1. Direct and Indirect Object Pronouns Los pronombres directos e indirectos

2. Direct Object Pronouns  Me  Te  Lo/La  Nos  Os  Los/Las

3. Translations  Me  You  Him/Her/It/ You(polite) You(polite)  Us  You (plural)  Them/ You(plural)

4. Examples They saw me. Ellos me vieron. She kissed him. Ella lo besó. Notice that the pronoun comes before a conjugated verb.

5. Indirect Object Pronouns ► Me ► Te ► Le ► Nos ► Os ► Les

6. Translations To me To me To you To you To him/To her/ To him/To her/ To you (polite) To you (polite) To us To us To you (plural) To you (plural) To them, To you To them, To you (plural) (plural)

7. Examples You spoke to them. Tú les hablaste. I wrote to her. Yo le escribí.

8. You may use a noun phrase at the end of the sentence to clarify a 3 rd person indirect object pronoun. Le di la maleta a ella. I gave the suitcase to her. Les escribimos la carta a Uds. We wrote the letter to you.

9. A direct or indirect object pronoun may also be attached on to a present participle or an infinitive. Está besándome. (accent on the “a”) He is kissing me. Estás escribiéndoles. (accent on the “e”) You are writing to them. Voy a leerla. I am going to read it.

10. Special Rule If you have both a direct and indirect object pronoun the indirect one comes first. You gave it to me. Tú me lo diste. indirect direct

11. However, a 3rd person indirect object pronoun in front of a 3rd person direct object pronoun will change to “se”. Le or Les in front of Lo, La, Los, Las becomes Se Incorrect – Yo le lo di. ( I gave it to him) Incorrect – Yo le lo di. ( I gave it to him) Correct – Yo se lo di. Correct – Yo se lo di. Incorrect – Juan les la mandó. ( Juan sent it to them) Incorrect – Juan les la mandó. ( Juan sent it to them) Correct – Juan se la mandó. Correct – Juan se la mandó.

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