"El pollo lo como..."

Question

In an activity in my textbook, it asks "how do you usually eat these things?" and it gives the ways to answer the questions: El pollo lo como... La carne la como... Los huevos los como... Las patatas las como...

What is the function of the "lo", and the 2nd "la", "los" and "las"?

I have the same question. The answer given doesn't make sense as we don't say the chicken I eat it. I understand when a pronoun REPLACES a noun, but not when both are in the sentnce - RocketGirl, Aug 24, 2013

Answer 1

It is direct object pronoun.

Like you say en English.The chicken I eat it ....(roasted or something like that). Here "it" is the direct object pronoun. We use it more frequently and unknowingly. LIke see this one "I do not want it" (chocolate, Ice cream, or something like that). What is "it" here. It is direct object pronoun you have used in place on the noun.

So lo/los - masculine singular/plural la/las feminine singulare/plural.

For example. if you say - I want to eat chocolates (plural).Quiero comer las chocolates.

The sentence will go with use of pronouns in Spanish Las quiero comer. = I want to eat them.

Please read direct object pronouns and Indirect object pronouns to know in details about the topic here http://studyspanish.com/lessons/oppro.htm (Study Unit four totally in this webpage)

Regards Pravin