explain how to use direct object pronoun.

Question

Example: Perdon, vas a servir la ensalada mixta?

Si, voy a servirla.

Si, la voy a servir.

Tienes las chuletas de cerdo?

Si, las tengo.

Puedo probar los vegetales?

Si, los puedes probar.

Si, puedes probarlos.

I know those are right, but i don't understand how to do it.

If someone could explain direct object pronoun.

Answer 1

It's all in the lessons in far more detail than I can write in a quick answer.

Have fun reading it up.

Answer 2

First step to using direct object pronouns is figuring out which one to use:

1. me = "me"
2. te = "you"
3. nos = "us"
4. os = "you plural"
5. lo = "it" (masculine), "he", "Ud." (male formal you)
6. la = "it" (feminine), "she", "Ud." (female formal you)
7. los = "them" (masculine or mixed gender), "Uds. (males or mixed)
8. las = "them" (feminine), Uds. (female)

You use a direct object pronoun to replace the direct object phrase from a sentence.

I will bold the direct object in your first example:

Perdon, vas a servir la ensalada mixta

Since "la ensalada mixta" is singular and feminine, you want to replace it with the feminine singular word for "it", which would be la.

In the two responses, notice how "la" is used:

Si, voy a servirla. /// Si, la voy a servir.

The second step is deciding where to put the pronoun in your sentence.

Pronouns go either BEFORE a conjugated verb, or AFTER AND ATTACHED to an infinitive (-ar, -er-, -ir), a gerund (-ando, -iendo), or an affirmative command.

In your first example, there is both a conjugated verb (voy) and an infinitive (servir), so you can put the pronoun BEFORE the conjugated verb:

Sí, la voy a servir.

Or, AFTER AND ATTACHED to the infinitive (servir):

Sí, voy a servirla.

Hopefully the other examples are clearer to you now.

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Answer 3

A direct object pronoun can be located by asking whom or what after the verb.

John ate an apple. What did he eat? an apple

The cat chased the dog. What did the cat chase? the dog

I see Mary. Whom do I see?

The direct object pronoun is the same as the article, except for "el" which becomes "lo."

Juan comió una manzana. (la) La comió.

As you have done so nicely in your sentences, direct object pronouns can be placed before a conjugated verb, or they can be attached to an infinitive.

Buena suerte!