Question using pronouns
Tengo la pelota Rewrite sentence putting direct pronoun in the correct spot
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A quick review:
- Transitive verbs are those verbs which are required to be accompanied by a direct object in order for the action to be considered complete. For example, it would be considered a sentence fragment if one were to say something like, "I made." The reason that this would be considered a fragment is because the verb "make" requires a direct object to act upon in order for its action to be considered complete. Compare, then, the sentence fragment, "I make," with the completed sentence, "I make lots of money." In this case, the noun phrase "lots of money" acts as a direct object to complete the action, or rather, to receive the action of the verb.
- Direct objects are noun phrases that receive the action of a verb.
- Pronouns are single words that can function as a complete noun phrase.
- Direct object pronouns, then, are single words which can replace or reemphasize the full noun phrase that acts as a verbs direct object.
- Example: The expression, "Frank hit the big red car" has as its direct object the noun phrase "the big red car." Notice that, if we wished, it would be very simple to replace the full noun phrase with a shorter direct object pronoun so that "Frank hit the big red car" would become "Frank hit it."
- Spanish and English are very similar in terms of there respective use of direct object pronouns with two distinct differences. (1) Spanish has a gender system with its nouns/pronouns and (2) in Spanish, direct object pronouns always precede the verb; whereas, in English, the pronoun follows the verb.
Below are a few examples in Spanish. See if you can identify the pattern for yourself, and then have a go at answering your own question (I'm sure if you were to make an earnest attempt at answering your question there would be plenty of folks happy to verify the answer for you).
In English:
"I bought a red bicycle" becomes "I bought it."
In Spanish:
"Compré una bicicleta roja" becomes "la compré."
In English:
"I made a chocolate cake" becomes "I made it."
In Spanish:
"Preparé una torta de chocolate" becomes "la preparé."
In English:
"I have the pencils" becomes "I have them."
In Spanish:
"Tengo los lapices" becomes "los tengo."
In English:
"I got a letter from my little brother" becomes "I got it."
In Spanish:
"Recibí una carta de mi hermanito" becomes "la recibí."
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