Transcript Direct Object Pronouns

Direct Object Pronouns
•Direct Object Pronouns (DOP), like Subject Pronouns, are used to avoid repetition
in a conversation or in a text.
•If you see or use a DOP, you know that implicitly you are referring or should refer
to an object already mentioned in the conversation or text.
•DOPs can replace only nouns, that is a special type of noun  the direct object.
•Direct objects are nouns that receive directly (not spuriously) the work done by the
subject.
•DOPs can only be used in sentences with transitive verbs (verbs that act upon or
modify an object’s property, position, nature, etc.).
•In English DOPS are placed after the verb; however, in Spanish they are placed in
front of the verb or attached to the infinitive of a compound verb (For example,
voy a comprarlo).
•An EXCEPTION: One must place the DOP after the verb, when giving a positive
command in Spanish.
Preliminary Examples
The Subject Pronoun, the Personal Pronoun, and the Object Pronoun
VS.
The Direct Object Pronoun.
Mercedes
Ella
lo pinta.
pinta su primer cuadro.
Direct Object Pronoun
cuadro
Object
Noun
lo
Subject Pronoun
Mercedes
Subject
Noun
Ella
Transitive
Action
pinta Verb
Miguel
Él
la conoce.
conoce a Luisa.
DirectPersonal
Object Pronoun
Pronoun
Personal
Subject Pronoun
Pronoun
Luisa
ella
la
Miguel
Él
conoce
Preposition
Yo
a llevar
a tialalcine
cinedespués
despuésdedehablar
hablarcon
conella.
Marta.
Yo voy
te voy
a llevar
Direct
Personal
Object
Object
Pronoun
Pronoun
Object
of Preposition
Pronoun
Personal
Object
Pronoun
Pronoun
llevar
Petra
atú
teti
Marta
Ella
ella
Personal
Subject Pronoun
Pronoun
Lorenzo
yo
Hablo con Petra
Soy Lorenzo
Mi mamá
Ella
la vala
me
se*
nos
laava
va
va
leer
aaaleer
leer.
leer.
a mílaycarta
a miahermana.
mí y a mi hermana.
Direct Object Pronoun
Indirect
Indirect
ObjectObject
Pronoun
la carta
la
Personal
Object Pronoun
Pronoun
Indirect
IndirectObject
ObjectPronoun
su le
hermana
aella
(se*)
ella
Personal
Object Pronoun
Pronoun
Paco
ame
Yo
mí
Personal
Subject Pronoun
Pronoun
su ella
mamá
Subjects, Objects, and Pronouns
Name of
Person
Personal
Pronoun
Subject
Pronoun
Object
Pronoun
Direct
Object
Pronoun
Indirect
Object
Pronoun
Ed
yo
yo
mí
me
me
Francisco
tú
tú
ti
te
te
Marta
ella
ella
ella
la
le
Lorenzo
él
él
él
lo
le
Marta y
Petra
ellas
ellas
ellas
los
les
Ed, Marta y
Petra
nosotros
nosotros
nosotros
nos
nos