Direct objects and indirect objects in spanish
- 1. Direct Objects and Indirect Objects IN SPANISH BY SRA HASELHORST
- 2. 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.
- 3. 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.
- 4. 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.
- 5. 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?
- 6. 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? –me My 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.
- 7. 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)
- 8. Kinds of pronouns Subject Reflexive Indirect Direct Preposition Object Object al Subject of the Used when Answers Answers Used after a sentence action reflects question question: preposition back to “to/for whom” “what” (ex: para, sin, subject- agrees con, a, de) with subject (ex: lavarse) Yo Me Me Me mí Tú Te Te Te ti Él, ella/ Ud. Se Le Lo/la Él, ella/ Ud. Nosotros/ Nos Nos Nos Nosotros/noso nosotras stras Ellos/ ellas/ Se Les Los/ las Ellos/ ellas/ Uds. Uds.