Grammar
What do direct object pronouns answer?
Who? or What? received the ACTION.
The noun that was acted upon.
Candy
Dulces
Rewrite using direct object pronoun: Ella necesita comprar las flores.
Ella las necesita comprar.
Rewrite in Spanish with direct object pronoun: He reads his book in class
El lo lee en clase.
What can you replace nouns with?
Direct Object Pronouns
Long time no see
Tanto tiempo sin verte
Rewrite using direct obejct: Luis quiere unas camisetas nuevas.
Luis las quiere.
Rewrite in Spanish with direct object pronoun: She bought the yellow skirt and went to the party.
Ella la compró y fue a la fiesta.
What are the singular direct object pronouns that start with "l"?
Lo La
Cookies
Galletas
Rewrite using direct object pronoun: Ella comió la pizza.
Ella la comió.
Rewrite in Spanish with direct object pronoun: You ( informal) ate pizza for your birthday.
Tú la comiste para tu cumpleaños.
Where do you place the direct object?
Before the conjugated verb (or attached to the end of the infinitive in some cases)
The preparations
Los preparativos
Rewrite using direct object pronoun: Jessica lleva las ropas.
Jessica las lleva.
Rewrite in Spanish with direct object pronoun: They rode their bikes in the park.
Ellos las montaron/manejaron en el parque.
The graduation
La graduación
Rewrite with direct object pronoun: Voy a estudiar los apuntes toda la noche.
Los voy a estudiar toda la noche.
Rewrite in Spanish with direct object pronoun: We bought the car for my mom on Wednesday.
Nosotros lo compramos para mi madre el miércoles.