IN SPANISHBY SRA HASELHORST

Direct Objects and Indirect Objects

What are DIRECT OBJECTS?

They answer the question- WHO? Or WHAT?

Max brings the phone to his mom.My husband brings me flowers.I see you.Julie sees Marie-Claire.Patrick rides the horse.

Direct Object Nouns to Direct Object Pronouns.

Now that we’ve figured out the nouns- what are the pronouns?

Max brings the phone to his mom. = it Max brings it to him mom.

My husband brings me flowers. = them My husband brings me them.

I see you.= you I see you

Julie sees Marie-Claire.- her Julie sees her.

Patrick rides the horse. = it Patrick rides it.

En español

Me- me Nos- us

Te- you Os- you

Lo, la- it/ him/ her Los, las- them

Max brings the phone. Max brings it (el teléfono– masculine– lo)Max lo trae.My husband brings flowers. My husband brings them. (las flores- feminine, plural-las.)Mon marido las trae.You see her. Tú la ves.

Note that the pronoun goes IN FRONT OF THE CONJUGATED VERB.

Indirect Object Pronouns

Answer the question- to/ for whom?

My husband brings me flowers. For whom? –me

He gives the gift to you. To whom? you?

En español

Me- to/for me Nos- to/ for us

Te- to/ for you Os- to /for you

Le- to/ for him/ her/ you formal Les- to/ for them/ you all

My husband brings me flowers. For whom? –meMy esposo me trae las flores.

She gives the gift to you.Ella te da el regalo.

Note- the indirect object pronoun goes in front of the verb.

Using both together

If a sentence has an indirect object pronoun and a direct object pronoun- the indirect object comes first! (an I looks like a 1)

Mi esposo me las trae. My husband brings me them.

(if you use le or les with lo/la/los/las- the le or les changes to se)

Kinds of pronouns

Subject Reflexive Indirect Object

Direct Object

Prepositional

Subject of the sentence

Used when action reflects back to subject- agrees with subject (ex: lavarse)

Answers question “to/for whom”

Answers question: “what”

Used after a preposition (ex: para, sin, con, a, de)

Yo Me Me Me mí

Tú Te Te Te ti

Él, ella/ Ud. Se Le Lo/la Él, ella/ Ud.

Nosotros/ nosotras

Nos Nos Nos Nosotros/nosostras

Ellos/ ellas/ Uds.

Se Les Los/ las Ellos/ ellas/ Uds.