Attaching Direct Object Pronouns to Verbs

Originally Posted by Twix93 (Post 50072)

As far as I know, direct objects can be attached to non-conjugated verbs such as infinitives and present progressive. I'm just a bit confused with a couple of things.

If you were to say: "I want to eat it", you can either say:
Quiero comerlo.
or
Lo quiero comer.

Right?? yes

And also AFAIK, you can do that to any direct object pronoun, is that correct?: yep

Quiero buscarme. (I want to look for myself)
Quiero buscarte. (I want to look for you)
Quiero buscarla. (I want to look for her)
Quiero buscarnos. (I want to look for ourselves)
Quiero buscaros. (I want to look for you/plural)
Quiero buscarlos/buscarlas. (I want to look for them {m/f})

It's just that the ending -os sounds a little strange to me, probably because it begins with a vowel. I did not learn it with -os, I learned it with -los. Do you use vosotros/as?:thinking:

And is this how I would use a direct object pronoun with the present progressive? yes.

Estoy buscandome/Me estoy buscando (I am looking for myself)
Estoy buscandote (I am looking for you)
Estoy buscandolo/buscandola (I am looking for it/him/her etc..)
Estoy buscandonos (I am looking for ourselves)
Estoy buscandolos/buscandolas (I am looking for them)

And my main concern is:

Estoy buscandoos (I am looking for you/plural)

This doesn't seem right? How am I supposed to say that?

Originally Posted by pjt33 (Post 50083)

Almost entirely correct; you're just forgetting to add accents so that the stress stays where is was previously. "Estoy buscándoos" is pronounced the same as "Estoy buscando os" but without the pause between words. Most of the time, though, it would be "Os busco".

It's more usual to place the pronoun on an infinitive/present participle if you can, but if a particular combination sounds inelegant then by all means use the other form.

Edit: Sofía, in England they teach peninsular Spanish by default. In the US I imagine it makes sense to teach either a common-denominator Latin American Spanish or focus particularly on Mexican, Puerto Rican, or Cuban Spanish (depending partly on where in the US you are).

Originally Posted by Twix93 (Post 50072)

As far as I know, direct objects can be attached to non-conjugated verbs such as infinitives and present progressive. I'm just a bit confused with a couple of things.

If you were to say: "I want to eat it", you can either say:
Quiero comerlo.
or
Lo quiero comer.

Right??

And also AFAIK, you can do that to any direct object pronoun, is that correct?:

Quiero buscarme. (I want to look for myself)
Quiero buscarte. (I want to look for you)
Quiero buscarla. (I want to look for her)
Quiero buscarnos. (I want to look for ourselves)
Quiero buscaros. (I want to look for you/plural)
Quiero buscarlos/buscarlas. (I want to look for them {m/f})

It's just that the ending -os sounds a little strange to me, probably because it begins with a vowel.

And is this how I would use a direct object pronoun with the present progressive?

Estoy buscándome/Me estoy buscando (I am looking for myself)
Estoy buscándote (I am looking for you)
Estoy buscándolo/buscándola (I am looking for it/him/her etc..)
Estoy buscándonos (I am looking for ourselves)
Estoy buscándolos/buscándolas (I am looking for them)

And my main concern is:

Estoy buscándoos (I am looking for you/plural)


This doesn't seem right? How am I supposed to say that?

Originally Posted by jchen (Post 50086)

oh. :thinking:

Originally Posted by bobjenkins (Post 50219)

Sí jchen , en EE UU nos enseñan español que se habla en los países cerca de los Estados Unidos México/Cuba/ect. Es decir, probablemente no enseña el dialecto del España:)

Originally Posted by irmamar (Post 50238)

Ejem, de dialecto, nada. El español de España es una lengua :p