# 17. Direct Object Pronouns

- **Time range:** 01:03:26 – 01:09:18  (duration 00:05:52)
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> Direct Object Pronouns:

**[01:03:27]** in Spanish are pronouns that take the form of a direct object within a sentence in order to avoid repeating a noun in the sentence as an example take a look at this sentence in English I buy

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> Direct Object Pronouns: | buy acar

**[01:03:35]** a car I is the subject buy is the verb

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> Direct Object Pronouns: a verb ye ee | Yecy ~ > | buy acar

**[01:03:38]** and car is the object that's directly stated in the sentence however most of the time we change the object from a noun to a pronoun whenever we speak instead of saying I buy a car we can say

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> Direct Object Pronouns: -— I sins a car “ I buy it “nanan

**[01:03:47]** I buy it and now it becomes a direct object pronoun rather than a direct object noun and you have to remember that a direct object pronoun is one of a

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> Direct Object Pronouns: & ere icon —_ I oy a car “ I buy it “anal When a sentence has only one direct object

**[01:03:54]** sentence has only one direct object typically coming right after a conjugative verb in English the phrase I

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> Direct Object Pronouns: verb bec * a, > | buy acar ee Ge, -“ I buy it — * [ ~

**[01:03:59]** buy a car has a subject a verb and only one direct object that's a noun the phrase I by it likewise has a subject a verb and one object that's a pronoun and this is where you get the name direct object pronoun and that's basically how direct object pronouns work in English but the most important rule to remember is that a sentence has to have only one

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> Direct Object Pronouns: verb bec a | é eg | buy acar we Seo, > Sy | b . ee C uy it eu an A sentence has to have only one direct object following a verb in English, regardless if it’s singular or plural

**[01:04:16]** direct object typically following a verb in English regardless if it's singular or plural and these direct object pronouns look like this in English me

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> Direct Object Pronouns In English: me | us you | all of you him/her/it | them

**[01:04:23]** you him her it us all of you and them in Spanish direct object pronouns work the same exact way with a bit more variety and they all share one rule that has to be applied most of the time and that is direct object pronouns in Spanish have

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> Placed Before a conjugated verb Direct Object Pronouns In Spanish:

**[01:04:35]** to come before a verb rather than after a verb in Spanish direct object pronouns

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> Placed Before a conjugated verb Direct Object Pronouns In Spanish: me | nos te os lo/la | los/las

**[01:04:39]** look like this or La no and or the first thing you should know about these pronouns is that the lo la Los and L pronouns are the

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> Placed Before a conjugated verb Direct Object Pronouns In Spanish: me | nos te | os lo/la | los/las

**[01:04:51]** only pronouns that have gender and plurality while the other pronoun nouns May refer to me you us and all of you lo la Los and L can also mean it or them as an object or a person Lo can mean him or

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> Direct Object Pronouns: ¢ lo - him/it (m) e la - her/it (f) ¢ los - them (m) (object or person) ¢ las - them (f) (object or person)

**[01:05:03]** it masculine La can mean her or it feminine Los can mean them masculine as in an object or a person and last can mean them feminine object or person once again you have to remember that these pronouns come before a conjugative verb

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> Direct Object Pronouns In Phrases: Yo compro un coche - | buy a car

**[01:05:16]** consider this phrase in Spanish y i buy a car in English if you want to replace the object noun with an object pronoun you would say I buy it putting the it

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> Direct Object Pronouns In Phrases: Yo compro un coche - | buy it

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> Direct Object Pronouns In Phrases: Yo compro un coche - I buy it ,

**[01:05:26]** after by in Spanish however you cannot

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> Direct Object Pronouns In Phrases: Yo compro un coche - | buy it

**[01:05:27]** do that so instead you put the object pronoun before the conjugative verb in this case considering that cooch is a masculine word we need to use lo as the pronoun you would want to say y but

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> Direct Object Pronouns In Phrases: Yo compro lo - | buy it

**[01:05:38]** Spanish says that you have to put this pronoun before the verb so instead you will say yo I buy it I don't know why

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> Direct Object Pronouns In Phrases: Yo lo compro - | buy it

**[01:05:44]** Spanish does that but it's something that has to be known and of course you can generate many more examples in Spanish and I even recommend that you do so because direct object pronouns in Spanish is a topic that I've personally seen many students struggle with you can have phrases like I want the books yier

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> Direct Object Pronouns In Phrases: | want the books - Quiero los libros

**[01:05:57]** Los libros with los libros being them masculine and you can instead say I want

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> Direct Object Pronouns In Phrases: | want them - Quiero los libros

**[01:06:02]** them which in Spanish would be y you can also say something like they have a

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> Direct Object Pronouns In Phrases: They have a house - Ellos tienen una casa

**[01:06:07]** house but you can instead say they have it which would be AOS you can have

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> Direct Object Pronouns In Phrases: They have it - Ellos la tienen

**[01:06:12]** simpler sentences like I love you which

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> Direct Object Pronouns In Phrases: | love you

**[01:06:14]** uses a pronoun immediately without needing to modify a noun for a pronoun so the sentence would simply be I love

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> Direct Object Pronouns In Phrases: | love you - Yo te amo

**[01:06:21]** you you can repeat this concept with another pronoun that doesn't to get modified like NOS you can say you watch

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> Direct Object Pronouns In Phrases: You watch us - Td nos miras

**[01:06:26]** us which would be to no me us and the same concept can basically be applied to any sentence you want to say however

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> Direct Object Pronouns In Phrases:

**[01:06:32]** there are more things you should know about direct object pronouns specifically relating to people and using pronouns like him and her you can have a sentence like she watches John

