 Indirect Object Pronouns Indirect vs. Direct and mixing them together. It can get confusing. Let’s look at indirect object pronouns first, and then try.

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1  Indirect Object Pronouns Indirect vs. Direct and mixing them together. It can get confusing. Let’s look at indirect object pronouns first, and then try mixing them with direct object pronouns.

2 What is an indirect object? A indirect object is a person that is the recipient of a verbs action, but NOT the main subject. It answers…TO OR FOR WHOM My friend bought me that coat. Indirect Object In this sentence, the I am the one receiving the object, but, I am NOT the main subject of this sentence. The coat was bought FOR me.

3 What is an indirect object? Yesterday, we bought flowers for him. Indirect Object In this sentence, HIM is the thing receiving the action of bought. It also answers the question of TO WHOM A indirect object is a person that is the recipient of a verbs action, but NOT the main subject. It answers…TO OR FOR WHOM

4 Think of gender and agreement Le = Him/Her/You (f ormal) Les= Them/You guys (uds.) (Él, Ella, Ud.) (Ellos, Ellas, Uds.)

5 Indirect object pronouns me nos teos leles

6 I threw the ball to Kevin. What is the direct object? What is the indirect object? Which word tells us “to whom”?

7 Try the following Yo envio una carta a Paul ____ envio una carta. ¿Puedes llamar a tu padre y yo anoche? Sí, ____ puedo llamar. What is the indirect object? What indirect object pronoun do we use to replace “him”? Paul le Le les

8 Práctica He sells her the phone. Él __ vende el teléfono. I bought you a present. __ compré un regalo. He writes to me every week. Él __ escribe cada semana.

9 Práctica He sells her the phone. Él le vende el teléfono. I bought you a present. __ compré un regalo. He writes to me every week. Él __ escribe cada semana.

10 Práctica He sells her the phone. Él le vende el teléfono. I bought you a present. Te compré un regalo. He writes to me every week. Él __ escribe cada semana.

11 Práctica He sells her the phone. Él le vende el teléfono. I bought you a present. Te compré un regalo. He writes to me every week. Él me escribe cada semana.

12 Práctica I will bring you the menu. __voy a traer el menu. Sometimes he likes to chat with her. A veces, __ gusta charlar con ella. Eduardo calls us when we get home. Eduardo ___ llama cuanda regresamos a casa.

13 Práctica I will bring you the menu. Te/le voy a traer el menu. Sometimes he likes to chat with her. A veces, __ gusta charlar con ella. Eduardo calls us when we get home. Eduardo ___ llama cuando volvemos a casa.

14 Práctica I will bring you the menu. Te/le voy a traer el menu. Sometimes he likes to chat with her. A veces, le gusta charlar con ella. Eduardo calls us when we get home. Eduardo ___ llama cuando volvemos a casa.

15 Práctica I will bring you the menu. Te/le voy a traer el menu. Sometimes he likes to chat with her. A veces, le gusta charlar con ella. Eduardo calls us when we get home. Eduardo nos llama cuando volvemos a casa.

16 Práctica He always tells her “I love you” Él siempre __ dice “Te amo”. Can you call me later? ¿__ puedes llamar más tarde? The other day she told them she does not want the job. El otro día __ dijo no le gustaría el trabajo.

17 Práctica He always tells her “I love you” Él siempre le dice “Te amo”. Can you call me later? ¿__ puedes llamar más tarde? The other day she told them she does not want the job. El otro día __ dijo no le gustaría el trabajo.

18 Práctica He always tells her “I love you” Él siempre le dice “Te amo”. Can you call me later? ¿ Me puedes llamar más tarde? The other day she told them she does not want the job. El otro día __ dijo no le gustaría el trabajo.

19 Práctica He always tells her “I love you” Él siempre le dice “Te amo”. Can you call me later? ¿ Me puedes llamar más tarde? The other day she told them she does not want the job. El otro día les dijo no le gustaría el trabajo.

20 Yo eché la pelota a Kevin. What is the direct object? What is the indirect object? Which word tells us “to whom”? What direct object PRONOUN would we replace “Kevin” with? le

21 We can’t have le+lo If we ever have a situation where we see “le lo”, “le la”, “le las”, “les lo”, “les la”… We change the le/les to “ se ” Carmen y Ana compraron un iPhone para Manuel. Carmen y Ana compraron un iPhone le. Carmen y Ana compraron le lo. Carmen y Ana le lo compraron. Carmen y Ana se lo compraron.

22 Put the indirect object pronoun before the direct object Yo eché la pelota Yo eché la pelota a ti. Yo eché la pelota te Yo te la te eché Eliminate the indirect object. Place the IOP. Eliminate the direct object as well. Find the DO pronoun. Finally, switch the order. The indirect object pronoun goes first.. a ti. What is the indirect object in this sentence? A ti te Yo te la eché

23 Yo eché la pelota a Kevin. What indirect object PRONOUN would we replace “Kevin” with? le What direct object pronoun do we replace “la pelota” with? la

24 We can’t have le+la, le+lo, les+lo, etc… Ok, this is where it gets tricky. Lo Los La Las Le Les Se Lo Los La Las When two pronouns that start with an L are next to each other, you replace the Le or Les with Se.

25 Por ejemplo Mi amiga Carla dijo a Maria la receta. Indirect object? Direct object? Maria la receta le la Mi amiga Carla __ __ dijo. lela

26 Por ejemplo Mi amiga Carla dijo a Maria la receta. Indirect object? Direct object? Maria la receta le la Mi amiga Carla __ __ dijo. lela Mi amiga Carla __ __ dijo. se la