Object Pronouns - Direct Object Pronouns 02 Flashcards
What is the opposite to “la personificación”?
“la cosificación” which consists on viewing human beings as pure objects. In this case the “a” is removed to show that viewed as an object.
Los colonizadores transportaron esclavos desde Africa al Nuevo Mundo… what is this an example of?
“la cosificación”, “Colonists transported slaves from Africa to the New World.”
What is “pronominalización”? Why used?
Substituting the direct object with its pronoun. Same reason as in English, to avoid repeating the direct object
How many direct object pronouns are there for the 3rd person singular and pluran?
Four.
Singular Plural
Masculine lo los
Feminine la las
Mi hermano tiene un perro. (My brother has a dog). What is the equivalent sentence using a direct object pronoun?
Mi hermano lo tiene (My brother has one).
Where is the direct object placed in a “subject + verb + predicate” structure?
BEFORE the verb
Nosotros veremos a nuestros amigos el viernes
1. Nosotros los veremos el viernes
2. Nosotros veremoslos el viernes
Which placement of the direct object pronoun is correct and why?
- is correct because it is placed BEFORE the verb in “subject + verb + predicate” structure?
Where is the direct object pronoun placed when the negative imperative form of a verb is used?
BEFORE the verb
No comas más hamburguesas
1. No las comas
2. No comaslas
Which placement of the direct object pronoun is correct and why?
1 is correct because it is placed BEFORE the verb because the NEGATIVE IMPERATIVE is used
Where is the direct object pronoun placed when the positive imperative form of a verb is used?
AFTER the verb
Dime la verdad
1. Dímela
2. La dime
Which placement of the direct object pronoun is correct and why?
2 is correct because it is placed AFTER the verb because the positive imperative is used.
Where is the direct object pronoun placed in sentences with two verbs, and the second verb is in the infinitive or gerund form?
It can be placed AFTER the verb in infinitive or gerund OR placed BEFORE the two verbs
What are all the direct object pronouns and their subjects?
Subject Direct Object Yo me Tú te Ud/Él/Ella lo, la Nosotros nos Vosotros os Uds/Ellos/as los, las
What is the direct object in this sentence … La mujer dio un puñetazo a la puerta
“Un puñetazo” is the direct object because if switch the sentence to a passive sentence THEN the direct object becomes the subject of the sentence ie
Un puñetazo a la puerta fue dado por la mujer
The door was punched by the woman.
How identify an indirect object?
if a statement cannot be switched to a passive sentence because it changes the meaning of the sentence, then we know it is an indirect object.
