Indirect Object Pronouns: Tells to whom or for whom an action is performed Me – to/ for meNos- to/ for us Te- to/ for youOs- to/ for you all (informal, Spain) Le- to/ for him, her, you (formal) Les- to/ for them, you all Conexión:Literal meaning? Me gustan las galletas. A ella le gusta el café.

Práctica He brought me flowers. * “For me/ to me” (Test: He brought flowers to me) - Me compró flores. We separated the plastic and the paper for you. Te separamos el plástico y el papel. I bought food for the poor man. * even the we use the indirect object we also have to use an indirect object pronoun.

Translate 1.I bought chocolate for you. 2. They collected cans of food for us. 3. We brought toys to the children. 4. Did you clean the street for the others.

When indirect and direct object pronouns are in the same sentence… the indirect object pronoun goes directly in front of the direct object pronouns. I.D. your sentences. He bought it (el anillo) for me. Me lo compró. She sold them (los aretes) to us. Nos los vendió. Object Pronouns: I.O (me, te, le, nos, os, les) :to whom/ for whom D.O: (lo, la, los, las): it/ them

Exception We took it (la bolsa) to him. -Se la llevamos. I collected them (los periódicos) for you guys (ustedes). –Se los recogí. The Lelo/ Lela rule: When “le” or “les” come before a direct object pronoun (lo, la, los, las) it changes to “se”

If there is an infinitive… Sandra y Ramón quieren reciclártelo. Sandra and Ramón want to recycle it (the plastic) for you. We need to clean it (the kitchen) for you all (vosotros). I can separate them (the cans) for them.

Verbs that frequently accompany indirect object pronouns Dar-to give (present and past) Hacer- to make or do (past) Decir- to tell (present)

Dar- to give (present tense) Irregular in the “yo” form. – Yo te doy un regalo para tu cumpleaños. Le damos un perrito para la Navidad. * ¿ Me dais un helado? What other infinitive conjugates similarly?

Dar- to give (preterite) Irregular Ex: Le di un perrito para la navidad. – Di--Dimos – Diste--Disteis – *Dio-- Dieron o How can we summarize how “dar? conjugates in the preterite?

Hacer- to do/to make (preterite) Irregular Ex: Yo hice el trabajo voluntario en Honduras el verano pasado. – hice--hicimos – hiciste--hicisteis – Hizo--hicieron

Decir- to tell Change your way of thinking. – He is telling it to her right now. – Se lo dice ahora. Stem change: e i digodicimos dicesdicís dicedicen

Additions to Translation Sheet 1.We are telling you the truth. 2.They did it (un proyecto de construcción) for me. 3. Did you all give them (los periódicos) to us?