verb. I eat pizza in the cafe... Yo como pizza en el cafe.

• Ask yourself I eat pizza in the cafe. Yo como pizza en el cafe. So what am I eating?

• Replace the main object with a DOP (it)

I eat it in the cafe.

Where should the DOP go when rewriting the sentence?​

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• Place it BEFORE the conjugated verb.

• Yo hago la maleta.

• Yo la hago.

Step by Step.​

​Step One: What is the action?

Yo compro el boleto en la agencia de viajes.

I buy my ticket at the travel agency.

Step Two: What is receiving the action? What am I buying?

Yo compro el boleto en la agencia de viajes.

I buy the ticket at the travel agency.

Step Three: What DOP do I use to replace the object with?  (me.te,lo,la,nos,los,las) mi boleto the ticket

boleto is masculine/singular --- you would use LO

Step Four: Where should I place the DOP?

BEFORE the conjugated verb. Yo lo compro en la agencia de viajes.

I buy it in the travel agency

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Multiple Choice

What is the question to Step One?

• What is the object?

• Who is doing the action?

• What is the action?

• When does it take place?

Multiple Choice

What is the question to Step Two?

• Who is doing the action?

• What is the action?

• What is receiving action?

• Where does the action happen?

Multiple Choice

Which of these is not a DOP?

• lo, la

• nos

• los, las

• ustedes

Multiple Choice

Where do I place the DOP when I rewrite the sentence?

• After the conjugated verb.

• Before the person doing the action.

• Before the conjugated verb.

• At the end of the sentence.

Multiple Choice

What is the action?

El pasajero factura el equipaje en el aeropuerto.

• pasajero

• factura

• equipaje

• aeropuerto

Multiple Choice

What is recieving the action ?

El pasajero factura el equipaje en el aeropuerto.

• pasajero

• factura

• equipaje

• aeropuerto

Multiple Choice

What DOP would you replace the main object with?

El pasajero factura el equipaje en el aeropuerto.

• lo

• la

• los

• las

Multiple Choice

Which sentences is rewritten correctly?

El pasajero factura el equipaje en el aeropuerto.

• El pasajero factura lo en el aeropuerto.

• El pasajero factura el equipaje en el lo.

• El pasajero lo factura en el aeropuerto.

• Lo pasajero factura el equipaje en el aeropuerto.

Where else can I place the DOP?​

​​It can be attached on an unconjugated verb - but there has to be a conjugated verb before it in the sentence.​

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Example: Yo voy a comer pizza.

Action: Comer

Receiving Action : Pizza

DOP - LA

Yo voy a comerla. or Yo la voy a comer.