Download El Verbo Es:__________________________

Hablando del pasado… Un repaso.
Pick four verbs. Show the preterite conjugations for them. (You may want to reference pg. 110)
El Verbo Es:__________________________
Yo
Nosotros
Tú
Vosotros
Él, Ella,
Ud.
Ellos, Ellas,
Uds.
El Verbo Es:__________________________
Yo
Nosotros
Tú
Vosotros
Él, Ella,
Ud.
Ellos, Ellas,
Uds.
El Verbo Es:__________________________
Yo
Nosotros
Tú
Vosotros
Él, Ella,
Ud.
Ellos, Ellas,
Uds.
El Verbo Es:__________________________
Yo
Nosotros
Tú
Vosotros
Él, Ella,
Ud.
Ellos, Ellas,
Uds.
Indirect & Direct Objects
DIRECT OBJECT
The direct object of a verb receives the action of the verb directly. What that means is that the direct object receives the
action that the subject and verb performs. In the sentence “Matt pushes Jon”, Matt is the subject and push is the verb. The
noun that is directly receiving the action is Jon.
INDIRECT OBJECT
As the name insinuates, an indirect object receives the action indirectly. What that means is that the to or for whom the
action is completed is the indirect object. In “Matt gives the book to Jon”, the book is the direct object: it is directly
receiving the action of the verb. Jon, though, is the indirect object because he indirectly receives the action of the verb (the
book is given, but given to Jon).
EXAMPLE
Matt reads the book to Jon.
The verb (action) is read. Who reads? Matt. So Matt is the subject, and reads is the conjugated verb. What does he read, or
what “directly receives” the action of his reading? The book. The book, then, is the direct object (D.O.). Matt is not merely
reading the book, but somebody is “indirectly receiving” that reading: Jon. Matt reads the book to Jon, so Jon is an indirect
object (I.O.).
Matt (subject) reads (verb) the book (D.O) to Jon (I.O.).
PRONOUNS
Pronouns are “substitutes” for nouns. Instead of saying “the book”, we may say “it” and instead of “Jon”, we will often say
“him”. “It” and “him” are pronouns. Let’s reconsider the above sentence:
Matt reads the book to Jon.
The “book” is a D.O. noun. “Jon” is an I.O. noun.
Matt reads it to him.
“it” is a D.O. pronoun, and “him” is an I.O. pronoun.
Now apply that to Spanish:
Direct Object Pronouns
Spanish
English
Spanish
English
me
te
lo, la
me
te
le
to me
to you (fam.)
to you (formal), to him, to her
to us
to you (pl.), to them
nos
los, las
me
you (fam.)
you (formal), he, she, it
us (m. or f.)
you (pl.), them
Indirect Object Pronouns
nos
les
Do exercises on page 138 (text) actividad 12
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