Transcript Pronombres del objeto directo

How to use direct object pronouns in
Spanish.
Cómo usar los pronombres del objeto
directo en español.
A
direct object (DO) receives the action
of the verb directly.
i.e. Ana riega el jardín.
Ana waters the garden.
What does Ana water?
The garden
The garden is the direct object of the
sentence.
 Yo
sacudo el polvo.
¿Qué sacudo?
El polvo
El polvo is the direct object of the sentence.
 Mi
madre y yo quitamos la mesa.
¿Qué quitamos?
La mesa
La mesa es el objeto directo de la oración.
A
pronoun replaces a noun.
i.e. My mother loves my brother.
Can also be: My mother loves him.
Him is a pronoun that replaces the noun
brother.
 Specifically,
direct object pronouns
replace the direct object, personal
pronouns replace the subject, indirect
object pronouns replace the indirect
object, etc.
 The point is to make the sentence shorter
or less repetitive.
i.e. Rather than saying
“Sherry likes to write letters to Bob.”
You could say “She likes to write them to him.”
PP
DOP
IDOP
What are the direct object pronouns (DOPs) in
English?
me
us
you
him, her, it ya’ll, them
¿Qué son los pronombres directos en español?
me
te
lo,la
nos
los,las
 Rule
#1:
The pronoun must match the noun it replaces
in number and in gender.
i.e. Pablo tiende las camas.
D.O.
Las can replace camas because it is feminine
and plural.
 Rule
#2:
The pronoun MUST ALWAYS NO MATTER WHAT
UNDER EVERY CIRCUMSTANCE FOREVER be
RIGHT NEXT TO the verb.
Basically, the love each other and will stand to
be separated by nothing and no one.
VERB
PRONOUN
 Rule
#3:
If the verb is conjugated, the DOP always
goes IN FRONT of the verb.
If the verb is NOT conjugated the DOP always
attaches to the end of the verb.
Note to self: ALL pronouns behave this way.
 Let’s
see how it works.
Step 1: Identify the direct object.
Maria barre el piso.
DO=El
piso
(Maria sweeps the floor)
Step 2: Identify which pronoun can replace the
DO.
El piso can be replaced by lo
Step 3: Drop the DO and replace with DOP.
Maria barre lo.
Step 4: Determine if the DOP needs to be
before or after the verb. (refer to rule #3)
This verb is conjugated, so the DOP must go BEFORE the
verb.
ANSWER: Maria lo barre.
sweeps it.)
(She
Step 1: Identify the direct object.
Yo voy a poner la mesa.
DOP=la mesa
(I am going to set the table.)
Step 2: Identify which pronoun can replace the
DO.
la can replace la mesa
Step 3: Drop the DO and replace with DOP.
Yo voy a poner la.
Step 4: Determine if the DOP needs to be
before or after the verb. (refer to rule #3)
This verb is NOT conjugated so the DOP attaches to the END of
the verb.
ANSWER: Yo voy a ponerla.
set it.)
(I am going to
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Try these:
Mis amigos no quieren lavar los platos.
Mi prima limpia el baño.
Ustedes ordenan sus cuartos.
Tú debes quitar las mesas del comedor.
Yo saco la basura todos los días.
Marta y yo vamos a planchar la ropa el
martes.
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Did you get them right?
Mis amigos no quieren lavarlos.
Mi prima lo limpia.
Ustedes los ordenan.
Tú debes quitarlas del comedor.
Yo la saco todos los días.
Marta y yo vamos a plancharla el martes.
We know several categories of pronouns
now….so don’t be confused!!
 PP’s = Personal Pronouns
i.e.Yo, tú, él/ella, usted, nosotros, vosotros, ellos/ellas,
ustedes
 IDOP’s
= Indirect Object Pronouns
i.e. me, te, le, nos, os, les
 RP’s
= Reflexive Pronouns
i.e. me, te, se, nos, os, se
 DOP’s
= Direct Object Pronouns
i.e. me, te, lo, la, nos, os, los, las