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Direct object pronouns
In English, the Direct Object is an object which receives the "direct" action of a verb. If
I buy a book, thebook is the direct object because it is what I buy - it is being bought.
Why do we use a Direct Object Pronoun?
This relieves us from endlessly repeating the Direct Object itself:
I look for the book.
vs.
I look for it.
Now let's look at the same sentence in Spanish:
Yo busco el libro.
Again, let's examine the components of the sentence.
Yo
= the subject
busco
= transitive verb
el libro
= the direct object
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Now we replace the Direct Object [el libro] with a Direct Object Pronoun [lo].
We use lo because libro is masculine and singular. Lo = it (el libro) [See the chart below for all of
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* Yo [lo] busco.
the direct object pronouns.]
Direct Object Pronoun Placement (applies to all pronouns)
1. In Spanish you must place the direct object pronoun directly in front of the active
(conjugated) verb when you only have one verb: Yo lo busco.(I look for it)
2. When we have compound verbs (two verbs) we can always put it directly in front of the
conjugated verb:(Yo) lo voy a buscar; (I’m goingto look for it)
o But since we have two verbs, we have two options. We can attach the pronoun to the
end of an infinitive or a present participle:
 Yo voy a buscarlo. (infinitive)(I’m going to look for it)
 Yo estoy robándolo. (present participle) (I am looking for it)
We put an accent on robándolo and róbalo to preserve the pronunciation.
The Direct Object pronouns:
el
["it" masculine]
lo
los
los[them, "those things" masculine]
la
["it" feminine]
la
las
las[them, "those things" feminine]