Spanish Personal Pronouns Indirect Object
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1. Using Indirect Object Pronouns | 2. Word order with indirect object pronouns |
An indirect object pronoun in used instead of a noun to show the person or thing an action is intended to benefit or harm, for example, me in He gave me a book. , Can you get me a towel?; He wrote to me.What is an indirect object pronoun?
Note that a verb won't necessarily have both a direct and an indirect object. |
Here are the Spanish indirect object pronouns..
Singular | Meaning | Plural | Meaning |
me | me, to you, for me | nos | us, to us, for us |
te | you, to you, for you (relating to tu) | os | you, to you, for you (relating to vosotros/vosotras) |
le | him, to him, for him, her, to her, for her, it, to it, for it, you, to you, for you (relating to usted) | les | them, to them for them, you, to you, for you (relating to ustedes) |
GRAMMER EXTRA! You should usually use direct pronouns rather than indirect object pronouns when replacing personal a + noun. | |
Vi a Teresa. ? La vi. | I saw Teresa. ? I Saw her. |
In orders and instructions telling someone NOT TO DO something, the pronoun does not join onto the end of the verb. | |
No me digas ka respuesta. | Don't tell me the answer |
If the pronoun is the object of an infinitive (the to form of the verb) or a gerund (the-ing form of the verb), you always add the pronoun to the end of the verb to form one word, unless the infinitive or gerund follows another verb. Again, you may have to add a written accent to preserve the stress. | |
Eso de darle tu direccion no fue muy prudente. | It wasn't very wise to give him you address. |
Critandole tanto lo vas a asustar. | You''ll frighten him by shouting at him like that. |
Where an infinitive or gerund follows another verb, you can put the pronoun either at the end of the infinitive or gerund, or before the other verb. | |
Quiero decirte algo. or Te quiero decir algo. | I want to tell you something. |
Estoy escribiendole. or Le estoy escribiendo. | I am writing to him/her |
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