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Apuntes 12-13 de febrero. Los complementos directos pronominales Direct object pronouns ¿ Compras los pasajes ? Are you buying the tickets ? Sí, los voy a comprar hoy. Yes, I’m going to buy them today.
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Apuntes 12-13 de febrero Los complementos directos pronominales Directobjectpronouns ¿Compraslos pasajes? Are you buying the tickets? Sí, los voy a comprar hoy. Yes, I’m going to buy them today.
Three main components of a sentence are the subject, the verb, and the object. The subject does the action. The verb is the action being done. The object receives the action.
La agente de viajesconfirmala reservación. The travel agent confirms the reservation. ↑ ↑ ↑ subjectverbobject
Pronouns replace nouns in a sentence. We already know subject pronouns: yo nosotros/as tú vosotros/as Ud. Uds. él ellos ella ellas
Directobjectpronounsreplacedirectobjectnouns in a sentence. me –menos –us te –you(fam.) os – you (pl. fam.) lo – it, him, you (form.)los – them, you (pl. form.) • la – it, her, you (form.)las –them (100% fem.), you ( pl. form. fem.)
As in English, direct object pronouns are used to replace and avoid repeating a noun or name. ¿Quiénsacala foto? - Mi madrelasaca. Who is taking the picture? - My mother is taking it.
The direct object pronoun must match the noun that it replaces in gender and number. Miguel tiene el libro. Miguel lo tiene. Hacemos la tarea. La hacemos. Mi amigo compra los pasajes. Mi amigo los compra. Mi padre confirma las reservaciones. Mi padre las confirma.
Direct object pronouns are placed in front of the verb in a sentence. ¿Quién practica el fútbol? - Juan lo practica. The direct object pronoun can be placed directly on the endof the infinitive or present participle. Mi amigo quiere comprar los pasajes. Mi amigo los quiere comprar o Mi amigo quiere comprarlos. Mi amigo está comprando los pasajes. Mi amigo losestá comprando. o Mi amigo está comprándolos.
La a personal The personal a When the direct object of a verb is a person (or a pet), an a appears before the direct object. There is no equivalent to this in English. Quiero visitar a mi abuela. I want to visit my grandmother. No veoa Rafael. I don’t see Rafael.
When the direct object is replaced by a pronoun, the a disappears. • Quiero visitar a mi abuela. Quierovisitarla. (I want to visit her.) No veo a Rafael. No lo veo. (I don’tseehim.)