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2. —¿Ya abriste la correspondencia (mail)? —No, no lo abrí. —Sí, ya la abrí. —Sí, ya las abrí. 3. —¿Puedes leer este cuento (short story)? —No, no la puedo leer. —Sí, los puedo leer. —Sí, puedo leerlo. 4. —¿Quieres describir las fotos? —Sí, quiero describirlos. —No, no las quiero describir. —No, no la quiero describir. 5. —¿Comprendes la lectura? —Sí, la comprendo. —No, no lo comprendo. —Sí, las comprendo. 6. —¿Tienes los pasajes? —No, no los tengo. —No, no lo tengo. —Sí, las tengo. Ask your instructor Select reference tools. SPANISH DICTIONARY MY VOCABULARY áéíñóúü¿¡ ALL CAPS For technical support click support.vhlcentral, or submit help request © 2019 VISTA Higher Learning, Inc. | Store | Terms of use | Privacy policy

Answer 1

Answer:

In these sentences we need to use direct object pronouns. A Direct Object is a noun that receives, in an direct way, the action of a verb and the direct object pronoun replaces the direct object. Direct object pronouns in Spanish agree in number and gender with the nouns they replace. The Table below shows the different forms of direct objects in Spanish.

2. Correct answer:

Sí, ya la abrí

The question here is ¿ya abriste la correspondencia? Since correspondencia is a feminine plural noun, we must use the feminine singular form of direct object pronoun, which is la. The other options are incorrect because in the option No, no lo abrí the direct object pronoun lo stands for the masculine singular form and in the option Sí, ya las abrí the direct object pronoun las stands for the feminine plural form. The direct object pronoun here is attached before a conjugated verb.

3. Correct answer:

Sí, puedo leerlo

The question here is ¿Puedes leer este cuento? Since cuento is a masculine singular noun, we must use the masculine singular form of direct object pronoun, which is lo. The other options are incorrect because in the option No, no la puedo leer the direct object pronoun la stands for the feminine singular form and in the option Sí, los puedo leer the direct object pronoun los stands for the masculine plural form. The other form we can use direct object pronoun is when attaching to the end of the verb just as in this exercise.

4. Correct answer:

No, no las quiero describir.

The question here is ¿Quieres describir las fotos? Since fotos is a feminine plural noun, we must use the feminine plural form of direct object pronoun, which is las. The other options are incorrect because in the option Sí, quiero describirlos the direct object pronoun los stands for the masculine plural form and in the option No, no la quiero describir the direct object pronoun la stands for the feminine singular form.

5. Correct answer:

Sí, la comprendo

The question here is ¿Comprendes la lectura? Since lectura is a feminine singular noun, we must use the feminine singular form of direct object pronoun, which is la. The other options are incorrect because in the option No, no lo comprendo the direct object pronoun lo stands for the masculine singular form and in the option Sí, las comprendo the direct object pronoun las stands for the feminine plural form.

6. Correct answer:

No, no los tengo

The question here is ¿Tienes los pasajes? Since pasajes is a masculine plural noun, we must use the masculine plural form of direct object pronoun, which is los. The other options are incorrect because in the option No, no lo tengo the direct object pronoun lo stands for the masculine singular form and in the option Sí, las tengo the direct object pronoun las stands for the feminine plural form.