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Direct Object Pronouns Sí, la gramática otra vez… ☺ What is a DOP? A direct object pronoun answers the question “what?” or “whom?” with regard to what the subject of the sentence is doing. BILL HIT THE BALL. Bill hit what? DOP = the ball SHERRY HIT BILL. Sherry hit whom? DOP = Bill Replacing the DO with a Pronoun Using the previous examples without a pronoun a paragraph might read like… Bill hit the ball. Tom then chased the ball. Billy arrived at the ball first, picked up the ball, fumbled the ball and finally threw the ball to the first base man (or woman ). Using a pronoun… Bill hit the ball. Tom chased it. Billy arrived at it first, picked it up, fumbled it and finally threw it to the first base man. Replacing the DOP with a Pronoun The Direct Object Pronouns are Me (me) Te (you, familiar) Lo / La (him, her, you-formal) Nos (us) Los / Las (them, you all-formal) So, what do I do with a DOP? In an affirmative statement with one verb, the DOP comes immediately before the conjugated verb. Tengo el lápiz. ► Juan tiene el lápiz. ► Tess tiene el lápiz. ► Tengo la pluma. ► Juan tiene la pluma. ► Tess tiene la pluma. ► LO tengo. Juan LO tiene. Tess LO tiene LA tengo. Juan LA tiene. Tess LA tiene. So, what do I do with a DOP? In an affirmative statement with one verb, the DOP comes immediately before the conjugated verb. Tengo los lápices. Juan tiene los lápices. Tess tiene los lápices. Tengo las plumas. Juan tiene las plumas. Tess tiene las plumas. ► ► ► ► ► ► LOS tengo. Juan LOS tiene. Tess LOS tiene LAS tengo. Juan LAS tiene. Tess LAS tiene. Problems with Literal Translation Problem I eat the soup. ► I eat it. ►Yo como la. WRONG Redundant (Yo como) Incorrect (como la) Solution Think of the two words as a single phrase La como Lo como La tengo Lo tengo Who are we talking about? La come… Lo tiene… La compra… When using third person forms of the verb, it is important to clarify who you are talking about. Juan la come. Sara lo tiene. Usted la compra. Plural DOPs Juan come un sándwich. Juan come dos sándwiches. Juan los come. María tiene un libro. Juan lo come María lo tiene. María tiene tres libros. María los tiene What if the direct object is a person? You use the same pronouns! I know you. She loves him. He loves me. Juan sees her. We call them. They call us. ► ► ► ► ► ► Te conozco. Ella lo ama. Él me ama. Juan la mira. Nosotros los llamamos. Ellos nos llaman. Negative Sentences The only difference is that the DOP is placed between the negative word and the conjugated verb. Affirmative sentence Compro los libros. ► Los compro. ► No los compro. Negative sentence No compro los libros. What if there are two verbs in the sentence? You have two options Place the DOP immediately before the conjugated verb Attach it directly to the infinitive Lo quiero ver. Quiero verlo. The same rules apply to questions ¿No lo necesito lavar? ¿No necesito lavarlo?