El mapa: lo tengo aquí · Grammar

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El mapa: lo tengo aquí

Referring back to an object with lo/la/los/las

Do not repeat a known object

can become : . becomes : . Plurals use and : ; . These small words agree with the thing, not with its owner.

Put it before the conjugated verb

In a simple statement, place the object word before the verb: , . With + infinitive, you can also attach it to the infinitive: = . Practise the first pattern now; the second is useful for recognition.

Ask about the item

asks do you have it, when the masculine item is already known. asks can you see it for a feminine item. , and help indicate here, there near you, and over there.