1. Double Object Pronouns

2. Direct Object & DOP  The direct object is the person or thing receiving the benefit of the action…

3. Direct Object & DOP  María washes the car.  The “car” is receiving the benefit of being washed

4. Direct Object & DOP  John buys a gift.  The “gift” is receiving the benefit of being bought.

5. Direct Object & DOP  Sometimes we change the direct object to a pronoun

6. Direct Object & DOP  María washes the it.  Now the “it” (still a direct object) is a pronoun

7. Direct Object & DOP  In Spanish a pronoun must match the gender and number of the noun it is replacing

8. Direct Object & DOP menos teos lo, la los, las

9. Direct Object & DOP  Because “car” in Spanish is masculine and singular change it to “lo” in Spanish

10. Direct Object & DOP  In Spanish we place the pronoun BEFORE the verb  María lo lava.

11. Indirect Object & IOP  The Indirect Object is the person or thing receiving the benefit of the direct object

12. Indirect Object & IOP  John gives me a gift.  “Me” is receiving the gift and is an Indirect Object

13. Indirect Object & IOP  In Spanish the IOP’s are ALMOST the same as the DOP’s except for the 3 rd person

14. Indirect Object & IOP menos teos leles

15.  Like the DOP, the IOP is placed BEFORE the verb  Juan me compra el regalo.

16. DOP’s and IOP’s Together  When you have both the convention is a little different

17. DOP’s and IOP’s Together  They are still placed BEFORE verb  IOP first then DOP

18. DOP’s and IOP’s Together  Here’s where it gets sticky…  If IOP and DOP are both 3 rd person, change IOP to se

19.  She gave it to me.  it = DOP  me = IOP

20.  Let’s say the “it” is a gift…(masculine singular)  Ella dio. melo

21. DOP’s and IOP’s Together  Sometimes the English uses a prepositional phrase instead of a simple IOP…

22. DOP’s and IOP’s Together  In that event, change the object of the preposition to an IOP

23.  They bought them for you.  Ellos compraron. telas

24.  My mom will give it to me.  Mi mamá me lo dará.

25.  Carlos will wash it for him.  Carlos se lo lavará.

26. DOP’s and IOP’s Together  Because the “it” here is a car (m/s) and “him” is also masculine singular…

27. DOP’s and IOP’s Together  The IOP would be “le” and the DOP would be “lo”

28. Practice  The guys gave it to her. (“it” is a car)  Los muchachos se lo dio.

29. Practice  Her mom fills it (the cup=la) for the baby.  Su mamá se la llena al bebé.  (prepositional phrase clarifies the “se”

30. Practice  Who bought them (sweaters = los) for the twins?  ¿Quién se los compró?

31. Practice  She bought it (raquet=la) for you (fam/pl)  ¿Quién se la compró?