Grammar
What are direct object pronouns used for?
To replace the noun that was acted upon.
Rewrite using direct object pronoun: Ella necesita comprar las flores.
Ella las necesita comprar.
Translate in Spanish with direct object pronoun: He buys a shirt👚.
El compra una camiseta.
El la compra.
What can you replace nouns with?
Direct Object Pronouns
Rewrite using direct obejct: Luis quiere unas camisetas nuevas.
Luis las quiere.
Rewrite in Spanish with direct object pronoun: She eats a 🥪.
Ella come un sandwich.
Ella lo come.
What are the four direct object pronouns?
Lo, La, Los, Las
Rewrite using direct object pronoun: Ella ayuda su hermana.
Ella la ayuda.
Rewrite in Spanish with direct object pronoun: You love your grandma.
Tú amas a tu abuela.
Tú la amas.
Where do you place the direct object?
Before the conjugated verb (or attached to the end of the infinitive in some cases)
Rewrite using direct object pronoun: Jessica quiere hacer el examen.
Jessica lo quiere hacer.
Jessica quiere hacerlo.
Rewrite in Spanish with direct object pronoun: We bring the bags.
Traer: Bring
The bags: Las bolsas
Nosotros traemos las bolsas.
Nosotros las traemos.
What do direct object pronouns mean in English?
It or them
Rewrite with direct object pronoun: Yo tengo que comprar una blusa.
Yo tengo que comprarla.
Yo la tengo que comprar.
Rewrite in Spanish with direct object pronoun: She buys the shoes.
Ella compra los zapatos.
Ella los compra.