Apuntes
Descubre 1--Estructura 5.4: direct object pronouns and nouns
What is a direct object?
 A direct object noun receives the action of the verb directly and generally follows the verb.
EJEMPLO:
Papá toma fotos.
What is the subject in this sentence?______________________________
What is the verb? _______________________________
What is “receiving the action” of the verb (What is being___________(in this case:
“taken”)?)_________________
 In the example above, the direct object noun answers the question What is Dad taking?
 Therefore, _f_ ___ ___ ___ _s_ in the sentence above is the DIRECT OBJECT noun.
What is a direct object pronoun?
 Direct object pronouns are words that replace direct object nouns. Like English, Spanish
sometimes uses a direct object pronoun to avoid repeating a noun already mentioned.
What replaces “las maletas” above?___________________________
What replaces “el sombrero” above? __________________________
What replaces “la llave” above? ______________________________
The words that replace the nouns are pronouns, direct object pronouns. Below are all of the direct
object pronouns from Spanish.
Where do we place the direct object pronoun in a Spanish sentence?
 In affirmative sentences, direct object pronouns generally appear before the conjugated
verb. In negative sentences, the pronoun is placed between the word no and the verb.
OR
 When the verb is an infinitive construction, such as ir a + [infinitive], the direct object
pronoun can be placed before the conjugated form OR attached to the infinitive.
*Note: Direct object pronouns can also be attached to the present participle (-ando, -iendo forms),
but an accent must be added to adjust the stress.
La “a” personal:
 When a direct object noun in Spanish is a person or a pet, it is preceded by the word a. This
is called the personal a; there is no English equivalent for this construction.
 The personal a is required when the direct object is a person. The personal a is not required
when the direct object is a place, not a person.
Practice online: http://www.spanishdict.com/topics/practice/15
OR
https://www.conjuguemos.com/activity.php?id=44&source=public&language=spanish&type=fillin
OR
http://www.quia.com/rr/62652.html
OR
http://www.123teachme.com/spanish_sentence_quiz/category/direct_object_pronouns_1