Direct object pronouns  



Gramática
Direct object pronouns are sometimes used for clarity or emphasis.
They can be used for something or someone previously mentioned.

Examples:

¿Me vio? - Did you see me?
Te oí. - I heard you.
Lo conocí. - I knew him. or I knew you.
Lo conocí a él. - I knew him.
Lo conocí a usted. - I knew you.
Yo me miré en el espejo. - I looked at myself in the mirror.

Gramática

me - me (singular)

te - you (singular)

lo - him, you, it (singular)

la - her, you, it (singular)

nos - us (plural)

os - you, familiar (plural)

los - them, you (plural)

las - them, you (plural)

Sentences
Yo quise la pelota. - I wanted the ball.
La quise. - I wanted it

Leí el periódico. - You read the newspaper.
Lo leí. - You read it.

Ella compró pollo. - She bought chicken.
Ella lo compró. - She bought it.

Vi los perros. - I saw the dogs.
Los vi. - I saw them.

Busqué mi libro. - I looked for my book.
Lo busqué. - I looked for it.

El señor compró una mesa. - The gentleman bought a table.
El señor la compró. - The gentleman bought it.

La niña vendió limonada. - The girl sold lemonade.
La niña la vendió. - The girl sold it.

Elena dio una contribución. - Elena gave a contribution.
Elena la dio. - Elena gave it.

Juan comió un burrito. - Juan ate a burrito.
Juan lo comió. - Juan ate it.

Rosa cocinó puerco. - Rosa cooked pork.
Rosa lo cocinó. - Rosa cooked it.

Sentences
Yo les a mis primas. - I saw my cousins.
Las vi. - I saw them.

Mis primas no le conocieron a Juan. - My cousins didn't know Juan.
Mis primas no lo conocieron. - My cousins didn't know him.

Mis hermanos les conocieron a mis amigos. - My brothers knew my friends.
Mis hermanos los conocieron. - My brothers knew them.

Nosotros les vimos a los muchachos. - We saw the boys.
Nosotros los vimos. - We saw them.

Ellos quisieron dar un regalo. - They wanted to give a gift.
Ellos quisieron darlo. - They wanted to give it.

Carlos le mató a Juan. - Carlos killed Juan.
Carlos lo mató. - Carlos killed him.

Isabel saltó la cuerda. - Isabel jumped the rope.
Isabel la saltó. - Isabel jumped it.

Tú le visitaste a Elena. - You visited Elena.
Tú la visitaste. - You visited her.

Tus padres le visitaron a Juan. - Your parents visited Juan.
Tus padres lo visitaron. - Your parents visited him.

Yo les oí a mis hermanas en la casa. - I heard my sisters in the house.
Yo las oí en la casa. - I heard them in the house.

Notes for the Tutor

  • Normally the direct object refers to things, but it can also refer to people.
  • The student should repeat these simple sentences to practice vocabulary and improve pronunciation.
  • The student should practice making his or her own sentences with the help of the tutor following the pattern presented here. The student should make one sentence without the direct object pronoun convert the second sentence to have the direct object.
  • Suggested Homework:The student should make 10 sentences using direct object pronouns and verbs in the preterite.

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