1. Pronouns with commands

2. Pronouns With Commands
English Grammar Connection: You often use object pronouns with commands to direct the action of the verb at someone or something.
In English, you always place pronouns after the command.

3. Pronouns With Commands
Give me that!
Don’t read it!
In English, the pronouns come AFTER the verb.

4. Pronouns With Commands
In Spanish, the pronouns go two places:
Affirmatives ATTACH.
Negatives come BEFORE.

5. Pronouns With Commands
Affirmative Command:
¡Dame eso! (attaches)
Give me that!

6. Pronouns With Commands
Negative Command:
¡No lo leas! (before the verb)
Don´t read it!

7. Pronouns With Commands
affirmative: (attach)
Julia, describe tu comunidad.
Descríbela.

8. Pronouns With Commands
negative: (before the verb)
No me digas la respuesta.
No me la digas.

9. Pronouns With Commands
When you use a direct and an indirect object pronoun together, place the indirect BEFORE the direct.
Memorize this acronym:
RID
Reflexive, Indirect, Direct

10. Pronouns With Commands
¡Ponte las botas!
¡Póntelas!
RID

11. Pronouns With Commands
¡No te pongas las botas!
¡No te las pongas!
RID

12. Pronouns With Commands
When the indirect object pronoun le or les comes before the direct object pronoun lo, la, los, or las, change le or les to se.
In other words, Don´t le lo !
Se lo !!!!

13. Pronouns With Commands
Enrique, explícale tu punto de vista a Raquel.
Explícaselo.

14. Pronouns With Commands
When you attach two object pronouns to a command, you must add an accent mark to preserve the original stress.

15. Pronouns With Commands
Quiero ver las fotos que vas a usar para el proyecto. Dámelas por favor.