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THE
PERSONAL Pronoun - Direct Object Form |
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As Direct Object |
French |
Italian |
Portuguese |
Romanian |
Spanish |
Translation |
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Singular |
1st Person |
Me |
Mi |
Me |
Mă |
Me |
Me |
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2nd Person |
Te |
Ti |
Te |
Te |
Te |
You |
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Masculine |
3rd Person |
Le |
Lo |
O |
Îi |
Lo |
Him |
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Feminine |
3rd Person |
La |
La |
A |
O |
La |
Her |
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Plural |
1st Person |
Nous |
Ci |
Nos |
Ne |
Nos |
Us |
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2nd Person |
Vous |
Vi |
Vocês |
Vă |
Os |
You |
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Masculine |
3rd Person |
Les |
Li |
Os |
Îi |
Los |
Them |
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3rd Person |
Les |
Le |
As |
Le |
Las |
Them |
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How to Avoid Confusions? |
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To determine whether
you should use the direct object or the indirect object, you may remember
this simple rule: the direct object answers to the questions what, whom, which? The indirect
object answers to questions like to whom, about
whom, about what, etc (the questions have a
preposition). |
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Example: I give you
flowers. I is the subject, you is indirect object (to whom I give flowers?), and flowers is a direct object (what do I give?). Similarly, Yo le envio
flores (Spanish: I give him/her flowers.) In other
words, the direct object receives the action of the verb directly. |
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In all five languages,
the direct object pronoun generally precedes the conjugated verb. |
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Examples: Je le visite
souvent. (French: I visit him often.), Lo se
(Spanish: I know it.), O văd des (Romanian: I see her often.) |
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In Portugal, you may
place the pronouns after the verb, if it stands alone. (Diz-o -- S/He
tells it) |
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The pronoun follows
always the negation: No lo se (Spanish: I don't know it), Nu o ştiu (Romanian: I don't know her.) |
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Except in French, the
direct object is attached to the infinitive, the auxiliary verb in a compound
infinitive, and participles, but it can also be placed before the conjugated
verb. |
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Examples: Quiero llamarlo or Lo quiero
llamar. (Spanish: I want to call him.), Estoy
llamandolo or Lo estoy llamando (Spanish: I am calling him.),
BUT in French Je veux le voir. |
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In Portuguese, the
pronoun may come before the verb (Pode o dizer?Can
you tell it?) |
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In all five languages,
the direct object pronouns come after the verb in affirmative commands. |
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Examples: Ascoltami
(Italian: Listen to me.),
Ecoutez-le (French: Listen to him). |
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In French, please note
that me and te become moi
and toi: Ecoutez-moi
(Listen to me). |
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