Direct and Indirect Object Pronouns

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Direct and Indirect Object Pronouns
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Direct Object Pronouns
me nos
te os
lo, la los, las

• The object that DIRECTLY receives the action of
  the verb is called the Direct Object.
• What? Who?

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• I saw you. DO you Te vi.
• I called her. DO her La llamé.
• She bought it. DO it Lo compró.

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Indirect Object Pronouns

• Weve seen two types of pronouns so far
• Reflexive me, te, se
• Direct oject me, te, lo, la
• In this slide show, we are going to look at one
  more type indirect objects.

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Whats an indirect object?

• Complete these sentences
• The teacher gave ___ an A.
• Bill Gates sent ___ a million dollar check.
• My parents bought ___ a used car.
• Julia told ___ the big secret.

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• The teacher gave you pesos.
• Bill Gates sent me a million dollar check.
• My parents bought my little sister a used car.
• Julia told everyone the big secret.

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Indirect objects

• The Indirect Object tells us where the Direct
  Object is going to.
• The Indirect Object is the person or thing to
  whom or for whom the action is performed you,
  me, my little sister, everyone.
• The teacher gave you pesos!
• Pesos Direct Object
• You Indirect Object

To whom? For whom?
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Thats right!

• me gt me
• you gt te
• The second pair of examples can be replaced with
  pronouns her, them. What are the Spanish
  equivalents?

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Hmm, this looks familiar!

• her gt le
• them gt les
• Weve seen this form before when we use the verb
  gustar.

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Here are the forms!

• The indirect objects are

me nos
te os
le les
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Some common verbs that are used with indirect
object pronouns

• Indirect objects are used together with verbs
  such as
• Dar (to give)
• Enviar (to send)
• Comprar (to buy)
• Decir (to tell)
• Regalar (to give a gift)

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• She gave the dress me.
• Me dio el vestido.
• I sent the letter to you.
• Te envié la carta.
• They bought the scarf for us.
• Nos compraron la bufanda.
• She told me lies.
• Me dijo las mentiras. (irregular preterite verb)
• I gave the turtles to yall.
• Les regalé las tortugas.

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• Other verbs (add to your notes)

Otros To write- Escribir To explain- Explicar
To offer- Ofrecer
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Two guidelines

1. The Indirect Object tells us where the DO is
   going. It answers what or who.
2. The Indirect Object answers the question to
   whom? or for whom? the action of the verb is
   performed.

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Vamos a practicar!

• Complete each sentence with an appropriate
  indirect object pronoun. The recipient for each
  sentence is provided.
• Recipient me Mis padres ___ enviaron 100 para
  comprar un vestido nuevo.
• Mis padres me enviaron (sent) 100 para comprar
  un vestido nuevo.
• Remember to place all object pronouns before the
  conjugated verb.

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Otro, por favor.

• Recipient you ___ enviaron tus padres dinero
  también?
• Te enviaron tus padres dinero también?
• What if there is more than one of you like
  yall?
• Les enviaron sus padres dinero también?
• Use the Uds. form
• OR
• Os enviaron sus padres dinero también?

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Practica

• Recipient her Diego ___ compró un anillo
  (ring) a Luisa.
• Diego le compró un anillo (ring) a Luisa.

GENDER does not play a role here!! Le is for him
and for her
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Otro ejemplo

• Recipient us La profesora de antropología ___
  da mucha tarea.
• La profesora de antropología nos da mucha tarea.

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• You bought the candies for Melina.
• Tú compraste los dulces para Melina.
• You bought them for Melina. Tú_______
  compraste para Melina.
• You bought the candies for her.
• Tú _______ compraste los chocolates (a Melina).
• In Spanish, you can clarify who by writing the
  persons name at the end of the sentence even
  thought it might sound repetitive. You cannot do
  this for Direct Object pronouns.

los
le
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Práctica

• We sent the girl a doll.
• Nosotros enviamos la muñeca a la niña.
• We sent it to the girl.
• Nosotros la enviamos a la niña.
• We sent the doll to her.
• Nosotros le enviamos la muñeca.
• What if you want to say We sent it for/to her?

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I do!

• Bill Gates sent me a million dollar check.
• Bill Gates me lo envió.
• Note that the indirect object precedes the direct
  object.
• Think indirect, direct object I DO.

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Double trouble.

• In all of the examples, there are two objects.
  That is, someone is giving something to someone.
  
• The something is the direct object and the
  someone (the recipient) is the indirect object).

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Say what?

• Look at the first examples and identify the
  objects
• The teacher gave you an A.
• Recipient you
• Thing received an A
• The teacher gave it to you.
• My parents bought my little sister a used car.
• Recipient my little sister
• Thing received a used car
• My parents bought it for her.

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• She gave the dress to me.
• Ella me lo dio.
• I sent the letter to you.
• Yo te la envie.
• They bought the squirrel for us. (la ardilla)
• Ellos nos la regalaron.
• She told me the lie.
• Ella me la dijo.
• I gave the chocolates to you all.
• Yo se los di. special rule

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L L S L

• No, its not algebra class!
• If a sentence has two objects that both start
  with L, the first one changes to SE.

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• Yo envié una carta a mi hermana.
• Yo la envié a mi hermana.
• Yo ____ la envié. (se)
• El maestro dio tarea al estudiante.
• El maestro se la dio. (le la)
• Carmen envió unas cajas de ropa a su amiga.
• Carmen se las envió.
• Mis padres regalaron un coche a mi hermana.
• Mis padres se lo regalaron.

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Double objects

• We can simplify each sentence if we already know
  what the objects refer to. Look at this passage
• My little sister got a new apartment across town,
  but there is no bus service. She saw a used car
  she liked a lot, but she didnt have a lot of
  money. My parents bought it for her.

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Lets take a closer

• My parents bought it for her.
• The expression in red is the indirect object (the
  recipient) and the word in yellow is the direct
  object. Both are pronouns.

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What about in Spanish?

• We can do the same thing in Spanish
• Bill Gates sent me a million dollar check.
• Recipient me
• Thing received a million dollar check
• Bill gave it to me.

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An example, please.

• Sure! Lets simplify this sentence Yo envié una
  carta a mi hermano.
• You could say either
• Yo la envié a mi hermano.
• or
• Yo le envié una carta.
• But you could also say
• Yo se la envié.
• Note how the le changes to se you cant say
  le la because both objects start with an l.

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Lets practice a few!

• El maestro dio tarea al estudiante.
• El maestro ___ ___ dio.
• El maestro se la dio.
• La la tarea (direct object)
• Se al estudiante (indirect object)

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Otro, por favor!

• Carmen envió unas cajas de ropa a su amiga.
• Carmen ___ ___ envió.
• Carmen se las envió.
• Las las cajas (DOP)
• Se a su amiga (IOP)

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Uno más y acabamos.

• Mis padres regalaron un coche a mi hermana.
• Mis padres ___ __ regalaron.
• Mis padres se lo regalaron.
• Lo un coche
• Se a mi hermana (not me)

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Las respuestas

1. Me lo da.
2. Te la envío.
3. Nos la compraron.
4. Me la dijo.
5. Os los regalé.

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Ya está!

• To summarize, here are the four forms of pronouns
  you know!
• Subject Reflexive Direct object Indirect object
• yo me me me
• tú te te te
• él se lo le
• ella se la le
• Ud. se lo, la le
• nosotros nos nos nos
• vosotros os os os
• ellos se los les
• ellas se las les
• uds. se los, las les