
Direct object nouns / pronouns
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Direct Object Pronouns
7.3 and 7.4
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A direct object is a person or a thing that receives the action of the verb. It tells to whom or to what something is being done.
¿Qué es un objeto directo?
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Mis hijos miran la televisión.
My children watch (the) television.
Mis hijos la miran.
My children watch it.
direct object noun
direct object pronoun
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Kiwi mira a mis hijos.
Kiwi watches my children.
When your direct object noun is a person, use the word a before it.
When using a direct object pronoun, the word 'a' is no longer used.
Kiwi los mira.
Kiwi watches them.
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Multiple Choice
Select the direct object noun in the sentence: La señora necesita el menú.
La señora
necesita
el menú
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Multiple Choice
Select the direct object noun in the sentence: El mesero conoce a mi amiga.
El mesero
mi amiga
conoce
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Multiple Choice
Select the direct object noun in the sentence: Juan ordena el pollo en el restaurante.
Ordena
el restaurante
el pollo
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A direct object pronoun takes the place of direct object nouns. This is done in order to avoid repetition. In Spanish, the pronoun must agree in gender and number with the direct object noun it replaces.
¿Qué son los pronombres directos?
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If the direct object noun is feminine and singular such as - La mayonesa, then the pronoun that replaces la mayonesa is 'la'.
No quiero mayonesa. (I don't want mayo)
No la quiero. (I don't want it)
¿Qué son los pronombres directos?
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If the direct object noun is masculine and plural - los chocolates, then the pronoun that replaces los chocolates is 'los'
¿Dónde están los chocolates? (where are the chocolates?)
No los veo. (I don't see them)
¿Qué son los pronombres directos?
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If the direct object noun is masculine and singular - el menú, then the pronoun that replaces los chocolates is 'lo'
¿Quién tiene el menú? (who has the menú?)
Yo no lo tengo. (I don't have it)
¿Qué son los pronombres directos?
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¿Tienes los aguacates?
Do you have the avocados?
¿Los tienes?
Do you have them?
Direct object pronouns
are placed before the verb
in Spanish.
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María está comiendo una hamburguesa.
María is eating a hamburger.
María la está comiendo.
María está comiéndola.
María is eating it.
When using the gerund or an infinitive, you can place it before or attached to the present participle/infinitive.
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Multiple Choice
Select the direct object pronoun in the sentence: No lo necesito ahora.
No
lo
necesito
ahora
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Multiple Choice
What is the direct object pronoun in the sentence: ¿Quiere ordenar la ensalada?
los
la
lo
las
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Open Ended
Answer the question using the direct object pronoun: ¿Quién va a tener la fiesta?
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Open Ended
Answer the question using the direct object pronoun: ¿Quién visitó el museo?
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Open Ended
Answer the question using the direct object pronoun: ¿Quién necesita las respuestasanswers?
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Direct object nouns / pronouns
When the direct object noun is a person use these
Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
1st | Me (me) | Nos (us) |
2nd | Te (you) | Os (y'all) |
3rd | Lo, La (you formal, him, her) | Los, Las (y'all, They) |
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Los estudiantes me ven.
The students see me.
Nuestros amigos nos comprenden.
Our friends understand us.
Direct object pronouns
are placed before the verb
in Spanish.
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Multiple Choice
Re word the question with the direct object pronoun:
¿Por favor, puedes ayudar a Liset y a Mario?
¿los puedes ayudar?
¿me puedes ayudar?
¿Nos puedes ayudar?
¿las puedes ayudar?
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Multiple Choice
Re word the sentence with the direct object pronoun:
Yo escucho a Taylor Swift.
Yo os escucho.
Yo me escucho.
Yo los escucho.
Yo la escucho.
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Multiple Choice
Re-word the sentence with the direct object pronoun:
Ella invitó a Estela y a mí a su casa.
Ella nos invitó a su casa.
Ella me invitó a su casa.
Ella los invitó a su casa.
Ella la invitó a su casa.
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The following are some of the verbs that are frequently used with these direct object pronouns:
ayudar
buscar
conocer
creer
encontrar
escuchar
felicitar (to congratulate)
invitar
Verbos comunes
llamar
llevar (to take along)
querer (to love)
saludar (to greet)
ver
visitar
Direct Object Pronouns
7.3 and 7.4
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