I am having trouble with choosing the correct pronouns for these following questions:
1. Él _______ (a su hermano) da la manzana. se***
2. Tú ______ lavas. (el coche) lo***
3. Los niños ______ acuestan a las ocho. se***
4. El hombre ____ (el libro) da al joven. lo***
5. Correctly rewrite the sentence, replacing the underlined nouns with pronouns: Por la mañana, abro la ventana antes de ir a comer el desayuno.
***Por la mañana, la abro antes de ir a comerlo.
Am I correct? Thanks for your help.
I'll send this to Sra. She'll reply to you.
1. He gives the apple TO HIS BROTHER = TO HIM. This is an indirect object pronoun (whenever either TO, FOR is stated or understood) The Indirect Object Pronouns are: me, te, le, nos, os, les. In this case it is LE. (Le becomes SE ONLY when lo, la, los, las follows it. Otherwise, when it stands alone SE means HIMSELF/HERSELF/YOURSELF (Ud.)
2. Correct. Direct Object Pronouns are: me, te, lo, la, nos, os, los, las. NOTE only the 3rd person, singular or plural, are different from the Indirect Object Pronouns.
3. YES. This is a Reflexive Pronoun meaning -SELF or -SELVES. SE = they put THEMSELVES to bed.
4. Yes. el libro - lo BUT if you had double object pronouns, al joven = le and then this le becomes de because it is followed by either lo, la, los, or las. In that case it would be El hombre se lo da al joven. (If you aren't using double object pronouns yet, ignore this!
5. Correct!
I'll flag this so I can come back later to see if you have further questions. Let me show you how close MOST of the Object Pronouns are.
Direct = me, te, lo, la, nos, os, los, las
Indirect = me, te, le, nos, os, les
Reflexive = me, te, se, nos, os, se
Note especially where they are different!
Sra
Great job! Your answers are correct for all of the questions except for number 5. Let's go through each question to understand why.
1. Él ___se___ (a su hermano) da la manzana.
For this question, you correctly chose the reflexive pronoun "se". When a verb is reflexive, the subject performs the action on itself. In this case, "él" (he) is giving the apple to "su hermano" (his brother). So the correct pronoun is "se".
2. Tú ___lo___ lavas. (el coche)
In this sentence, you correctly chose the direct object pronoun "lo". When we want to replace a direct object (the thing being acted upon by the verb), we use direct object pronouns. In this case, "tú" (you) are washing "el coche" (the car). So the correct pronoun is "lo".
3. Los niños ___se___ acuestan a las ocho.
Again, you correctly chose the reflexive pronoun "se". The verb "acostar" is reflexive here, meaning the subject (los niños - the children) are performing the action on themselves. So the correct pronoun is "se".
4. El hombre ___lo___ (el libro) da al joven.
You chose the correct direct object pronoun "lo" in this sentence. The subject "el hombre" (the man) is giving "el libro" (the book) to "el joven" (the young man). So the correct pronoun is "lo".
5. Correctly rewrite the sentence, replacing the underlined nouns with pronouns: Por la mañana, abro la ventana antes de ir a comer el desayuno.
In this sentence, you attempted to use pronouns but there is a slight error. Instead of "la abro antes de ir a comerlo", the correct answer would be "la abro antes de ir a comer". When replacing a direct object with a pronoun, we don't need to add the "lo" at the end. So the revised sentence is: "Por la mañana, la abro antes de ir a comer."
Keep up the good work, and if you have any more questions, feel free to ask!