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Revising Spanish grammar - pronouns - CCEAObject pronouns

Pronouns are used to replace nouns. Pronouns are usually shorter and quicker ways of referring to a noun to help make sentences less repetitive.

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Object pronouns

There are two types of : direct and indirect.

Direct object pronouns

Direct object pronouns are used to replace a that is the direct object of the , eg I bought it instead of I bought the book.

meme
teyou (singular - informal)
lohim/it/you (singular - formal)
laher/it/you (singular - formal)
nosus
osyou (plural - informal)
los/lasthem/you (plural - formal)
me
me
te
you (singular - informal)
lo
him/it/you (singular - formal)
la
her/it/you (singular - formal)
nos
us
os
you (plural - informal)
los/las
them/you (plural - formal)

Indirect object pronouns

Indirect object pronouns are used to replace a noun which is not the direct object of the verb, eg I gave it to them.

me(to) me
te(to) you (singular - informal)
le(to) him/it/you (singular - formal)
nos(to) us
os(to) you (plural - informal)
les(to) them/you (plural - formal)
me
(to) me
te
(to) you (singular - informal)
le
(to) him/it/you (singular - formal)
nos
(to) us
os
(to) you (plural - informal)
les
(to) them/you (plural - formal)

Direct and indirect object pronouns both come in front of the verb. For example:

Lo hice. (I did it.)

Los 肠辞尘辫谤茅. (I bought them.)

Le 别蝉肠谤颈产铆. (I wrote to him.)

Los profesores nos dan muchos deberes. (The teachers give a lot of homework to us.)

They can also go at the end of an , eg voy a comprarlo (I am going to buy it), tenemos que darles un regalo (we have to give a present to them).

Question

Replace the nouns in bold with the correct object pronoun.

  1. Mi hermano tiene el m贸vil.
  2. 颁辞尘辫谤茅 los zapatos ayer.
  3. Mando un mensaje a mi amigo.
  4. Voy a comer la manzana.
  5. Hice las tareas dom茅sticas.
  6. Escribo regularmente a mis abuelos.

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