Direct Object Pronouns
Direct Object Pronouns
English keeps its object pronoun after the verb, always. Spanish usually moves it in front of the verb instead — a word-order shift you'll need to make automatic.
Grammar Comparison
Grammar Comparison
The object pronoun comes before the verb
lo veo (I see it/him) — literally 'it/him I-see'
I see it / I see him — the pronoun follows the verb
With a conjugated verb, Spanish direct object pronouns (lo, la, los, las, me, te, nos) attach in front of the verb, not after it the way English does. This reordering has to become automatic — there's no way to place the pronoun after a conjugated Spanish verb and have it sound natural.
Lo/la agree with what they replace
veo el libro → lo veo (masc.); veo la casa → la veo (fem.)
I see the book → I see it; I see the house → I see it — 'it' never changes
Because Spanish nouns carry gender, the pronoun that replaces them has to match — lo for a masculine thing, la for a feminine one. English 'it' is a single word regardless of what it's replacing, so this gender-tracking is a new habit to build, not a translation of anything English already does.
Vocabulary
Vocabulary
- English
- it / him (masc.)
- English
- it / her (fem.)
- English
- them (masc.)
- English
- them (fem.)
- English
- me
- English
- you
- English
- us
- English
- I see it/him
- English
- I love/want her/it
- English
- I have them