Transcript Direct Object Pronouns Didn`t we do this last year?

Direct Object (Pronouns)
Didn’t we do this last year?
YES! So this should be a review!!!
What is it?
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It directly receives the action of the verb
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Bill hits the ball.
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She reads the book.
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Ball directly receives the action of the verb “hit”
Book directly receives the action of the verb “reads”
It can also be a person
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Juliette hit Romeo.
They see Mario.
How to find it?
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It usually answers whom or what with regard to
what the subject is doing.
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Bill hit the ball.
Bill hit what?
Bill hit the ball.
It’s used to avoid repetition of the noun.
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Paul bought flowers. He took the flowers home and
gave the flowers to his wife.
Paul bought flowers. He took them home and gave
them to his wife.
What are the pronouns?
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It’s me, you, him, her, it, us, and them in English.
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She sees it.
I hear you.
They invite us.
me (me)
nos (us)
te (you-familiar)
[os (you-all-familiar)]
lo, la (him, her, it, you-formal) los, las (them, you-all-formal)
Where do DOPs go?
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Sentences with only one verb- directly
BEFORE the verb.
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Tengo la pluma. La tengo.
No tengo la pluma. No la tengo.
Sentences with TWO verbs:
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Directly before conjugated verb
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Mario la quiere invitar. Or Mario la está invitando.
Attached to the end of the infinitive/gerund
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Mario quiere invitarla. Or Mario está invitándola.
Rewrite the following sentences using a
DOP.
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Usted compra la pluma.
Quiero ver el menú.
Tenemos que comprar el coche.
Invitan a Miguel.
Amo a Julieta.
No conocemos a Uds.
Lily ve a mí y a mi familia todos los días.