DOP Guidelines

Question 1

What are DOP’s?

Answer 1

Pronouns that take the place of the direct object in the sentence. They answer the question of “who?” or “what?”, and represent the object that receives the verb’s action in a sentence.

Question 2

List the DOP’s, both the ones used for people and things.

Answer 2

Me, te, nos, os, lo, la, los, las

Question 3

What happens to the personal “a” used before a direct object when we replace it with a DOP?

Ex: Óscar besa “A” su esposa.

Answer 3

It gets removed!

Ex: Óscar la besa.

Question 4

Where do we put DOPs when the sentence’s verb is conjugated?

Answer 4

In front of the conjugated verb! (For example, a DOP would go in front of present perfect verb)

Ex: Te he invitado. (I have invited you.)

Question 5

Where do we put DOPs when the sentence’s verb is an infinitive?

Answer 5

We attach it to the end of the infinitive!

Ex: Yo voy a invitarTE.
Ex: Ella quiere probarLO.

Question 6

Where do we put DOPs when the verb in the sentence is a gerund (present participle verb)?

Answer 6

We attach it to the end of the gerund and add an accent 3 vowels back!

Ex: Yo estoy hablándoTE.