Indirect Object Pronouns Process
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Process for Spanish indirect object pronouns
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- IDENTIFY THE INDIRECT OBJECT
- Indirect objects receive the direct object, or answer the question "to whom" or "for whom" the action of the verb is performed (asked after the direct object).
- Question: "For whom" did you buy a present? Answer: our mother
- EJEMPLO 1
- nuestra madre
- i.o.
- ¿Compraste un regalo para nuestra madre?
- i.o.
- a mí
- Question: "To whom" are you going to give your coffee? Answer: me
- EJEMPLO 2
- ¿Das tu café a mí?
- REPLACE THE INDIRECT OBJECT WITH AN INDIRECT OBJECT PRONOUN
- ¿Enrique, compraste un regalo para nuestra madre? --------------------------------------------------------- Enrique, did you buy a present for our mother?
- *se
- me
- le
- te
- nos
- les
- os
- ¿Das tu café a mí? -------------------------------------------- Are you going to give your coffee to me?
- *se
- me
- le
- te
- nos
- les
- os
- Indirect object pronouns can be used to replace indirect object nouns to reduce repetition. It would be like saying "to/for me/you/him/her/us/them" in English. In Spanish they must agree with the noun they are replacing.
- nuestra madre
- Yes, I bought a present FOR OUR MOTHER.
- le
- Yes, I bought a present FOR HER.
- a ti
- No, I am not going to give my coffee TO YOU.
- te
- No, I am not going to give my coffee TO YOU.
- PUT IT ALL TOGETHER
- After replacing the indirect object noun with a pronoun, be sure to place it before the conjugated verb. Here is the conversation all together.
- ¿Enrique, compraste un regalo para nuestra madre? --------------------------------------------------------- Enrique, did you buy a present for our mother?
- Place i.o. pronoun BEFORE the verb
- ¿Compraste un regalo para nuestra madre?
- le
- compré
- Sí, le compré un regalo. Le compré unas joyas.
- le
- ¿Das tu café a mí? -------------------------------------------- Are you going to give your coffee to me?
- Place i.o. pronoun BEFORE the verb
- ¿Me das tu café?
- te
- ¡No! ¡No te doy mi café!
- doy
- te
- ¿Enrique, compraste un regalo para nuestra madre?
- ¿Me das tu café a mí?
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