Download direct/indirect/double object pronouns

Nombre: ____________________________
Los apuntes: Los pronombres de los complementos directos e indirectos
La gramática
What is a pronoun? Why do they all look the same? Do I really have to use them?
How do we identify
the…
Definition of the…
What are they?
What do they
mean?
What does it mean
to be a reflexive
verb?
How do we identify
a reflexive verb?
What are they?
What do they
mean?
SUBJECT
PRONOUNS
DIRECT OBJECT
PRONOUNS
INDIRECT OBJECT
PRONOUNS
REFLEXIVE
PRONOUNS
PREPOSITIONAL PRONOUNS:
a mí (conmigo)
a ti (contigo)
a él / a ella / a usted / a sí (consigo)
a nosotros
a vosotros
a ellos / ellas / ustedes / a sí (consigo)
*Often, we see these as CLARIFIERS (used with GUSTAR and I.O.P.’s)
Indirect Object Pronouns:
Indirect objects are the people or things in a sentence to whom/what the action of the verb
occurs.
Ej.
I'm talking to José.  Hablo a José.
To whom am I talking?
He gives books to the students  Da unos libros a los estudiantes.
To whom does he give books?
Indirect object pronouns are the words that ____________________the _____________________
(which is usually a person).
Like all pronouns in Spanish, they can be positioned in a couple different ways within the
sentence 
When we have a conjugated verb, we place the indirect object pronoun __________________ the
verb.
Ej.
I'm talking to him.
He writes to them
I'm giving the bread to you.
She answered me
-
Le hablo.
Les escribe.
Te doy el pan.
Ella me contestó.
For infinitives, present participles, and affirmative commands, pronouns can get attached
____________________________.
Ej.
Le voy a decir
OR
Voy a decirle
Les quiero traer el regalo
OR
Quiero traerles el regalo
Estoy presentándole el anuncio… OR
¡Practiquemos!
Rewrite each sentence using an indirect
object pronoun.
1. Sr. Sandoval donó el dinero a los pobres.
2. Escribimos a nuestros padres.
Le estoy presentando el anuncio…
3. ¿Pablo, Sr. Sandoval da (a ti) las fechas
importantes?
4. Dijo la verdad a nosotros.
5. Lupe va a presentar el proyecto a
nosotros.
Direct Object Pronouns
If there is a direct object in a sentence, there is a very simple way to systematically identify it
along with the subject and verb. It's a three-step process, and the steps must be taken in the
following order:
1. To find the verb of the sentence, determine the action of the sentence.
That action word is the _________________ of your sentence.
2. Ask yourself ________ OR _________ is responsible for the action.
The noun that answers that question is the subject of your sentence.
3. Ask yourself “who or what is being verb-ed?”
The answer to that question is the direct object of the sentence.
*If you can't identify a direct object, don't worry, it may be implied.
¿Me oyes?

Te necesito.

Lo conozco.

Lo conozco a él.

Necesito estudar los apuntes. 
Necesito estudarlos.

