{"id":4830,"date":"2020-02-08T18:20:21","date_gmt":"2020-02-08T18:20:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-spanish2\/chapter\/a-personal-pronombres-del-objeto-directo-en-la-tercera-persona\/"},"modified":"2024-04-26T02:57:34","modified_gmt":"2024-04-26T02:57:34","slug":"a-personal-pronombres-del-objeto-directo-en-la-tercera-persona","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-spanish2\/chapter\/a-personal-pronombres-del-objeto-directo-en-la-tercera-persona\/","title":{"raw":"'A' personal \/ Pronombres del objeto directo en la tercera persona","rendered":"&#8216;A&#8217; personal \/ Pronombres del objeto directo en la tercera persona"},"content":{"raw":"<div class=\"textbox learning-objectives\">\r\n<h3>Objetivos<\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Identify direct objects<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Determine whether direct objects need the personal a<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Recognize the appropriate third person singular and plural direct object pronouns<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\nRemember a direct object is the person or thing that directly suffers the action of the verb.\r\n<h3>La \u201ca\u201d personal (the personal \u201ca\u201d)<\/h3>\r\nWhen the direct object of a verb in Spanish is a person, we need to add the preposition \u201ca\u201d in front of that direct object. This personal \u201ca\u201d does not get translated into English, but it needs to be there in Spanish. Pets are an interesting gray area: if the pet is considered to be part of the family, you would use the personal \u201ca\u201d if you did something to the pet (very common with cats and dogs that live in one\u2019s house, whom one might carry or pet, etc.); but otherwise animals don\u2019t get the personal \u201ca\u201d.\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U15\/mama_dejo_a_los_ninos_en_la_escuela.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>Mam\u00e1 <strong>dej\u00f3 a los ni\u00f1os<\/strong> en la escuela. (\u201cA\u201d personal because the children are the direct objects of the verb, they are who Mom dropped off.)<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U15\/mama_dejo_la_masa_del_pan_en_el_mostrador_para_subir.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>Mam\u00e1 <strong>dej\u00f3 la masa<\/strong> del pan en el mostrador para subir. (No \u201ca\u201d personal because even though the bread dough is the direct object of the verb--it is what Mom left on the counter to rise--it\u2019s a thing not a person.)<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U15\/tia_sara_lleva_a_su_gato_fifi_al_veterinario.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>T\u00eda Sara <strong>lleva a su gato<\/strong> Fifi al veterinario. (\u201cA\u201d personal because the cat is the direct object of the verb, Fifi is who is being taken to the vet, and is being considered a part of the family.)<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U15\/juanito_mira_los_peces_por_horas.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>Juanito <strong>mira los peces<\/strong> por horas. (No \u201ca\u201d personal because even though the fish are the direct objects of the verb--they are what Juanito is watching for hours--they are not considered members of the family.)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h3>Third-person direct object pronouns in Spanish<\/h3>\r\nAs we saw in Spanish 101 when we learned the subject pronouns, sometimes it becomes tiresome to repeat the name or noun constantly and we use a pronoun like \u201cshe\u201d or \u201cthey\u201d instead. The same is true of object pronouns. For example the following is repetitious and sounds strange in both Spanish and English:\r\n\r\n<span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U15\/lavaste_los_platos_si_lave_los_platos_seque_los_platos_y_devolvi_los_platos_al_estante.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>\u00bfLavaste los platos? S\u00ed, lav\u00e9 los platos, sequ\u00e9 los platos y devolv\u00ed los platos al estante. (<em>Did you wash the dishes? Yes, I washed the dishes, I dried the dishes, and I returned the dishes to the shelf.<\/em>)\r\n\r\nA much more natural way to say this would be:\r\n\r\n<span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U15\/lavaste_los_platos_si_los_lave_los_seque_y_los_devolvi_al_estante.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>\u00bfLavaste los platos? S\u00ed, los lav\u00e9, los sequ\u00e9 y los devolv\u00ed al estante. (<em>Did you wash the dishes? Yes, I washed them, dried them, and returned them to the shelf.<\/em>)\r\n\r\nNote in the example that we have to use the noun once to establish what we are talking about, and after that first time we can switch to the appropriate pronoun, in this case \u201cthem\u201d. Just as in English it would be incorrect to say \u201cI washed they\u201d, in Spanish the direct object pronouns are not the same as the subject pronouns.\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It \/ her =<strong> la<\/strong><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It \/ him = <strong>lo<\/strong><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Them (masc.) = <strong>los<\/strong><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Them (fem.) =<strong> las<\/strong><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<strong>\u00a1OJO!<\/strong> Preview of coming attractions: There is another set of object pronouns in Spanish, the indirect object pronouns, which don\u2019t exist as distinct words in English. So there are two ways to translate \u201cit \/ him \/ her\u201d and \u201cthem\u201d! Make sure that you use one of the above pronouns when the object is directly receiving (suffering) the action of the verb. Once we get the hang of the direct object pronouns, we\u2019ll move on to the indirect ones in Unit 9.\r\n<h3>Position of object pronouns in Spanish<\/h3>\r\nLearning the pronouns themselves is only part of using them in Spanish: you need to learn where to put them in the sentence. Look back at the example above about the dishes. Did you notice that the Spanish object pronouns have a different position in the sentence, relative to the verb, as compared to the English object pronouns?