Direct Object

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Direct Object Pronouns
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Direct objects How would you end the following
sentences?
I saw _______. I ate
________. I drank ______.
I met ________.
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Examples
I saw the cat. I ate pizza. I drank coffee. I met
my friends.
The word you put in the blanks can be replaced by
direct objects
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Direct Objects en Spanish
me me us nos you te him/usted
lo her/usted la it lo/la them los, las
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Direct Object PronounsWhere do you place them?

• In front of conjugated verbs
• Attached to infinitives

• Ana compra el libro.
• Ana lo compra.
• Ana quiere comprar el libro.
• Ana quiere comprarlo.

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Direct Object PronounsWhere do you place them?

• In front of the verb estar in progressive tense
  (ing) sentences
• Attached to the ing verb

• Ana está comprando el libro.
• Ana lo está comprando.
• Ana está comprandolo.

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Direct Object PronounsEjemplos

• Ana compra el libro.
• Ana compra la falda.
• Ana compra los libros.
• Ana compra las faldas.

• Ana lo compra.
• Ana la compra.
• Ana los compra.
• Ana las compra.