Language Objective: I will learn how to utilize direct object pronouns

to talk about sports.

Content Objective: I will learn how to replace direct object nouns with direct

object pronouns.

Direct & Indirect Object Pronouns

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The object that directly receives

the action of the verb is called

the

direct object.

The direct object answers

the question

“what?” or “whom?”

with regard to what the

subject of the sentence is doing.

Marcos hit the ball.

“Ball” receives the action of

the verb “hit.”

Marcos hit Juanito.

“Juanito” receives the action of the verb “hit.”

The direct object can also be a person.

Often, it is desirable to replace the name of the direct object with a pronoun.

ejemplo:

Paul bought the flowers. He took

the flowers home and gave the

flowers to his wife.

ejemplo:

Paul bought the flowers. He took them

home and gave them to his wife.

Direct Object Pronouns

yome

me nos nosotros(as)us

túyou (familiar)

te os

vosotrosyou (familiar)

el, ella, ustedhim, it (m.)

her, it (f.)

you (m/f

formal)

lo/la los/las ellos, ellas,

ustedesthem (m.)

them (f.)

you (m/f. formal)

Indirect Object Pronouns

yome

me nos nosotros(as)us

túyou (familiar)

te os

vosotrosyou (familiar)

el, ella, ustedhim, it (m.)

her, it (f.)

you (m/f

formal)

le les ellos, ellas,

ustedesthem (m.)

them (f.)

you (m/f. formal)

Remember that you use indirect object pronouns to replace or accompany indirect object nouns.

Le compró regalos a sus amigos.

D.O.

becomes

I.O.

Les compró regalos

I.O.P D.O.

direct indirectshorten

before a

conjugated verb attached to the

infinitive

indirect object

pronoun (IOP)

direct object

pronoun (DOP)

to whom for whom

me

os

le

nos

te

les

me

os

lo/la

nos

te

los/las

receivereplace

le les se

lo la los las

In an affirmative statement with one verb, the direct object pronoun comes

immediately before the conjugated verb.

Tengo la pluma. = I have the pen.

La tengo. = I have it.

The pronoun la comes immediately

before the verb (tengo).

Pronoun Placement:

Notice that if the subject of the sentence changes, this does not affect the

direct object pronoun.

Juan la tiene.

Juan tiene la pluma. Juan has the pen.

However, if the direct object of the sentence changes to a masculine noun, the masculine

pronoun must be used.

Juan tiene el libro. = Juan has the book.

Juan lo tiene. = Juan has it.

direct object noun

direct object pronoun

replaces the noun

Tricks of the TradeSee if you can find a patern:

¿Tienes la bufanda?Sí, la tengo.

¿Llevas los shorts?

Sí, los llevo.

¿Tienes las gafas de sol?

No, no las tengo.

Remember the definite articles?

la blusa el chico

las chicas los chicos

In every case except “el” the definite article

is the same as the direct object pronoun.

la blusa

¿Lo tienes?

el libro

las blusas

los zapatos

Sí,____compro.

¿Tienes la bufanda? Sí,____tengo.

¡Vamos a practicar!

No, no___abro.

¿Comes las papas fritas? No, no____como.

¿Llevas los shorts? Si,____llevo.

¿Compras la bolsa?

¿Abres el libro?

¿Compras los pantalones?

¿Compras el lphone?

Sí,__ compro..

Sí,_____compro.

María se los da.

Yo les doy los globos a ellos. Short way: Se los doy.

2.Yo les cuento chistes a mis amigos.

3. Miguel y yo te escribimos una carta.

4. Tú nos dices la verdad siempre, ¿verdad?

5. Ustedes nos traen las películas a nosotros.

Yo se los cuento.

Te la escribimos.

Nos la dices.

Nos las traen.

2. She brings the magazine to you.

3. We are going to tell her the secret.

Ella trae la revista a ti.

Vamos a decir el secreto a ella.

Se lo vamos a decir. Vamos a decírselo.

Te la trae.

4. They want to give the money to us.

5. You all read the stories to me.

Ellos quieren dar el dinero a nosotros.

Ellos nos lo quieren dar.

Ellos quieren dárnoslo.

Ustedes leen las historias a mi.

Me las leen.