\r\n\r\nThe basic rule in Spanish is that object pronouns are placed BEFORE the verb, whereas in English the pronouns come after the verb. This is the same placement rule that you learned in Unit 7 for the reflexive pronouns. Let\u2019s review the object pronoun placement rule in the context of this new kind of pronouns:\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U15\/los_platos_los_lave.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>\u00bfLos platos? <strong>Los<\/strong> lav\u00e9. (<em>The dishes? I washed <strong>them<\/strong>.<\/em>)<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U15\/el_piso_no_lo_barri.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>\u00bfEl piso? No <strong>lo<\/strong> barr\u00ed. (<em>The floor? I didn\u2019t sweep <strong>it<\/strong>.<\/em>)<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U15\/la_basura_tu_la_sacaste.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>\u00bfLa basura? T\u00fa <strong>la<\/strong> sacaste. (<em>The garbage? You took <strong>it<\/strong> out.<\/em>)<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U15\/los_estantes_nosotros_no_los_sacudimos.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>\u00bfLos estantes? Nosotros no <strong>los<\/strong> sacudimos. (<em>The shelves? We did not dust <strong>them<\/strong>.<\/em>)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nNote that *nothing* comes between the object pronoun and its verb. If there\u2019s a subject noun or pronoun, that will come first. If there\u2019s a \u201cno\u201d, that will come next. Then comes the object pronoun, and then the verb completes the thought.\r\n\r\nRemember that when the verb has an infinitive or a gerund, you have the option of tacking the object pronoun onto the end of those forms, or you could still put the object pronoun before the conjugated verb.\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U15\/los_platos_necesito_lavarlos.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>\u00bfLos platos? Necesito lavarlos. -o- <span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U15\/los_necesito_lavar.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>Los necesito lavar. (<em>I need to wash them.<\/em>)<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U15\/el_piso_no_debes_barrerlo.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>\u00bfEl piso? No debes barrerlo. -o- <span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U15\/no_lo_debes_barrer.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>No lo debes barrer. (<em>You should not sweep it.<\/em>)<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U15\/la_basura_tu_estas_sacandola.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>\u00bfLa basura? T\u00fa est\u00e1s sac\u00e1ndola. -o- <span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U15\/tu_la_estas_sacando.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>T\u00fa la est\u00e1s sacando. (<em>You are taking it out.<\/em>)<\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U15\/los_estantes_nosotros_no_estamos_sacudiendolos.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>\u00bfLos estantes? Nosotros no estamos sacudi\u00e9ndolos. -o- <span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U15\/nosotros_no_los_estamos_sacudiendo.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>Nosotros no los estamos sacudiendo. (<em>We are not dusting them.<\/em>)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nBe careful to add an accent mark to the gerund to preserve the stress placement when you tack a pronoun onto the end of it. An extra accent mark is not necessary when tacking just one pronoun to the end of an infinitive.","rendered":"<div class=\"textbox learning-objectives\">\n<h3>Objetivos<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Identify direct objects<\/li>\n<li>Determine whether direct objects need the personal a<\/li>\n<li>Recognize the appropriate third person singular and plural direct object pronouns<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Remember a direct object is the person or thing that directly suffers the action of the verb.<\/p>\n<h3>La \u201ca\u201d personal (the personal \u201ca\u201d)<\/h3>\n<p>When the direct object of a verb in Spanish is a person, we need to add the preposition \u201ca\u201d in front of that direct object. This personal \u201ca\u201d does not get translated into English, but it needs to be there in Spanish. Pets are an interesting gray area: if the pet is considered to be part of the family, you would use the personal \u201ca\u201d if you did something to the pet (very common with cats and dogs that live in one\u2019s house, whom one might carry or pet, etc.); but otherwise animals don\u2019t get the personal \u201ca\u201d.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U15\/mama_dejo_a_los_ninos_en_la_escuela.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>Mam\u00e1 <strong>dej\u00f3 a los ni\u00f1os<\/strong> en la escuela. (\u201cA\u201d personal because the children are the direct objects of the verb, they are who Mom dropped off.)<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U15\/mama_dejo_la_masa_del_pan_en_el_mostrador_para_subir.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>Mam\u00e1 <strong>dej\u00f3 la masa<\/strong> del pan en el mostrador para subir. (No \u201ca\u201d personal because even though the bread dough is the direct object of the verb&#8211;it is what Mom left on the counter to rise&#8211;it\u2019s a thing not a person.)<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U15\/tia_sara_lleva_a_su_gato_fifi_al_veterinario.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>T\u00eda Sara <strong>lleva a su gato<\/strong> Fifi al veterinario. (\u201cA\u201d personal because the cat is the direct object of the verb, Fifi is who is being taken to the vet, and is being considered a part of the family.)<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U15\/juanito_mira_los_peces_por_horas.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>Juanito <strong>mira los peces<\/strong> por horas. (No \u201ca\u201d personal because even though the fish are the direct objects of the verb&#8211;they are what Juanito is watching for hours&#8211;they are not considered members of the family.