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Direct Object Pronouns. How to talk about things or people already mentioned- . Purpose. What do direct objects do? - receives the action of the verb answers the question whom or what? (say…subject, verb then whom or what?) no need to keep repeating, repeating, repeating!.
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Direct Object Pronouns How to talk about things or people already mentioned-
Purpose • What do direct objects do? - receives the action of the verb • answers the question whom or what? (say…subject, verb then whom or what?) • no need to keep repeating, repeating, repeating!
Direct Objects -can be replaced by a direct object pronoun -located after conjugated verb Direct Object Pronouns -replaces direct object in a sentence -3 possibilities for placement: before conjugated verb, attached to present participle or attached to an infinitive D.O. vs. D.O. Pronouns
Examples I have the books. Subject: I Verb: have Whom or what: the books I have them. Subject: I Verb: have Whom or what: them
Ejemplos en español Yo tengo los libros. S: Yo V: tengo Whom or what: los libros Yo los tengo. S: Yo V: tengo Whom or what: them
Direct Objects • Hold up the direct object pronoun you would use in place of the following: • libros • vecinos/vecinas • comida mexicana • amigos/amigas • desayuno • piscina • el chicle • el chocolate • el español • libro • primo/prima • un guante de béisbol • las fiestas
¡Práctica! • My sister gives (dar) books to my uncle. • Does my sister give them to my uncle? • Your grandmother doesn’t invite (invitar) her neighbors. • She doesn’t invite them. • You are eating Mexican food. • You are eating it. • She wants to leave (dejar) his friends. • She wants to leave them. • The students eat breakfast at school. • Do we have to prepare it?