Mastering Direct Object Pronouns in Spanish

1. Content Objective: I will learn how to replace direct object nouns with direct object pronouns. Language Objective: I will learn how to utilize direct object pronouns to talk about sports.

2. Direct Object Pronouns Español 1 Señora Lear

3. The object that directly receives the action of the verb is called thedirect object.

4. The direct object answers the question “what?” or “whom?” with regard to what thesubject of the sentence is doing.

5. Marcos hit the ball. “Ball” receives the action of the verb “hit.” The direct object can also be a person. Marcos hit Juanito. “Juanito” receives the action of the verb “hit.”

7. You may replace the direct object noun with a direct object pronounto avoid repetition. ejemplo: Paul bought the flowers. He took the flowers home and gave the flowers to his wife. ejemplo: Paul bought the flowers. He took themhome and gave themto his wife.

9. How to use Direct Object Pronouns in Spanish. In Spanish, the Direct Object Pronouns (D.O.P.) me, te, and nos refer to people whereas the 3rd person singular and plural forms (lo, la, los, las)  can refer to either people or things.   If they are referring to things, use the same gender as the name of the object being referred to. Juan tienelapluma. Juan has the pen. Ask the question what or whom in regards to the verb (qué/quién) : ¿Que tiene Juan? Now replace lapluma with the direct object pronoun la. Juan la tiene. Notice that if the subject of the sentence changes, this does not affect the direct object pronoun.

10. However, if the direct object of the sentence changes to a masculine noun, the masculinepronoun must be used. Juan tiene el libro. = Juan has the book. direct object noun Juan lotiene. = Juan has it. direct object pronoun replaces the noun

11. Remember the definite articles? la blusa el chico las chicas los chicos In every case except “el” the definite article is the same as the direct object pronoun.

12. Tricks of the Trade See if you can find a patern: ¿Tienes la bufanda? Sí, la tengo. ¿Llevas los shorts? Sí, los llevo. ¿Tienes las gafas de sol? No, no las tengo.

14. ¿Lo tienes? Notice that the direct object is usually the same as the definite article, with the exception of el. la bufanda Sí, la tengo. Sí, lo tengo. el impermeable las gafas de sol Sí, lastengo. Sí, los tengo. los shorts

15. Pronoun Placement: In an affirmative statement with one verb, the direct object pronoun comes immediately before the conjugated verb. Tengo lapluma. = I have the pen. Latengo. = I have it. The pronoun la comes immediately before the verb (tengo).

16. ¡Vamos a practicar! Sí,____tengo. la • ¿Tienes la bufanda? lo No, no___abro. • ¿Abres el libro? las ¿Comes las papas fritas? No, no____como. los ¿Llevas los shorts? Si,____llevo. los Sí,____compro. ¿Compras los pantalones? la ¿Compras la bolsa? No, no__ compro.. lo Sí,_____tengo. ¿Tienes el teléfono?

17. Diana says: -Pues, ya tienes ropa de verano. (You already have summer clothing.) Roberto answers: -Claro que la tengo. (Of course I have it.)

18. ¿Qué compran? modelo: Roberto: el guante de béisbol ¿Roberto compra el guante de béisbol? Sí, lo compra. p.231 ACT 14 Write a question and answer for each example. • Diana: los patines • Ignacio: la raqueta • Roberto: las pelotas • Diana: las pesas • Roberto: el casco