Replace an object with lo, la, los or las
The idea
Identify the direct object: what is read, opened, bought, watched, prepared or drawn.
Step by step
- Identify the direct object: what is read, opened, bought, watched, prepared or drawn.
- Use lo for a masculine singular object, la for feminine singular, los for masculine plural and las for feminine plural.
- Place that pronoun immediately before the conjugated verb in these simple statements, keeping the subject and verb form.
Example
Replace only the direct-object noun phrase with a pronoun: Yo leo el libro.
Answer
Yo lo leo.
el libro is masculine singular, so use lo. In this simple finite-verb sentence, the pronoun goes immediately before the verb: Yo lo leo.
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