5.4 Direct Object Nouns And Pronouns

Question: A direct object noun receives the action of the verb directly and generally follows the verb

Ex. The direct object noun answers the question What is Juan reading?

Answer: Juan está leyendo un libro

Question: When a direct object noun is a person or a pet, it is preceded by the word a. This is called the “personal a” and has no English equivalent

Answer: Marta busca a su perro Lucas

Escucho al profesor

Question: Direct object pronouns replace direct object nouns. Like English, Spanish sometimes uses a direct object pronoun to avoid repetition

Answer: Felipe compra el pasaje.

Felipe lo compra.

Question: Direct object pronouns:

Answer: Me Nos

Te Os

Lo/la. Los/las

Question: Me

Answer: Me

Question: Te

Answer: You (familiar)

Question: Lo/la

Answer: Her/him,it,you(form)

Question: Nos

Answer: Us

Question: Os

Answer: Y’all (spain)(fam)

Question: Los/las

Answer: Them, y’all (formal)

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