2.  The direct object answers: › Who? › What?  It is the recipient of the action.  For sentences with one conjugated verb: › The DOP comes before the conjugated verb › The DOP comes between the negtive (“no”) and the conjugated verb

3.  In sentences with more than one verb: › Yo quiero comprar el sombrero. › “I want to buy the hat.” › You can put the DOP either before the conjugated verb or connected to the end of the not conjugated verb. › Ejemplo:  Yo quiero comprarlo.  Yo lo quiero comprar. *After the verb is more common*

4.  Tell us where the DO is going. They answer the questions: › To whom? › For whom?  Examples: › I give the shirt to you. › He buys me a ring.

5.  NOTE: Sentences with an IO normally also have a DO › For examples it doesn’t make sense to say “He buys me…” What does he buy you?  Sometimes the DO is implied. › She writes me. › It is implied that a letter is the DO, the thing that is written.

6.  Work the same way as DOP.  The chart is as follows: Me (me) Nos (us) Te (you informal) Os (y’all) Le (him/her/you formal) Les (them/you all formal)

7.  We’ll do the first one together: › He buys the hat for me.  Él me compra el sombrero.  Try it for yourself: › They want the skirt for you.  Ellos te quieren la falda. › I buy the shoes for you all.  Les compro los zapatos. › We buy the pants for her.  Le compramos los pantalones

8.  Just like the DOP, when the statement is negative you need to put the IOP between the negative word (for example, “No”) and the conjugated verb.  Example: › I don’t buy clothing for you all.  No les compro la ropa.

9.  Which IOP aren’t as clear about who they are talking about outside of the context of the sentence?  3 rd person: › Le can be him, her, it, or you formal › Les can be they or you all formal  What do we do then?

10.  What did you do when you ran across this problem with the verbs Gustar and Encantar?  Add in a “a ella” or “a Maria”  Ejemplo: › I buy Alicia the dress. › Le compro el vestido a Alicia. *****If there is an IO in the sentence you MUST have an IOP EVEN if the IO is directly stated*****

11.  Direct translation doesn’t work well. You need to be able to recognize groups of words as their meaning as a whole.  Previous knowledge greatly helps with this – especially verb conjugations!