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We can use direct object pronouns in place of direct objects.

Direct Object Pronouns can go either before the verb...

No lo oí, lo leí en el periódico.
      I didn't hear it, I read it in the newspaper.
Lo dijo por primera vez.
       He said it for the first time.
¿Quién lo manejó?
      Who drove it?

... or after the verb.

Yo vine a ver el paisaje. Yo vine a verlo.
       I came to see the landscape. I came to see it.
Ellos salieron a comprar los zapatos. Ellos
       salieron a comprarlos.
      They went out to buy the shoes. They went
       out to buy them.
¿Pudiste llamarlo?
      Were you able to call him?