1. Los Pronombres
Brian Xu

2. Indirect Object Pronouns
English
Me (me)
Te (you)
Le (him, her, you-formal)
Nos (us)
Os (you guys – Spain)
Les (them, you guys)

3. Indirect Object Pronouns
Spanish
Me (yo)
Te (tú)
Le (él, ella, usted)
Nos (nosotros, nosotras)
Os (vosotros, vosotras)
Les (ellos, ellas, ustedes)

4. Indirect Object Pronouns
Usage
Indirect Object tells where Direct Object is going
Answers questions – “to whom?” or “for whom”
IOP comes immediately before conjugated verb
Example: Juan me compra un regalo.
Juan buys me a gift
Me compra – buys (for) me

5. Indirect Object Pronouns
Le and Les
Le and les are ambiguous when taken out of context because they can mean different things
Example: Ella le escribe una carta
It can mean 3 different things – she writes him a letter, she writes her a letter, she writes you a letter
So we can add a prepositional phrase for clarity:
Ella le escribe a Juan una carta

6. Indirect object pronouns
Prepositional Phrases
Sometimes a prepositional phrase is added for emphasis
Juan me da a mí el dinero
Juan gives me the money
“Juan me da el dinero” is not ambiguous, so “a mí” is used only for emphasis

7. Direct Object Pronouns
English
Me (me)
Te (you)
Lo, la (him, her, you-formal)
Nos (us)
Os (you guys – Spain)
Los, las (them, you guys)

8. Direct Object Pronouns
Spanish
Me (yo)
Te (tú)
Lo, la (él, ella, usted)
Nos (nosotros, nosotras)
Os (vosotros, vosotras)
Los, las (ellos, ellas, ustedes)

9. Direct Object Pronouns
Usage
The direct object is the thing that directly receives the action of the verb
Answers “what?” or “whom?”
Comes directly before the conjugated verb
Example: Juan la tiene
Juan has it

10. Direct Object Pronouns
Usage (continued)
You replace the direct object with a pronoun usually because saying the direct object over and over is getting redundant
Example: Me gusta la sopa. La sopa es deliciosa. Como la sopa
Because “la sopa” is getting repetitive, you can change the last phrase to “La como”
DOP can also be a person
Example: I know you
Te conozco

11. Direct Object Pronouns
Attachment
In a sentence with two verbs, you can also attach the DOP to the infinitive
Both attaching and putting the DOP before the verb mean the same thing
Example: Lo quiero ver (I want to see it)
Quiero verlo

12. Reflexive Pronouns English Me (me) Te (you) Se (him, her, you-formal)
Nos (us)
Os (you guys – Spain)
Se (them, you guys)

13. Reflexive Pronouns Me (yo) Te (tú) Se (él, ella, usted)
Spanish
Me (yo)
Te (tú)
Se (él, ella, usted)
Nos (nosotros, nosotras)
Os (vosotros, vosotras)
Se (ellos, ellas, ustedes)

14. Reflexive Pronouns Usage Used when the subject is acting on itself
Typically precedes verb or attaches to infinitive
Example: Me lavo OR lavarme
I clean myself

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