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Direct object pronouns Chapter 3

Direct object pronouns Chapter 3. What are direct objects in English?. They receive the action of the verb. Answer the questions: whom? or what? about the verb Examples: I have the backpack. The backpack is receiving the action of the verb The Direct Object(DO) is the backpack.

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Direct object pronouns Chapter 3

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  1. Direct object pronouns Chapter 3

  2. What are direct objects in English? • They receive the action of the verb. • Answer the questions: whom? or what? about the verb • Examples: • I have the backpack. • The backpack is receiving the action of the verb • The Direct Object(DO) is the backpack.

  3. So what would it be in Spanish? • Yo tengo la mochila. • I have the backpack. Yo tengo la mochila. la mochila is our DO How does this sound… I have the backpack. The backpack was given to me by my sister. She liked the backpack. The backpack holds all my things. The backpack is blue and pink. I take my backpack everywhere! What could we change? ~ Let’s put IT in there!

  4. The Pros at DOs • Here’s how we say replace those direct objects nouns with their pronouns:

  5. Placing the Pros • The DO pronouns are placed directly BEFORE the conjugated verbs! • Yo tengo la mochila La tengo. • Luis ve al profesor. Luis lo ve. • Note the personal a is dropped Replaced by Replaced by

  6. Another Placing • When an infinitive follows the conjugated verb, the direct object pronoun can be placed before the conjugated verb or ATTACHED to the infinitive. BEFORE • No voy a lavar la ropa. No la voy a lavar. No voy a lavarla. ATTACHED

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