1 Indirect Object Pronouns
2 An example would be something like this:John came to school. I gave John a piece of cheese. We told John the story. It is so much easier to just say this: John came to school. I gave him a piece of cheese. We told him the story.
3 Indirect Objects: I bought her the shoes (for Jill). OrAn indirect object is a noun in a sentence. Not all sentences have an indirect object. Indirect objects answer: To whom or for whom is the subject doing something? For example: I bought her the shoes (for Jill). Or She told them the story (to Tom and Harry).
4 We just used indirect object pronouns!!English IOPs In those sentences another way is to to just say: I bought the shoes for her. Or She told the story to them. We just used indirect object pronouns!! Sometimes we even switch the word order in English. We say: I bought her the shoes. And She told them the story.
5 Now: in Spanish! me us me nos you (ye) te (os) him/her you/them le lesHere is a complete list of English and Spanish indirect object pronouns. English Spanish me us me nos you (ye) te (os) him/her you/them le les you all y’all
6 Let’s try some! Which Spanish indirect object pronoun would you use to replace the following nouns? I give her candy (to my daughter). le They threw us the ball. nos She told me the truth. me We sold them the car. les
7 Pronoun placement There are five places a pronoun (any kind, not just indirect object pronouns) may be placed in a sentence in Spanish. Directly before a conjugated verb Tacked-on to the end of an infinitive (thus forming a longer word!) ORDER: (Negative + IOP + DOP)
8 Before a conjugated verbThis is very common and unfortunately backward from English. We say, “I gave her the book.” in Spanish they say “(I) to her gave the book.” Let’s try it. I want to say “We give them the book.” (Nosotros) ___ damos el libro. Which pronoun goes there? les How about; “She gives him her phone number.” (Ella)___ da su número de teléfono. le
9 Tacked-on to an infinitiveThis is much easier. Remember, an infinitive is an unconjugated verb. (It ends in “r”.) Let’s try it! We want to send you (tú) a letter. ___Queremos mandar___ una carta. Notice te can go in either spot-Why? She is going to tell us the answer. Ella __va a decir__ la respuesta. This time nos can go in either blank.
10 The Le Lo and Les Lo ProblemWe can not put le+lo/la/los/las or les+lo/la/los/las together in Spanish. If you have a sentence that would require both, we change the le or les to se. Example. I send her the message. I send it to her. The “to her” should be le, and the it lo, but we need to change it to: Se lo mando.
11 PRACTICE I write you letters. The girl gives us a drink.Mario writes me a letter. You all ask her questions. Maria y Marta are going to tell them a secret. Are you going to buy me a present for my birthday?
12 The end? Te escribe cartas. La chica nos da una bebida. Mario me escribe una carta. Ustedes le preguntan preguntas. Maria y Marta nos van a decir un secreto. Maria y Marta van a decirnos un secreto. ¿Me vas a comprar un regalo? ¿Vas a comprarme un regalo?