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Direct Object Pronouns
Indirect Object Pronouns
Pick a Pronoun!
Traducciones
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Hablar - yo, tú, usted
hablé hablaste habló
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How do you find a direct object in a sentence? (What question do you ask?)
Ask What? or Who? Example: Juan threw the ball to Jorge. "What did Juan throw?"
100
How do you find an indirect object in a sentence?
Ask "To/for whom" Example: Juan threw the ball to Jorge. "To whom did Juan throw the ball?"
100
She bought it. What pronoun do you use for "it" in the above sentence?
LO or LA - depends on whether the "it" is masculine or feminine
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I bought it. (it refers to "el libro")
Yo lo compré.
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Comer - yo tú ella
comí comiste comió
200
Give the direct object pronouns for: me you us
me te nos
200
Where are indirect object pronouns placed in a sentence?
Before the conjugated verb
200
She gave the book to me. What pronoun do you use for "me" in the above sentence?
me
200
She wrote to me.
Ella me escribió.
300
Bailar - nosotros, ellos, ustedes
bailamos, bailaron, bailaron
300
Where are direct object pronouns placed in a sentence?
Before the conjugated verb
300
Give the indirect object pronouns for: to/for me to/for you to/for us
me te nos
300
She read them. What pronoun do you use for "them" in the above sentence?
LOS or LAS, depending on whether the "them" is masculine or feminine
300
You sent the book to her. (to send = mandar).
Tú le mandaste el libro (a ella). "A ella" is not necessary but it helps to clarify whether the "le" means to him/to her/to you(f).
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subir - Marta y yo, los chicos, la clase
subimos, subieron, subió
400
Give the direct object pronouns for "IT". How do you know when to use each one?
lo and la You look at the direct object the pronoun is replacing. If the direct object is masculine, you use lo. If it is feminine, you use la.
400
¿Qué significa le?
to/for him to/for her to/for you (formal)
400
I called her. What pronoun do you use for "her" in the above sentence?
LA - in this case "her" is the direct object (it's not to/for her) (Who did I call?)
400
I bought the shirts for them.
Yo les compré las camisas.
500
Todos sujetos - ir & ser (don't have to give vosotros)
fui fuiste fue fuimos fueron
500
Give the direct object pronouns for "THEM". How do you know when to use each one?
los and las You look at the direct object the pronoun is replacing. If the direct object is masculine, you use los. If it is feminine, you use las.
500
¿Qué significa les?
to/for them to/for you all
500
We read to him. What pronoun do you use for "him" in the above sentence?
LE - in this case "him" is the indirect object because it is "to him" (To whom did we read?)
500
You called her.
Tú la llamaste. (direct object pronoun here)
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