1. TODOS Los Pronombres
Español III

2. Direct Object Pronounsme
nos te os lo
los la
las

3. Direct Object Pronouns
Refers to the person or thing that receives the action of the verb.
They have the SAME gender (masculine / feminine) and number (singular / plural) as the nouns they REPLACE.

4. Direct Object Pronouns
Ej:
-¿Devolviste los libros a la biblioteca?
- No, no los devolví.
- ¿Ayudaste a tu mamá en casa?
- Sí, la ayudé todo el día.

5. Direct Object Pronouns
When an infinitive follows a verb, the D.O.P. can be placed before the conjugated verb or attached to the infinitive, gerund or affirmative command.
Ej:
- ¿Sacaste el libro sobre Simón
Bolívar?
- No, no lo pude sacar.
~ O ~
- No, no pude sacarlo.

6. Indirect Object Pronouns
= to or for me = to or for us
= to or for you = to or for you
all
= to or for him, = to or for them,
her, you you all me
nos te os
les le

7. Indirect Object Pronouns
Tells to whom or for whom an action is performed.
IOPs are used to replace or accompany an indirect object noun.
le and les have more than one meaning, you can make the meaning clear by adding a + name, noun, or pronoun

8. Indirect Object Pronouns
Ej:
Rosita siempre les decía la verdad a sus padres.
Rosita siempre le decía la verdad a su mejor amiga.

9. Indirect Object Pronouns
IOPs are placed before the conjugated verb or attached to the infinitive, gerund or affirmative command.
Ej:
Siempre le quería comprar dulces a su hija.
Siempre quería comprarle dulces a su hija.

10. Indirect Object Pronouns
Common verbs that use IOPs
aburrir = to bore importar = to matter
alegrar = to make happy interesar = to interest
doler = to ache molestar = to bother
enojar = to get mad parecer = to seem
encantar = to love quedar = to fit
fascinar = to fascinate sorprender = to surprise
gustar = to like

11. Double – object Pronouns
When a direct object and an indirect object pronoun are used together, the indirect object pronoun ALWAYS comes before the direct object pronoun.
Ej: ¿Me prestas tu libro?
Sí, te lo presto.
IOP DOP

12. Double – object Pronouns
The verb and the two pronouns form an unbreakable unit. Negative words and adverbs must come before or after this unit.
Ej:
¿Pasteles? No me los compras nunca.
neg. IOP DOP adverb
word

13. Double – object Pronouns
Se replaces le and les before the direct object pronouns lo, la, los, and las.
Ej:
Mamá necesita las llaves del carro.
¿Se las das? = Will you give them to her?

14. Double – object Pronouns
Pronouns come immediately before a conjugated verb or are attached to an infinitive, gerund or affirmative command.
Ej: infinitive…
Marta necesita los apuntes de español.
Se los voy a dar esta noche.
add your accent
Voy a dárselos esta noche.
Hint: The accent is placed on the vowel of the –ar, -er,
-ir ending of the infinitive.

15. Double – object Pronouns
Ej: gerund…
Se los estoy copiando ahora.
add your accent
Estoy copiándoselos ahora.
(I’m copying them for her.)
Hint: The accent is usually placed by counting
back two vowels from the first pronoun.

16. Double – object pronouns
Pronouns also come before the verb in a negative command.
We’ll come back to that lesson.
That’s for another day.

17. Double – object Pronouns
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