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Subjects and objects

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Subjects and objects
Subjects
- Are most frequently nouns or pronouns.
- A subject is the person or thing that is something or is doing something.
- Examples:
- After lunch, I will call my mother. (Subj. I) Jennifer walked to the store. (Subj. Jennifer)
- Examples:
- A subject is the person or thing that is something or is doing something.
- Subject complements
- are words or phrases that define, or complete an idea about, the subject.
- Examples:
- Laura is a doctor. Joaquin is an English teacher.
- Examples:
- are words or phrases that define, or complete an idea about, the subject.
- Are most frequently nouns or pronouns.
Objects
- Objects of preposition
- Every preposition must have an object. This object follows the preposition.
- Examples:
- on the table, in the church, over the shelf, under the bed
- In questions and relative clauses, this rule is ignored and the preposition is used alone at the end of the sentence
- Examples:
- To whom do you buy it? Whom did you bestow it to
- Examples:
- In questions and relative clauses, this rule is ignored and the preposition is used alone at the end of the sentence
- on the table, in the church, over the shelf, under the bed
- Examples:
- Every preposition must have an object. This object follows the preposition.
- Direct objects
- They are usually nouns or pronouns that directly receive the verb’s action. Direct object comes after the verb. The direct object answers the question whom? or what? after a transitive verb.
- Examples:
- Andres showed me a nice video. She told the children a story.
- Some verbs (for example, give, tell, and buy) can have more than one object
- She bought a computer to Ana. Karla gives me the book.
- Some verbs (for example, give, tell, and buy) can have more than one object
- Andres showed me a nice video. She told the children a story.
- Examples:
- They are usually nouns or pronouns that directly receive the verb’s action. Direct object comes after the verb. The direct object answers the question whom? or what? after a transitive verb.
- Indirect objects
- Nouns or pronouns that are indirectly affected by the verb’s action They indicate to whom or for whom something is done.
- Examples:
- Andres showed me a nice video She told the children a story
- Examples:
- Nouns or pronouns that are indirectly affected by the verb’s action They indicate to whom or for whom something is done.
- Spanish reverse construction verbs
- With panish reverse construction verbs that take an indirect object pronoun, the verb agrees with the subject, not the indirect object.
- Examples:
- I love pizza (Amo la pizza), a los niños les gusta el helado (Children like ice cream)
- Examples:
- With panish reverse construction verbs that take an indirect object pronoun, the verb agrees with the subject, not the indirect object.
- Objects of preposition
Comparison of objects of English and Spanish
- Les gusta (They like it) Le hice una pregunta a Betty (I asked Betty a question) Juan le construyó una casa a Maria (Juan built Maria a house)
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- Mapa Mental sobre Subjects and objects, criado por Yulisa Manzanares Ordóñez em 14-04-2021.
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- Yulisa Manzanares Ordóñez
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