Read the following sentence in Spanish. Compro la gasolina en la estación de servicio. Substitute "la gasolina" with a direct object pronoun and explain why you used the pronoun you did.

Answer 1

The sentence "Compro la gasolina en la estación de servicio" can be rewritten with a direct object pronoun as follows:

"La compro en la estación de servicio."

In this case, I used the direct object pronoun "la" because "gasolina" is a feminine singular noun. In Spanish, direct object pronouns replace nouns to avoid repetition. The pronouns correspond to the gender and number of the nouns they replace.

Here’s a quick reference for direct object pronouns in Spanish:

• "lo" for masculine singular nouns
• "la" for feminine singular nouns
• "los" for masculine plural nouns
• "las" for feminine plural nouns

Since "gasolina" is feminine and singular, the appropriate direct object pronoun is "la."