Los pronombres de complemento directo e indirecto ( direct and indirect object pronouns )

1. Los pronombres de complemento directo e indirecto (direct and indirectobjectpronouns) • The direct object receives the action of the verb. The indirect object receives the direct object. • Ejemplo en inglés: • The monkey gives the money to me. • The monkey (subject) gives (verb) the money (direct object) to me (indirect object).

2. Use direct object pronouns to replace direct objects. • Example: I love Juan. I love him. • Juan= direct object • him= direct object pronoun • Example: Yes I buy blueberries. Yes I buy them. • blueberries= direct object • them= direct object pronoun

3. It’s the same in Spanish. • Ejemplo: Amo a Juan. Lo amo. • complemento directo= Juan • pronombre de complemento directo= lo • Ejemplo: Sí, compro los arándanos. Sí, los compro. • complemento directo= los arándanos • pronombre de complemento directo= los

4. Direct object pronouns

5. Use indirect object pronouns to replace indirect objects. • Example: I give money to Juan. I give money to him. • Juan= indirect object • him= indirect object pronoun • Example: Yes I buy blueberries for Juan. Yes I buy him blueberries. • Juan= indirect object • him= indirect object pronoun

6. It’s the same in Spanish. • Ejemplo: Yo le doy el dinero a Juan. Yo le doy el dinero. • complemento indirecto= Juan • pronombre de complemento indirecto= le • Ejemplo: Sí, le compro los arándanos a Juan. Sí, le compro arándanos. • complemento indirecto= Juan • pronombre de complemento indirecto= le

7. Indirectobjectpronouns

8. ¡¡¡¡¡Wait a second!!!!! • ¿¿¿Doesn’tthesentenceYo le doy el dinero a Juan already HAVE theindirectobjectpronounle ??? • Why, yes it does!!! But isn’t that incredibly redundant?? • Why, yes it is!!

9. In Spanish if you have an indirect object you have to always also use the indirect object pronoun!!!!!!!!! • The indirect object is optional, the indirect object pronoun is NOT!!!!!!!!!

10. Combining direct and indirect object pronouns • Put the indirect first • If the indirect is le or les combined with the direct lo, la, los or las, the indirect changes to se.

11. Example: I give money to Juan. I give it to him. • money= direct object • Juan= indirect object • it= directobjectpronoun • him= indirectobjectpronoun • Ejemplo: Yo le doy el dinero a Juan. Yo se lo doy. • complemento directo= el dinero • complemento indirecto= Juan • pronombre de complemento directo= lo • pronombre de complemento indirecto= le (changingtosebecauseit’scombinedwithlo)

12. Placement

13. Accents when attaching pronouns • Always to the present participle • comprándolo • Always to affirmative commands of 2 or more syllables • cómpralo • ponlo • Always to the infinitive when attaching 2 pronouns • comprárselo • To affirmative commands of 1 syllable only when adding 2 pronouns • póntelo

14. Fun minutiae! • With affirmative nosotros commands with the third person singular indirect object pronoun and the lo/los/la/las direct object pronouns, the sof the indirect object pronoun disappears! • Let’s give it to him! • ¡Démoselo!

15. Fun minutiae continued! • With ustedes commands, if you command people to do something to nosotros, the n on the direct or indirect object pronounnosdoes NOT disappear! • Give them to us, y’all! • Dénnoslo!