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Yo llevo la revista y la vendo.

Yo llevo la revista y la vendo.
I take the magazine and I sell it.
From Lesson 59:Direct object pronouns (lo, la, los, las)·Spanish (Latin America)

Questions & Answers about Yo llevo la revista y la vendo.

Why is there a second "la" right before "vendo"?
This second la doesn't mean "the"—it's a direct object pronoun meaning "it". In Spanish, pronouns like "it" usually go before the conjugated verb. So instead of saying "I sell it" (vendo la - which is incorrect here), you say "it I sell" (la vendo).
Wait, so the word "la" can mean both "the" and "it"?
Exactly! In the first half of the sentence, la is a definite article meaning "the" (la revista = the magazine). In the second half, la is a direct object pronoun meaning "it". Because revista is feminine, we use la to replace it. If you were selling a masculine object like el libro (the book), you would use lo to mean "it": lo vendo.
I learned that "tomar" means "to take". Why does this sentence use "llevo"?
Tomar means "to take" in the sense of physically grabbing something, catching a bus, or having a drink. Llevar means "to take" in the sense of transporting, carrying, or bringing something from one place to another. Since the speaker is taking the magazine somewhere to sell it, llevo is the right word to use.
Do I need to repeat "yo" after "y" (and) to say "and I sell it"?
No, you don't. The ending of the verb vendo (I sell) already makes it completely clear that "I" am the one doing the action. In fact, even the first yo at the beginning of the sentence is optional and is probably just there for emphasis.

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