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¿ Tú tocas el piano?. Sí , yo lo toco todos los días . Direct Object Pronouns. ¿ Ustedes lavan los platos ?. Sí , nosotros los lavamos . A direct object pronoun- an object that receives an action. Lupita reads the book. “Book” receives the action of the verb “reads”.
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¿Tútocas el piano? Sí, yo lo tocotodos los días. Direct Object Pronouns ¿Ustedeslavan los platos? Sí, nosotros los lavamos.
A direct object pronoun- an object that receives an action Lupita reads the book. “Book” receives the action of the verb “reads” It answers “what?” or “whom?”
As in English, direct objects may be replaced by direct object pronouns. In order to keep it simple, we are only going to refer to things, not people. Direct object pronouns for things are: SINGULAR lo = it la = it PLURAL los = them las = them
PLACEMENT: DOP’s in Spanish must go BEFORE the conjugated verb, NOT AFTER (like in English). You play the guitar. (Dir. Obj.) Tútocasla guitarra. (Dir. Obj.) You play it. (DOP) Túla tocas. (DOP)
More examples: Yocomprounos vaqueros. I buy some jeans. I buy them. Yoloscompro. Nosotrosleemosun libro. We read a book. Nosotrosloleemos. We read it. Ellos van a comer una pizza. They are going to eat a pizza. Ellosla van a comer. They are going to eat it.
Replace the Direct Object with Direct Object Pronouns. 1. Ustedescomenunahamburguesa. Ustedes ______ comen. la 2. Mis padres preparanlos perroscalientes. Mis padres _________ preparan. los 3. Ana llevóun vestidoformal a la fiesta. Ana ______ llevo a la fiesta. lo 4. ¿Ana y Maria van a comprarunaspulseras? las Sí, ellas _______ van a comprar.
Rewrite the following sentences using D. O. P.’s. 1. Juan necesita un diccionario. Juan lo necesita. 2. Las chicas compraron las faldas bonitas . Las chicaslascompraron. 3. Pablo y yo limpiamos la cocina. Pablo y yo la limpiamos. 4. Yo voy a buscar unos tenis. Yo los voy a buscar.
