Review of Indirect Objects and Indirect Object Pronouns ¿Me puede mostrar los modelos más económicos?

An indirect object is almost always a person (occasionally a thing) that is indirectly affected by the action of the verb. Paco gave the book to me. Paco me dio el libro. What did Paco give? The book. That’s our direct object. To whom did Paco give the book? To me. That’s our indirect object. It is important to distinguish direct objects from indirect objects.

The indirect object pronouns in Spanish are as follows: me te lele nos les for people mostly for people and sometimes things Notice that the forms of the indirect object pronouns are identical to the direct object pronouns, except for the third- person singular and plural forms. These are used

The prepositional forms that often accompany the object pronouns are as follows: me te lele nos les (a mí) (a ti) (a usted) (a él) (a ella) (a nosotros) (a ustedes) (a ellos) (a ellas) These are mandatory (for clarification or emphasis) (a Juan) (a Marta) etc. These are optional

Remember that the indirect object pronoun in Spanish can represent (at least) three different relationships. Paco gave the book to me. Paco me dio el libro (a mí). Paco took the book from me. Paco me quitó el libro (a mí). Paco bought the book for me. Paco me compró el libro (a mí). All three—to, from and for— are represented by the single preposition a in Spanish.

Choosing me, te, le, nos, or les When completing sentences, look at what comes after the “a” to determine which Indirect Object pronoun is needed. Remember that the pronoun matches the indirect object of the sentence, not the subject of the sentence. Example: Yo le hablo a él. (I talk to him).

Let’s do these together: 1.María _____ habla a mí.me 2. El profesor _____ da clases a los estudiantes. =(a ellos) les 3. Tú _____ das un regalo a tu madre. =(a ella) le 4. La profesora _____ da unas notas a nosotros.nos 5. ______ digo la verdad a ti.Te 6. Ella ____ prepara la cena a sus amigos. (a ellos) les

When you have 2 verbs… Placement of indirect object pronouns follows the same rules as the reflexive pronouns and direct object pronouns. If you only have 1 verb, the pronoun must go in front of the verb (except for command forms). When you have 2 verbs, you can place it in front of the first verb, or attach it to the end of the second verb.

Indirect object pronouns, like all object pronouns, come in front of the conjugated verb or after and attached to an infinitive... Le voy a mandar el libro a Alfredo. Voy a mandarle el libro a Alfredo.... or a gerund. Estoy mandándole el libro a Alfredo.

Let’s do these together: 1. Voy a ____________ a mi madre a hacer las camas. (ayudar) ____voy a ____________ a mi madre a hacer las camas. (ayudar) OR ayudarle Le ayudar 2. Estoy ____________ la ropa a mis hermanas. (lavando) lavándoles OR _____ estoy _________ la ropa a mis hermanas. (lavando) Leslavando

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