Sunday, December 27, 2009

(Spanish) How can I find the Indirect and Direct Object Pronouns in a sentence?

And what is an Indirect Object Pronoun and a Direct Object Pronoun?(Spanish) How can I find the Indirect and Direct Object Pronouns in a sentence?
Just curious as to why the question is repeated, but I can repeat the answer I gave:


The indirect object usually answer ';to whom?';


The direct object is the object of the action of the verb. It usually answers the question ';what?'; or ';who?';





I buy stamps. Stamps is the direct object. (what do I buy? Stamps)





I give my mom the gift.


My mom is the indirect object. (To whom do I give the gift? To my mom.)


The gift is the direct object. (What do I give? the gift)





I hope that helps somewhat!





Did you want examples in Spanish?


Compro sellos. (I buy stamps)


Llevo a mi hermana al centro comercial. (I bring my sister to the mall). Note that in Spanish, the personal ';a'; is used before direct objects that are people, with a few exceptions- like after ';tener.';





With indirect objects, you should use indirect object pronouns, too:


Le doy el regalo a mi madre. (I give the gift to my mother)


Le is the indirect object pronoun. To clarify to whom I'm giving it (not just to someone) I use ';a --------'; (to whoever)





Le llevo el libro. (I'm bringing him/her the book) The book is the DO, le is the IO pronoun. I can clarify to whom:


Te llevo el libro (I bring you the book.) a ti could be optionally added.


or


Le llevo el libro a mi hermana.(Spanish) How can I find the Indirect and Direct Object Pronouns in a sentence?
the DOP is whatever you are directly talking about.





I wash the shirt.


I wash it.


It/ the shirt are the direct objects
an Indirect Object Pronoun is a pronoun that replaces an Indirect Object.


a Direct Object Pronoun is a pronoun that replaces a Direct Object.


Spanish Direct Object Pronouns are: me, te, la/lo, nos, os (used only in Spain), los, las


Spanish Indirect Object Pronouns are: me, te, le, nos, os (used in Spain), les


As you can see, they're almost the same, except for the third person pronouns.





When you have a sentence with two Object Pronouns, first comes the Indirect followed by the Direct O. Pronoun.





Yo te lo compro = I buy it for you





';te'; is Indirect O. P


';lo'; is D.O.P.





Also, when you have two third person Object Pronouns (the first being an I.O.P), you have to use ';se'; instead of ';le'; or ';les';





I gave them my card


1. Yo les doy mi tarjeta


2. Yo se la doy





In this example ';them'; is translated by ';les'; and ';se';. In the first sentence you use ';les'; because there is no other Object Pronoun. In the second sentence you have to use ';se'; because of the presence of that ';la'; (replacing ';mi tarjeta';).

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