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--Direct Object Pronouns--
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-me, te, (lo, la)
-nos, os, (los, las) |
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Direct Object Pronouns are
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-the first recipient of the action of the verb.
-Direct Object Pronouns are placed before a conjugated verb and after the word "no" when it appears. |
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Third Person Direct Object Pronouns are used
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-only when the direct object noun has already been mentioned.
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Examples of Direct Object Pronouns
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¿El libro? Diego no lo necesita.
(This book? Diego doesn't need it.) Donde están el libro y el periódico? Los necesito ahora. (Where are the book and the newspaper? I need them now.) Ellos me ayudan. (They're helping me.) |
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Direct Object Pronouns may be attached to an
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-infinitive or a present participle
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Examples of DOPs attached to an infinitive or present participle
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Las tengo que leer.
Tengo que leerlas. (I have to read them.) Lo estoy comiendo. Estoy comiéndolo. (I am eating it.) |
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Other examples
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Generalmente me despierto a las ocho. La radio me despierta.
(Generally, I wake up at 8. The radio wakes me.) En un restaurante, el camarero nos sienta. (In a restaurant, the waiter seats us.) |
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The direct object pronoun "Lo" can refer to
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-actions, situations, or ideas in general.
-When used in this way, "lo" expresses the English "it" or "that" |
