Spanish Object Pronouns

Pronouns are words that take the place of nouns so that you don’t have to keep repeating the name of person, place, or thing each time you want to refer to it.

“I threw Jack the ball, but he dropped the ball.”

vs

“I threw Jack the ball, but he dropped it.”

There are two kinds of pronouns, subject pronouns and object pronouns. Subject pronouns refer to the doer (the subject of the sentence), object pronouns refer to the recipient of the action (the object of the sentence).

Spanish uses the following words as object pronouns:

• Me- Me
• You- Te
• Him/ Her/ It – Lo (masc. or mixed) / La (fem.)
• To him/ To her/ To it- Le
• Us- Nos
• You all/ Them- Los (masc. or mixed) / Las (fem.)
• To You all/ To Them- Les

In Spanish, pronouns will can be attached to the end of the verb…..

• To see is ver, but to see IT is verlo.
• To see me, verme.
• To see us, vernos.

You’ll see them at the end when the verb is in the “to” form, the “-ing” form, or the command form.

• To eat it- comerlo
• Eating it- comiéndolo
• Eat it!- cómalo

However, when the verb has a specific doer, the pronouns will always be in front.

• I see it- lo veo
• I need it- lo necesito
• I don’t want it- no lo quiero
• Do you see me? – ¿Me ves?
• You know him. – Lo conoces.