The Direct Object Pronouns Me, Te, Nos, and Os
You have already been introduced to the direct object pronouns of lo and la, as well as their plural forms of los and las. These pronouns are the third person singular and plural pronouns used to be substitutes for a person or object when being referred to in the third person.
Now, we're going to cover the rest of the direct object pronouns. Remember, a direct object pronoun is a pronoun that replaces a direct object noun. In the last part when we talked about third person pronouns, we found out that people are also represented by direct object pronouns when they are direct objects in a sentence. Look at the sentence:
David drove me to the party.
In this sentence there is a direct object pronoun. Can you guess what it is?
David drove me to the party.
In this case, "me" is a direct object pronoun. How? Because in this instance, "me" is being directly manipulated by an entity in the sentence. Notice that you can replace "me" with other direct object pronouns, such as "it" or "them", and it still is grammatically correct.
The rest of our direct object pronouns, and examples of their use are:
Mi esposa me llevó al aeropuerto.
My wife brought me to the airport.
Te veré en dos semanas.
I'll see you in two weeks.
¿Nos recojes cuando aterriza el avión?
Do you pick us up when the plane lands?
Os oigo hablando todavía, estudiantes. Por favor haced vuestra tarea.
I hear you talking still, class. Please do your homework.
Although not generally employed in Latin American, any vosotros manifestation is quite commonly used in Spain, Cuba, and certain South American countries. If you don't want to use the vosotros form, and want to replace it with something else, use the third person plural Uds. pronoun which is los.
Sigue estudiando,
Professor Joel
Now, we're going to cover the rest of the direct object pronouns. Remember, a direct object pronoun is a pronoun that replaces a direct object noun. In the last part when we talked about third person pronouns, we found out that people are also represented by direct object pronouns when they are direct objects in a sentence. Look at the sentence:
In this sentence there is a direct object pronoun. Can you guess what it is?
In this case, "me" is a direct object pronoun. How? Because in this instance, "me" is being directly manipulated by an entity in the sentence. Notice that you can replace "me" with other direct object pronouns, such as "it" or "them", and it still is grammatically correct.
The rest of our direct object pronouns, and examples of their use are:
Although not generally employed in Latin American, any vosotros manifestation is quite commonly used in Spain, Cuba, and certain South American countries. If you don't want to use the vosotros form, and want to replace it with something else, use the third person plural Uds. pronoun which is los.
Sigue estudiando,
Professor Joel
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