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¿Ves el museo? No, no lo veo.

¿Ves el museo? No, no lo veo.
Do you see the museum? No, I do not see it.
From Lesson 59:Direct object pronouns (lo, la, los, las)·Spanish (Latin America)

Questions & Answers about ¿Ves el museo? No, no lo veo.

Why is lo before veo? In English we say "I see it".
In Spanish, direct object pronouns like lo (it or him), la (it or her), los (them), and las (them) usually go right before the conjugated verb. So instead of saying "I see it", the structure is literally "it I see" (lo veo).
Why use lo here instead of la?
The pronoun lo replaces el museo (the museum). Since museo is a masculine noun, you must use the masculine pronoun lo. If you were talking about a feminine noun like la casa (the house), you would use la instead: No la veo (I do not see it).
Why are there two no words in No, no lo veo?
The first No simply answers the question, just like in English. The second no makes the action negative ("I do not see"). In Spanish, the negative no must go before both the object pronoun and the verb.
How do we know who is doing the seeing if there are no words for "you" or "I"?
The verb endings tell you who the subject is. Ves is the tú (informal you) form of the verb ver (to see), so it means "you see". Veo is the yo (I) form, meaning "I see". Because these verb endings make it clear who is acting, the subject pronouns tú and yo are naturally left out.

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