Estructura I: Simplifying expressions: indirect object pronouns Ana y Cristina van a la agencia de viajes porque quieren viajar a Quito, Ecuador. El agente.

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1 Estructura I: Simplifying expressions: indirect object pronouns Ana y Cristina van a la agencia de viajes porque quieren viajar a Quito, Ecuador. El agente les recomienda un vuelo con dos escalas. Ana le hace muchas preguntas al agente y él le da mucha información.

2 Estructura I: Simplifying expressions: indirect object pronouns Ana y Roberto van a la mutual Vida Sana porque quieren comprar un seguro de salud. El agente les recomienda un plan para toda la familia. Ana le hace muchas preguntas al agente y él le da mucha información.

3 Sentence structure: Review All sentences  have a subject and a verb Silvia está hablando. Many sentences  have a direct object Yo compré el boleto. Some sentences  have an indirect object* Yo le compré el boleto a Julieta. * indirect objects cannot exist without direct objects

4 Direct objects: Review Direct object  noun or pronoun that directly receives the action of the verb  answers the question whom? or what? in relation to the sentence’s subject and verb Manny compró un boleto. Lo compró hace dos días.

5 The concept of indirect objects Observe the indirect object in the following sentence Manny le compró un boleto a su esposa. Subject Indirect Object Pronoun VerbDirect ObjectIndirect Object

6 Simplifying expressions: indirect object pronouns me te le nos os les to/for me to/for you (informal) to/for you (formal); to/for him, her to/for us to/for you (informal, plural) to/for you (formal, plural); to/for them

7 Simplifying expressions: indirect object pronouns Indirect Object  noun or pronoun that indirectly receives the action of a verb  indirect object tells to whom? or for whom? the action of the verb is performed Manny compró un boleto a ella. (for whom?) Le compró un boleto hace dos días.

8 Simplifying expressions: indirect object pronouns Placement of indirect object pronouns  identical to placement of direct object pronouns  in front of conjugated verb I gave the jacket to her. Yo le di la chaqueta.  in negative statements, place the no in front of the pronoun They did not buy the present for us. No nos compraron el regalo.

9 Simplifying expressions: indirect object pronouns Placement of indirect object pronouns  With an infinitive or a present participle before the conjugated verb attached to the infinitive or participle* * only if an infinitive or participle is present I’m going to give the ticket to her. Voy a darle el boleto. or Le voy a dar el boleto.

10 Indirect object pronouns: Puntos especiales le and les  can have different meanings  clarified with a él, a ella, a usted, a ellos, a ellas, or a ustedes -¿Le prometiste el viaje a él o a ella? -Le prometí el viaje a ella.

11 Indirect object pronouns: Puntos especiales For emphasis  you may see indirect object nouns and their respective pronouns in the same sentence —Te doy este regalo. —¿A quién le das? —¡Te doy el regalo a ti!

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