Direct Objects and
Direct Object Pronouns
What is a direct object?
 It
directly receives the action of the verb
 Answers the question


Who?
What?
Or
What is a pronoun?
 Replaces

(takes the place of ) a noun?
What’s a noun?
What are the direct object
pronouns in Spanish?
 Me
= me
 Te = you
 Lo = it; him
 La = it; her
 Nos = us
 Los = them
 Las = them
Where can direct objects go in
Spanish sentences?
 They
verb.
may be placed before the conjugated
El traje de baño
 What
direct object pronoun would replace
the noun above?
La plancha de vela
 What
direct object pronoun would replace
the noun above?
 La
 Why?
 La plancha de vela is feminine and
singular
Los esquís
 What
direct object pronoun would replace
the noun above?
 Los
 Why?
 Los esquís is masculine and plural
Las botas
 What
direct object pronoun would replace
the noun above?
 Las
 Why?
 Because las botas is feminine and plural
El tenista
 What
direct object pronoun would replace
the noun above?
 Lo
 Why lo?
 Because el tenista is masculine (even
though the noun ends in an “a”. It’s an
exception.
Las gafas de sol
 What
direct object pronoun would replace
the noun above?
 Las
 Why las?
 Because las gafas de sol is feminine and
plural
Yo bateo un jonron.
 What
is the direct object?
 un jonron
 Why: What do I bat? A homerun
 How do I replace the direct object with the
direct object pronoun?
 Yo lo bateo.
 Why lo?
 Because un jonron is masculine and
feminine.