Question

Direct object nouns and pronouns

1. Marcos está pidiendo el folleto turístico.
2. Necesitamos llevar los pasaportes.
3. Voy a hacer mi maleta.
4. Javier debe llamar a sus padres.
5. Ellos desean visitar el Viejo San Juan.
6. Puedo llamar a Javier por la mañana.
7. Prefiero llevar mi cámara.
8. No queremos perder nuestras reservaciones de hotel.

Answer 1

1. Direct object: Folleto turístico Pronoun: Marcos
2. Direct object: pasaportes Pronoun: Necesitamos
3. Direct object: maleta Pronoun: Voy
4. Direct object: padres Pronoun: Javier
5. Direct object: Viejo San Juan Pronoun: Ellos
6. Direct object: Javier Pronoun: Puedo
7. Direct object: Cámara Pronoun: Prefiero
8. Direct object: Reservaciones de hotel Pronoun: queremos.

Step-by-step explanation:

A direct object is that one which is directly affected by the action that the subject of the sentence does. For instance, number one: What is Marcos asking for? the tourist brochure, thus, "folleto turístico" is the direct object and Marcos, who is the subject is the pronoun, in this case refering to "He". In Spanish, pronouns are: Yo, tú, él, ella, usted, nosotros, ellos but also the suffixes -nos, -os and -se. For example, number 2 says "necesitamOS" which means in English we need thus, this is the pronoun because in Spanish that suffix means "we"; same thing with number 8. Number 5 is completely direct as "Ellos" is they.