1. Recoger el papel de la mesa y completa

2. Presente Progressivo Someone IS -ing Estar + Present Participle
Conjugate estar for Who Is…
Change next verb into pres. Participle for the -ing

3. Estar (conj’d for who is…)
estoy
estamos
estás
estáis
están
está

4. Present Participle -ar >>>> -ando
Hablar>>> hablando
-er/ir>>>> -iendo
Comer>>>comiendo
Vivir>>> viviendo

5. Practicamos We are riding the horse. Juan is working at the mall.
You are swimming at the beach.

6. Direct Object Pronouns

7. ¿Por qué es importante? Porque no queremos hablar así:
The poet writes verses. He wrote the verses on the little piece of paper. He gave the verses to Lucy. He asked Lucy to sing the verses.

8. Direct Objects
The object (noun) that directly receives the action of the verb is called the direct object
Ex. I want the book.
Yo quiero el libro.
What is receiving the action of the verb?

9. Direct Objects The direct object can also be a person
Ex. I love Sammy.
Yo amo a Samuelito.
Who is receiving the action of the verb?

10. What are the direct objects?
Therefore, the direct object answers the question WHO or WHAT about the verb
Yo lavo la ropa.
Mamá lava los platos.
Pablo lava el carro.
Yo amo a mi esposo.

11. Direct Object Pronouns
A direct object pronoun replaces the direct object (noun).
Copy this in your notebooks:
____ – me ____ – us
___ – you os – y’all
le- you(formal)
lo – ____, it ___ – them, you all (m)
___ – her, it las – ____, ____(__)

12. Examples:
The DO pronoun comes BEFORE the conjugated verb (if there is only one verb in the sentence) lo
El hombre ^ lava el carro. la
Dylan ^ ama a Marta.
las
Scott ^ toca las guitarras.

13. Práctica (yo) la como = (yo) los escribo = (yo) la quiero =
(yo) las tengo =
(yo) lo compro =

14. Práctica I have them. She loves him. He loves me. Juan sees her.
They call us.
We call them.

15. Frases negativas
If you have a negative sentence the D.O. pronoun goes between the negative word and the conjugated verb.
Ex: I don't buy the books. No compro los libros. No los compro. (I don't buy them.)

16. Práctica I don’t want it. (the book) Jorge never studies it. (Spanish)
They don’t want it. (the money)

17. Matamoscas con DOPs, participios y ser/estar

19. Placement
You can have two verbs in a sentence, the first is conjugated and the second remains in the infinitive form.
Ex. Quiero comprar.

20. Placement In sentences with two verbs there are two options:
Place it immediately before the conjugated verb
Attach it directly to the infinitive
Ex. Quiero verlo
Lo quiero ver

21. Placement
When you are expressing “-ing” or present or past progressive the same two options apply:
Place it immediately before the conjugated verb
Attach it directly to the end of the gerund form of the verb (i.e. “-ing”)
Ex: Estoy explicándolo
Lo estoy explicando

22. Práctica Escribe las dos opciones: I want to understand him.
I’m drawing it. (the drawing)
I have to see you. (informal)
I’m going to buy it. (the book)

23. Placement
When you are expressing an affirmative command, the D.O. pronoun MUST go on the back of the command verb.
Ex: Dígame
Tómela
Escúchenme

24. Práctica
Write the formal command in Spanish with the correct D.O. pronoun
Answer me
Tell us
Find them (the keys)

25. Repaso
The direct object answers the question WHO or WHAT about the verb
The DO pronoun comes BEFORE the conjugated verb (if there is only one verb in the sentence)
If you have a negative sentence the D.O. pronoun goes between the word “no” and the conjugated verb.
In a sentence with two verbs you have two options: Place it immediately before the conjugated verb OR attach it directly to the infinitive or “ing” (gerund)
In affirmative commands the D.O. pronoun MUST go on the back of the command verb.