THE PERSONAL Pronoun - Direct Object Form Homepage
As Direct Object French Italian Portuguese Romanian Spanish Translation
     
Singular 1st Person Me Mi Me Me Me
2nd Person Te Ti Te Te Te You
Masculine 3rd Person Le Lo O Îi Lo Him
Feminine 3rd Person La La A O La Her
     
Plural 1st Person Nous Ci Nos Ne Nos Us
2nd Person Vous Vi Vocês Os You
Masculine 3rd Person Les Li Os Îi Los Them
Feminine
3rd Person Les Le As Le Las Them
How to Avoid Confusions?
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).
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.
In all five languages, the direct object pronoun generally precedes the conjugated verb.  
Examples: Je le visite souvent. (French: I visit him often.), Lo se (Spanish: I know it.), O văd des (Romanian: I see her often.)
In Portugal, you may place the pronouns after the verb, if it stands alone. (Diz-o -- S/He tells it)
The pronoun follows always the negation: No lo se (Spanish: I don't know it), Nu o ştiu (Romanian: I don't know her.)
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.
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.
In Portuguese, the pronoun may come before the verb (Pode o dizer?Can you tell it?)
In all five languages, the direct object pronouns come after the verb in affirmative commands.  
Examples: Ascoltami (Italian: Listen to me.), Ecoutez-le (French: Listen to him).
In French, please note that me and te become moi and toi: Ecoutez-moi (Listen to me).