Module 4 of the free Spanish course (CEFR A2, completed), lesson 16 of 30: Stop repeating nouns: lo, la, los and las stand in for them, and they sit BEFORE the verb. On this page: 7 words with their genders and respellings, the rule, a watch-out line and the audio — the study notes behind the workbook's QR.
| Spanish | English | Say it |
|---|---|---|
| yo lo veo | I see it (m) | yoh loh BEH-oh |
| yo la veo | I see it (f) | yoh lah BEH-oh |
| yo los veo | I see them (m) | yoh lohs BEH-oh |
| yo las veo | I see them (f) | yoh lahs BEH-oh |
| yo veo | I see | yoh BEH-oh |
| ¿ves el autobús? | do you see the bus? | behs ehl ow-toh-BOOS |
| sí, lo veo | yes, I see it | see, loh BEH-oh |
Respellings follow the course’s say-it key; the stressed syllable is in capitals. Print this lesson’s flashcards (PDF) — the words on the front, the English and respelling on the back.
Stop repeating nouns: lo, la, los and las stand in for them, and they sit BEFORE the verb. ¿Ves el autobús? — Sí, LO veo. ¿Comes la sopa? — LA como todos los días.
The pronoun matches the noun's gender and number — the article habit from Module 1 paying off again. Ver in the present: veo, ves, ve, vemos, ven.
The pronoun goes BEFORE the verb: lo veo, never veo lo. English word order is the trap here.
This free course is the reading half. The writing half — write-in lessons, daily practice pages with built-in review, self-checks and a full answer key — is the companion workbook series, The Spanish Ladder: one workbook per module, fifteen in all, released band by band with the Basic band (Modules 1–5) first.
Turn this lesson’s words into flashcards, then space your reviews — the two habits the research behind our study guides backs hardest.
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