Bellwork Escriban los pronombres de los objetos directos. Y también escriban 3 frases con los objetos directos. When you finish correct your peer’s homework & then write everything you know about INDIRECT objects!
What are indirect objects in English? They receive the action of the direct object. Answer the question: to whom? or for whom? the action is done Examples: I give the backpack to Rosa. Who is receiving the backpack? ROSA The Indirect Object(IO) is ROSA.
So what would it be in Spanish? Yo doy la mochila a Rosa. I gave the backpack to Rosa. Rosa is our IO Instead of always saying to Rosa, what could we change it to? ~ Let’s put HER in there!
Indirect Object Pronouns The Pros at IOs Here’s how we say replace those indirect object nouns with their pronouns: Indirect Object Pronouns Singular Plural me ( me) nos- (us) te ( you- familiar) os (you-all, familiar) le (you-formal, him, her) les (you, them)
Placing the Pros The IO pronouns accompany the NOUN it modifies OR replace the NOUN. The pronoun appears BEFORE the conjugated verbs. Mamá les da el dinero a José y Ana. Mom gives José and Ana the money. Mamá les da el dinero. Mom gives them the money. Accompanies Replaces José y Ana
Another Placing When an infinitive follows the conjugated verb, the indirect object pronoun can be placed before the conjugated verb or ATTACHED to the infinitive. Le voy a vender mi coche a Sara. I’m going to sell Sara my car. Comes before the Conjugated Verb Le voy a vender mi coche. attached Voy a venderle mi coche. I’m going to sell her my car.
Práctica Ejemplo: El agente/vender/los boletos/ a nosotros El agente nos vende los boletos. Mi padre/pagar/cuatrocientos dólares/ a la agente de viajes. Mi padre le paga cuatrocientos dólares. Yo/dar/mi perro/ a ti. Yo te doy mi perro. Mi madre/regalar/un libro/ a mí. Mi madre me regala un libro.