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#direct #object #pronoun
DIRECT OBJECT PRONOUNS: part 2
✏️Remember, a direct object receives the action of the verb.👇
🇺🇸 Bill hit the ball.
"Ball" receives the action of the verb "hit."
🇺🇸 Sherry reads the book.
"Book" receives the action of the verb "reads."
✏️And, the direct object can also be a person.👇
🇺🇸 Sherry hit Bill.
(DO=Bill)
✏️Also, the direct object answers the question "what?" or "whom?" with regard to what the subject of the sentence is doing.👇
Bill hit the ball.
Bill hit what? The ball.
Sherry hit Bill.
Sherry hit whom? Bill.
✏️Often, it is desirable to replace the name of the direct object with a pronoun.👇
Example 1
🇺🇸 Paul bought the flowers. He took the flowers home and gave the flowers to his wife.
Example 2
🇺🇸 Paul bought the flowers. He took them home and gave them to his wife.
✏️When the pronoun replaces the name of the direct object, use the following pronouns:👇
me (me)
te (you-familiar)
lo, la (him, her, it, you-formal)
nos (us)
os (you-all-familiar)
los, las (them, you-all-formal)
✏️In a negative sentence with one verb, the direct object pronoun is placed between the negative word and the conjugated verb.👇
Affirmative Sentence
🇺🇸 I buy the books.
🇬🇧 Compro los libros.
Los compro. (I buy them.)
Negative Sentence
🇺🇸 I don't buy the books.
🇪🇸 No compro los libros.
No los compro. (I don't buy them.)
✏️Compare the following affirmative statements with their negative counterparts.👇
Los compras.
No los compras.
Guadalupe siempre lo estudia.
Guadalupe nunca lo estudia.
Ellos nos conocen.
Ellos no nos conocen.
✏️Remember, don't try to translate word-for-word. Instead, think in terms of phrases, or concepts. For example, the sentence "No los compras" contains two concepts:👇
1_los compras (you buy them)
2_no(makes the whole sentence negative)
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