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Necesitamos los documentos, pero los enviamos mañana.

Necesitamos los documentos, pero los enviamos mañana.
We need the documents, but we are sending them tomorrow.
From Lesson 59:Direct object pronouns (lo, la, los, las)·Spanish (Latin America)

Questions & Answers about Necesitamos los documentos, pero los enviamos mañana.

Why is there a second los right before enviamos?
This second los means "them". It is a direct object pronoun replacing los documentos (the documents) so we don't have to repeat the whole phrase. Because documentos is masculine and plural, we use los.
Why does the sentence say los enviamos instead of enviamos los?
In Spanish, direct object pronouns like los must be placed directly before the conjugated verb. While in English we put "them" after the verb, Spanish puts it before, essentially saying "them we send" (los enviamos).
Why are both verbs (necesitamos and enviamos) missing a subject word like "we"?
In Spanish, the verb endings tell you who is doing the action. Both necesitamos (we need) and enviamos (we send) end in -amos, which is the present tense ending for nosotros (we). Since the ending already makes it clear, we don't need to include the word nosotros.
Why use the present tense enviamos (we send) if the action is happening mañana (tomorrow)?
Just like in English where we can say "we are sending them tomorrow," Spanish frequently uses the present tense to talk about planned future actions. The time word mañana makes it perfectly clear when the action will happen.

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