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Third-person direct object pronouns in Spanish<\/h3>\n<p>As we saw in Spanish 101 when we learned the subject pronouns, sometimes it becomes tiresome to repeat the name or noun constantly and we use a pronoun like \u201cshe\u201d or \u201cthey\u201d instead. The same is true of object pronouns. For example the following is repetitious and sounds strange in both Spanish and English:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U15\/lavaste_los_platos_si_lave_los_platos_seque_los_platos_y_devolvi_los_platos_al_estante.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>\u00bfLavaste los platos? S\u00ed, lav\u00e9 los platos, sequ\u00e9 los platos y devolv\u00ed los platos al estante. (<em>Did you wash the dishes? Yes, I washed the dishes, I dried the dishes, and I returned the dishes to the shelf.<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>A much more natural way to say this would be:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U15\/lavaste_los_platos_si_los_lave_los_seque_y_los_devolvi_al_estante.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>\u00bfLavaste los platos? S\u00ed, los lav\u00e9, los sequ\u00e9 y los devolv\u00ed al estante. (<em>Did you wash the dishes? Yes, I washed them, dried them, and returned them to the shelf.<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>Note in the example that we have to use the noun once to establish what we are talking about, and after that first time we can switch to the appropriate pronoun, in this case \u201cthem\u201d. Just as in English it would be incorrect to say \u201cI washed they\u201d, in Spanish the direct object pronouns are not the same as the subject pronouns.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It \/ her =<strong> la<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It \/ him = <strong>lo<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Them (masc.) = <strong>los<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Them (fem.) =<strong> las<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a1OJO!<\/strong> Preview of coming attractions: There is another set of object pronouns in Spanish, the indirect object pronouns, which don\u2019t exist as distinct words in English. So there are two ways to translate \u201cit \/ him \/ her\u201d and \u201cthem\u201d! Make sure that you use one of the above pronouns when the object is directly receiving (suffering) the action of the verb. Once we get the hang of the direct object pronouns, we\u2019ll move on to the indirect ones in Unit 9.<\/p>\n<h3>Position of object pronouns in Spanish<\/h3>\n<p>Learning the pronouns themselves is only part of using them in Spanish: you need to learn where to put them in the sentence. Look back at the example above about the dishes. Did you notice that the Spanish object pronouns have a different position in the sentence, relative to the verb, as compared to the English object pronouns?<\/p>\n<p>The basic rule in Spanish is that object pronouns are placed BEFORE the verb, whereas in English the pronouns come after the verb. This is the same placement rule that you learned in Unit 7 for the reflexive pronouns. Let\u2019s review the object pronoun placement rule in the context of this new kind of pronouns:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U15\/los_platos_los_lave.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>\u00bfLos platos? <strong>Los<\/strong> lav\u00e9. (<em>The dishes? I washed <strong>them<\/strong>.<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U15\/el_piso_no_lo_barri.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>\u00bfEl piso? No <strong>lo<\/strong> barr\u00ed. (<em>The floor? I didn\u2019t sweep <strong>it<\/strong>.<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U15\/la_basura_tu_la_sacaste.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>\u00bfLa basura? T\u00fa <strong>la<\/strong> sacaste. (<em>The garbage? You took <strong>it<\/strong> out.<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U15\/los_estantes_nosotros_no_los_sacudimos.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>\u00bfLos estantes? Nosotros no <strong>los<\/strong> sacudimos. (<em>The shelves? We did not dust <strong>them<\/strong>.<\/em>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Note that *nothing* comes between the object pronoun and its verb. If there\u2019s a subject noun or pronoun, that will come first. If there\u2019s a \u201cno\u201d, that will come next. Then comes the object pronoun, and then the verb completes the thought.<\/p>\n<p>Remember that when the verb has an infinitive or a gerund, you have the option of tacking the object pronoun onto the end of those forms, or you could still put the object pronoun before the conjugated verb.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U15\/los_platos_necesito_lavarlos.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>\u00bfLos platos? Necesito lavarlos. -o- <span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U15\/los_necesito_lavar.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>Los necesito lavar. (<em>I need to wash them.<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U15\/el_piso_no_debes_barrerlo.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>\u00bfEl piso? No debes barrerlo. -o- <span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U15\/no_lo_debes_barrer.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>No lo debes barrer. (<em>You should not sweep it.<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U15\/la_basura_tu_estas_sacandola.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>\u00bfLa basura? T\u00fa est\u00e1s sac\u00e1ndola. -o- <span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U15\/tu_la_estas_sacando.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>T\u00fa la est\u00e1s sacando. (<em>You are taking it out.<\/em>)<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U15\/los_estantes_nosotros_no_estamos_sacudiendolos.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>\u00bfLos estantes? Nosotros no estamos sacudi\u00e9ndolos. -o- <span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U15\/nosotros_no_los_estamos_sacudiendo.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>Nosotros no los estamos sacudiendo. (<em>We are not dusting them.<\/em>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Be careful to add an accent mark to the gerund to preserve the stress placement when you tack a pronoun onto the end of it. 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