Object Prounouns Forms INDIRECTDIRECTOBJECT PRONOUNS menosmenos teosteos le (se)les (se)lo/lalos/las When both direct and indirect object pronouns are used together with the same verb, the indirect precedes the direct. When both pronouns begin with the letter l-, the indirect object pronoun becomes se. Functions Direct objects answer the question what or whom in relation to the subject and verb. Indirect objects usually answer the questions to whom, for whom, to what, or for what. Pronouns replace nouns when the noun is understood. DIRECT OBJECT PRONOUNS La televisión nos informa. La televisión estimula la creatividad en los niños y los entretiene. INDIRECT OBJECT PRONOUNS La televisión nos ofrece las noticias más corrientes. A los niños les encanta ver la televisión.

Present Subjunctive in Evaluative Statements Forms Add the subjunctive endings to the stem of the yo form of the present indicative tense. In the present subjunctive, except for the yo forms, -ar verbs take the endings of the present indicative -er/-ir verbs, and -er/-ir verbs take the endings of the present indicative -ar verbs. informar informeentretener entretengadistraer distraiga Functions To indicate that a speaker is making an evaluative statement. Here are some common expressions that are followed by the subjunctive. (No) Es bueno que…Es malo que… (No) Es necesario que…(No) es esencial que… (No) Es importante que…Es lamentable que… Es absurdo que…Es sorprendente que…

Subjunctive of Interdependence (Adverbial Conjunctions) Forms You have already studied both regular and irregular forms of the present subjunctive. Here are some adverbial conjunctions that always require the subjunctive in the clause that follows them. a condición de queprovided thatcon tal (de) queprovided that a fin de queso thatpara quein order that a menos queunlesssiempre queprovided that antes (de) quebeforesin quewithout Functions To indicate interdependence among sentence elements; to express the conditions under which an event will take place No es malo que los niños vean la televisión con tal de que los padres vean los programas con ellos y les hablen de los temas. Los padres deben limitar el tiempo que los niños ven la televisión para que no se les forme el hábito de ver la televisión demasiado.