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DIRECT OBJECT PRONOUNS 21 marzo 2012 TURN TO PAGE 134 in your Textbook What is a Direct Object Pronoun? A pronoun is a word that takes the place of a noun. Pronouns can be in one of three cases: Subject, Object, or Possessive Direct Object Pronoun is the direct recipient of the action of a verb DIRECT OBJECTS I invite the boys. Whom do I invite? The boys. He reads the book. What does he read? The book. Invito I ragazzi. Whom do I invite? I ragazzi Lui legge il libro. What does he read? il libro The nouns boys and books are direct objects. They answer the question what? or whom? DIRECT PRONOUNS (him, her, them) Answers the question WHO? Chiamo il signore Lo chiamo Chiamo i ragazzi Li chiamo Chiamo la ragazza La chiamo Chiamo le ragazze Le chiamo Direct Object (it) Answers the question WHAT? Leggo il libro Lo leggo. Leggo i libri Li leggo Compro la macchina Compro le macchine La compro Le compro CHART Lo (him, it) Li (them, it - pl.) La (her, it) Le (them, it - pl.) …SOME THINGS TO KEEP IN MIND 1) DIRECT OBJECTS GO RIGHT BEFORE THE VERB EVEN IN THE NEGATIVE FORM Vedo la ragazza. Non la Vedo. 2) The Pronouns Lo and La drop the final before a word beginning with a vowel sound. Ascolti la radio?, No, non l’ascolto Inviti Maria?, Sì, l’invito But NOT in the plural: Inviti Anna e Maria? Sì, Le invito NOW YOUR TURN Replace with the Direct object 1. Guardo la TV 2. Faccio le spese 3. Invito Lucia 4. Prendo il caffè 5. Chiamo i ragazzi COMPITO FATE p. 135 A in the textbook. Write out the question and answer. DIRECT OBJECTS AND THE PAST TENSE (Please turn to p. 149 in your Textbook #4) In the passato prossimo verbs conjugated with avere must agree in gender and number. This happens only when you use direct objects in the sentence. Ho comprato la macchina. L’ho comprata Ho visto i ragazzi. Li ho visti Let’s practice Ho chiamato la ragazza L’ho chiamata Ho visto i ragazzi Ho comprato le macchine Ho messo la cravatta Abbiamo guardato la TV Tu hai comprato la casa bianca? Abbiamo fatto molti compiti. DIRECT OBJECTS (cont) PLEASE TURN TO PAGINA 233 mi (m’) me ci us ti (t’) you – familiar vi – you all - familiar lo (l’) – him, it li – them (m.) la (l’) – her, it le – them (f.) La (L’)- you – formal Li, Le – you (formal m & f) Loro Vedono me? = Mi vedono? Do they see me? Loro Vedono noi?= Ci vedono ? Do they see us ? io Invito te = T’invito. I invite you. io Invito voi = vi invito. I invite you all. Facciamo Worksheet