1. Direct & Indirect Object Pronouns
“me lo” “te lo” “nos lo”

2. Direct vs. Indirect Objects
Definición
A direct object tells who or what receives the action of the verb.
Ejemplo
Daré la llave.
I will give the key.
You can find the direct object (D.O.) by asking yourself this question:
What will I give? I will give the key.

3. Direct vs. Indirect Objects
Definición
An indirect object tells who receives the direct object. It tells “to whom” or “for whom” the action of the verb is done.
Ejemplo
Daré la llave al cliente.
I will give the key to the client.
You can find the indirect object (I.O.) by asking yourself this question:
To whom will I give the key? To the client.

4. Direct vs. Indirect Objects
Which is the direct object? Indirect?
Yo escribiré una carta a mi amiga.
I will write a letter to my friend.
Subject: Yo
Verb: escribiré
Direct Object: una carta (what I write)
Indirect Object: mi amiga (who I write it to)
La camarera dará toallas al botones
The maid will give towels to the bellhop.

5. Direct vs. Indirect Objects
Pronouns replace the direct object nouns and indirect object nouns in a sentence.
They help to avoid repetition.
The indirect object pronouns always come before the direct object pronouns.

6. Direct Object Pronouns
Singular
Plural
Lo - it, him (masculine)
Los - them (masculine)
La - it, her (feminine)
Las - them (feminine)

7. Indirect Object Pronouns
Singular
Plural
Me - me
Nos - us
Te - you
Os - you (informal)
Le - him, her, it, you
Les - them, you-all

8. Using Pronouns Ella dará la llave a mi. Ella la dará a mi Me la dará.
Te doy mi cuaderno.
Te lo doy.
Ella nos sirvió el helado.
Ella nos lo sirvió.

9. Special Note--se lo, se la, se los, se las
I threw the ball to you.
I threw it to you.
correct
Yo te lo
tiré
el balón. .
You threw the ball to me.
You threw it to me.
correct
Tú me
tiraste lo
el balón. .
Le and les must change to se before lo, la, los or las.
I threw it to him.
I threw the ball to him.
incorrect
correct Yo se le lo
tiré
el balón. .
You can’t “le lo” in Spanish!
The context of the situation or the previous statement or question will clarify the meaning of se. Notice the following slide.

10. L + L = S + L
No, it’s not algebra class! There is a special rule about double object pronouns that you will need to know: if a sentence has two objects that both start with L, the first one changes to SE.

11. I do! Mis padres me lo van a enviar por Western Union.
Note that the indirect object precedes the direct object.
Think “indirect, direct object”: I DO.

12. Reglas When using DOPs and IDOPs, the order is…
IDOP + DOP…always
Remember “I DO”
or…. “123 IDV”
2 L’s = 1st changes to SE
¿Le dejaste la propina a la mesera?
Sí, ya se la dejé.

13. Práctica She asked her for them. (strawberries). Ella se las pidió.
We served you it. (steak with onions).
Nosotros te lo servimos.
I recommend them to you all. (tea and flan).
Yo se los recomiendo.

14. Actividad Dia #2 Create a storyboard
Explain the use of Direct and Indirect object pronouns in Spanish.
Use imagines and identifying each part of the sentences. (color code)
Create one in preterite and one in the future tense.
Ejemplo…