Do you hear me?
I need you.
Note that these are with-verb forms, and cannot be used if the verb is only implied; in that
case, the prepositional phrase forms are required: a él, a ella, etc.
-A quién vio Ud.? ¿A ella?
-No, a él.
Who(m) did you see?
Her? (verb implied)
No, him.
¡OJO! BEWARE OF “IT”
You CANNOT use lo, la, los, las with _______________ or verbs like it.
(Except if there are TWO verbs).
Ej. I love it.  Me encanta.
 NOOO Lo me encanta 
Ej. I would love to wash it.  Me encantaría lavarlo.  TWO VERBS  
Generally, you CANNOT use a DOP with __________ or ___________.
Why?
When we want to say that “it is,” we are talking about the SUBJECT of a sentence.
Ej. It is extremely dirty! (La mesa)
Ella es muy sucia.
OR
Es muy sucia.
It is _______________ to say “la es divertida.”
“IT” as the subject of a sentence
“IT” as the object of a sentence
(Él) va muy rápidamente. (it = el carro)
Ella está en el escritorio. (it = la pluma)
Yo lo lavo los fines de semana. (it = el carro)
Yo la tengo aquí. (it = la pluma)
¡PRACTIQUEMOS!
Subject or Object of a sentence?
1. It is fun!
2. She forgot to clean it yesterday.
3. It begins at 8:00 p.m.
4. It bit John.
5. John smashed it.
6. Please give it to John or myself.
7. It has a very noisy engine.
8. The mechanic from the garage went to work on it.
9. Zippy and Maurice played it with a grapefruit pulled from a backyard tree.
10. It played soccer with a grapefruit pulled from a backyard tree.
Now, where do we put these D.O.P.’s?
If you have 1 verb, you have ______ option:
1. ________________ the conjugated verb
If you have 2 verbs, you have ______ options:
1. Before the ______________ verb OR
2. __________________ to the infinitive.
¡¡¡OTRA VEZ!!! For infinitives, present participles, and affirmative commands, pronouns can
get attached ____________________________.
¡Practiquemos!
Rewrite each sentence using the correct direct object pronoun 
1. Ellos quieren el libro.
2. Yo conozco a Juan y María.
3. Juan conoce a mí.
4. Él compra las revistas.
5. Ustedes tomaron la leche.
Double Object Pronouns
We have looked at both Direct and Indirect Object Pronouns and learned that we place them
either directly before a conjugated verb or attach them to an infinitive, a
present participle or a command. But what DO WE DO when we have both
direct and indirect object pronouns in one sentence? What goes where?
Let’s take a look at a sample sentence to see how these work:
Yo te doy el dinero a ti.
First, we'll identify the different components of this sentence:
subject
pronoun
our conjugated
verb
direct object
Indirect object Pronoun,
Indirect Object
Now, we replace the Direct Object el dinero with the pronoun lo because dinero is masculine
and singular. And we already have the Indirect Object Pronoun te.
Both object pronouns must come before the active/conjugated verb. But which comes first?
The _______________________________ will ALWAYS come first.
An easy way to remember this is to think of I.D. (Indirect Object, Direct Object). So, our entire
sentence above can be converted into this three-word sentence using both INDIRECT and
DIRECT object pronouns.
1) IO

2) DO
3) VERB
Let's look at another example:
El policía nos lleva las direcciones a nosotros.
First, we'll identify the different components of the sentence:
El policía
lleva
las direcciones
nos, a nosostros
If we follow the ID rule, our final sentence is:
El policía nos las lleva.
But (of course!) we have a small exception. Let's look at this sentence:
Juan le escribe una carta a María.
When we examine the elements, we have:
Juan
escribe
verb
una carta
le, a María
Indirect object
The singular 3rd pronoun,
le, is already there
So our sentence is:
Unfortunately, we _______________leave this sentence as it is. We cannot have two "L" object
pronouns together. So our original sentence,
“Juan le la escribe" must change to----> "Juan se la escribe.”
YOU CAN NEVER ___________ BUT YOU CAN ALWAYS __________.
When we place the double object pronouns on the end of an infinitive or a present
participle, we must still keep them in the IO DO order.
Yo les estoy explicando las reglas a ustedes.
In the sentence above, the Direct Object is not in a pronoun form, so there are no Double
Objects. But when we convert las reglas to the pronoun las, we need to combine the DO and
ID pronouns. We have 2 options (because we have two verbs combined):
OR
Yo se las estoy explicando (remember that les-->se las IO DO)
Yo estoy explicándoselas.
¡Practiquemos!
Rewrite each sentence using indirect object and direct object pronouns.
1. María dona el dinero a la gente sin hogar.
2. El presidente presenta el proyecto de acción social a los reporteros.
3. Mi maestra dio mucha tarea a nosotros esta noche.
¡OJO! 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.
In affirmative commands you attach object pronouns to the end of
the verb. In negative commands, they go before the verb and after
no.
Remember: If both object pronouns begin with the letter L, change the indirect object
pronoun to se.
**When using the command form of a reflexive verb with an object pronoun, the reflexive
pronoun comes before the object pronoun.