A direct object is the object that receives the action of the verb. For example: Sherry reads the...

A direct object is the object that receives the action of the verb. For example: Sherry reads the book.

Verb - reads Direct object - book.

Now, lets use a pronoun to replace “book.”

Sherry reads it.

me nos te lo, la los, las

Sherry reads it. Sherry lo lee. (el libro) The direct object pronoun goes in front of

the conjugated verb!

Tell me which pronoun you would use for the following objects:

1.Las gafas de sol2.Un gorro3.El abrigo4.Los shorts5.El paraguas

Where does the DOP go?• Before the conjugated verb

la compro para mi hermana.• Attached to a command (we will learn this

next year) Dame

• Attached to an infinitive if there are two verbs in the sentence. Quiero tocarla hoy.

• Attached to a present progressive. Estoy tocándola.

Tengo una pluma. • D.O. - una pluma

La tengo.

Juan tiene el cuaderno.• D.O. - el cuaderno

Juan lo tiene.

Ellas comen las papas fritas.• D.O. - las papas fritas.

Ellas las comen

Yo veo la película• D.O. – Oración nueva (new sentence):

• Yo compro una bufanda D.O. – Oración nueva (new sentence):

Usamos las gafas de sol.

Sabes la temperatura.

Lleva el traje de baño.