Indirect Object Pronouns

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1 Indirect Object Pronouns
Capítulo 7 Indirect Objects and Indirect Object Pronouns Dicho y hecho Ninth edition

2 Me gusta la foca. The baby seal is pleasing to me.
These are the same indirect object pronouns we learned with Gustar Me gusta la foca. The baby seal is pleasing to me.

3 Así se forma 4: Indirect object pronouns
Pronombres de objeto indirecto Note the pattern of change in the following model verbs. me me (to/for me) José me dio una foto de los mapuches. te you ¿Te dio una carta? le you (formal) him her Él quiere darle un libro a usted. Yo quiero darle un libro a él. Quiero darle un libro a ella también. nos us Nuestros amigos nos compraron chocolates. les you/them ¿Ellos les mandaron tarjetas postales a ustedes?

4 Position of indirect object pronouns
Así se forma 4: Indirect object pronouns Position of indirect object pronouns Just like Direct Object Pronouns, the indirect object pronoun is placed immediately before a conjugated verb, but maybe attached to an infinitive or a present participle. (Ellos) Me dijeron que esa película es muy buena. They told me that that movie is really good. ¿Vas a comprarme esa revista? Are you going to buy me that magazine? ¿(Tú) Me vas a comprar esa revista? (A él or A ella) Estoy dándole mi tarjeta de crédito. I’m giving her/him my credit card. Le estoy dando mi tarjeta de crédito.

5 Indirect object pronouns
Third-person indirect object pronouns (le, les) are generally used with the indirect object noun. This redundancy does not occur in English. Les escribí a mis primos. I wrote to my cousins. También le escribí a Mónica. I wrote to Mónica too. Le and les are often clarified with the preposition a + pronoun. Le escribí a ella anoche. I wrote to her last night. It’s common to use the forms a mí, a ti, a usted, a él, a ella, a nosotros/as, a ustedes, a ellos, a ellas with the indirect object pronoun for emphasis. Isabel me mandó el paquete a mí. Isabel sent the package to me. (me only! not to someone else, ha ha!)

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