Direct Object Pronouns Los complementos directos My favorite

Direct Object Pronouns Los complementos directos

My favorite food to eat when I go to a restaurant is sushi. I eat sushi a lot. I eat sushi at least once a week. I like sushi because it has so many different flavors. My favorite types of sushi are crunchy shrimp rolls and salmon skin rolls. I love sushi!!

Direct object pronouns • ELIMINATE REDUNDANCY!!!!!

• The object that directly receives the action of the verb is the direct object. • • Bill hit the ball. Ball receives the action of the verb hit. Sherry hit Bill receives the action of the verb hit.

DO answers the question “what? ” or “whom? ” • Margarita hit the ball • Margarita hit what? • The ball • Eva hit Che. • Eva hit whom? • Che

Los complementos directos Singular Plural Me (me) Nos (us) Te (you- familiar) Os (you all) Lo, la (him, her, it, you-formal Los, las (them, you-all formal)

Where do they go? • Affirmative statement with one conjugated verb= immediately before the conjugated verb. • Tengo la pluma. La tengo. • Juan tiene la pluma La tiene. • Tengo el libro. Lo tengo. • Juan tiene el libro. Lo tiene.

OR after and attached to an infinitive • • (remember to have an infinitive in a sentence it must be preceeded by a conjugated verb) Quiero tener la pluma Quiero tenerla Juan quiere tener la pluma Juan quiere tenerla Quiero tener el libro Quiero tenerlo Juan quiere tener el libro Juan quiere tenerlo

So… 1 verb 1 choice • Before the conjugated verb Marta come la manzana Marta la come and 2 verbs 2 choices Marta prefiere comer la manzana Marta la prefiere comer. Marta prefiere comerla.

• Juan tiene los libros. Juan los tiene. • Luisa tiene la tarea. Luisa la tiene. • Sara tiene los AHORA’s • Sara los tiene.

Do not attempt direct translations with direct pronouns. • View certain words as phrases.

Let’s practice… • • • Translate: 1. I read it. 2. I see it. 3. I have it. 4. I buy it. 5. I see them. 6. I have them. 7. I bought them.

One more thing… • Siempre, a veces, nunca • Cuando compras manzanas? • Siempre las compro. • Nunca las compro. • A veces las compro. Terms of Frequency go directly before the objectverb phrase NEVER separating the Direct Object from its verb