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> Direct Object Pronouns In Phrases: She watches John - Ella mira John

**[01:06:40]** and you would want to say a but Spanish says that whenever you have a connection with a person you have to put a personal preposition a before the person's name

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> Direct Object Pronouns In Phrases: She watches John - Ella mira a John

**[01:06:48]** so you would simply say a a she watches John there is no English equivalent for this construction but you can instead

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> Direct Object Pronouns In Phrases: She watches him

**[01:06:54]** say she watches him which would be a and

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> Direct Object Pronouns In Phrases: She watches him - Ella lo mira

**[01:06:57]** the same concept applies to any sentence you want to say but keep in mind the personal preposition a before you say a person's name the last concept you

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> Direct Object Pronouns In Phrases:

**[01:07:03]** should know with direct object pronouns in Spanish is that all of these pronouns

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> Direct Object Pronouns In Phrases: These pronouns can also be attached to infinitives

**[01:07:06]** can also be placed after infinitives which actually makes your thinking process think a bit better and more similar to English than to anything else take this phrase for instance I can see

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> Direct Object Pronouns In Phrases: | can see you

**[01:07:14]** you in Spanish you would want to

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> Direct Object Pronouns In Phrases: I can see you - (Yo) te puedo ver

**[01:07:16]** say and this sentence actually has no mistakes however there's a different way to say this phrase and that is by

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> Direct Object Pronouns In Phrases: | can see you - (Yo) te puedo ver

**[01:07:22]** attaching the direct object pronoun to the INF you can say but you can also

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> Direct Object Pronouns In Phrases: | can see you - (Yo) te puedo ver | can see you - (Yo) puedo verte

**[01:07:27]** say I can see you it doesn't matter which phrase you say because in case you forget how to say one phrase you can always say the other you can have examples like they want to buy the

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> Direct Object Pronouns In Phrases: They want to buy the books Ellos quieren comprar los libros

**[01:07:36]** books lios with los libros being the

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> Direct Object Pronouns In Phrases: They want to buy the books Ellos quieren comprar los libros

**[01:07:39]** masculine pronoun which would

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> Direct Object Pronouns In Phrases: They want to buy them Ellos los quieren comprar Ellos quieren comprarlos

**[01:07:43]** or you can also use direct object pronouns when speaking in the near future such as I'm going to read it or I

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> Direct Object Pronouns In Phrases: In the near future: I'm going to read it | have to read it

**[01:07:49]** have to read it which can be said as Yol

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> Direct Object Pronouns In Phrases: In the near future: I'm going to read it | have to read it (Yo) lo voy a leer (Yo) lo tengo que leer

**[01:07:52]** and Yol or or if you want to simplify the order of the words you can

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> Direct Object Pronouns In Phrases: In the near future: I'm going to read it | have to read it (Yo) lo voy a leer (Yo) lo tengo que leer (Yo) voy a leerlo (Yo) tengo que leerlo

**[01:07:56]** say or however whenever you decide to attach a direct object pronoun to an infinitive you have to remember that there are infinitives that don't change form like in these phrases but you can

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> Direct Object Pronouns In Phrases: Some infinitives don't change form and some do, and those that do are in the present progressive

**[01:08:06]** sometimes have infinitives that do get modified in the present progressive you can say a sentence like you're watching

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> Direct Object Pronouns In Phrases: You are watching me

**[01:08:10]** me which can be said

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> Direct Object Pronouns In Phrases: You are watching me Tu me estas mirando Tu estas mirandome

**[01:08:14]** or and both phrases have the same meaning but with the second phrase you

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> Direct Object Pronouns In Phrases: You are watching me Tu me estas mirando Tu estas mirandome

**[01:08:18]** have to put an accent on the infinitive to maintain the emphasis on that syllable to EST and you can say other phrases like they are reading

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> Direct Object Pronouns In Phrases: They are reading it Ellos lo estan leyendo Ellos estan leyéndolo

**[01:08:28]** or with an accent on the infinitive overall you have to remember that you

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> Direct Object Pronouns In Phrases: They are reading it Ellos lo estan leyendo Ellos estan leyéndolo Remember - You CANNOT attach direct object pronouns to conjugated verbs, ONLY to infinitives

**[01:08:32]** cannot attach direct object pronouns to conjugated verbs only to infinitives you cannot say something like y i buy it

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> Direct Object Pronouns In Phrases: You CANNOT say: Yo compro lo - | buy it

**[01:08:39]** because you have only one verb in the sentence and the direct object pronoun is placed after the verb but you can

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> Direct Object Pronouns In Phrases: You CAN say: Yo voy acomprarlo - I'm going to buy it

**[01:08:45]** say I'm going to buy it

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> Direct Object Pronouns In Phrases: You CAN say: Yo voy acomprarlo - I'm going to buy it Yo estoy comprandolo - I'm buying it

**[01:08:48]** or I'm buying it because in these cases you're using one conjugative verb and one infinitive and the the direct object pronoun is attached to the infinitive not the conjugated verb and the same concept applies to any sentence you want to say and actually I recommend many beginners to use direct object pronouns by attaching them to the end of infinitives because it makes your brain think in the same order of the words as you would use in English you don't say

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> Direct Object Pronouns In Phrases: You DON'T SAY in English: I, it, am buying - Yo lo estoy comprando

**[01:09:08]** in English I it am buying but you instead say I am buying

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> Direct Object Pronouns In Phrases: You |NSTEAD SAY in English: | am buying it - Yo estoy comprandolo

**[01:09:14]** it and the same concept basically applies to any sentence you want to say indirect object pronouns in Spanish are
