Indirect Object Pronouns Lesson

Indirect Object Pronouns

Grammar - Unidad 8A-1

**Highly recommended you take notes on this lesson!!**

Primero, un repaso

Direct object pronouns

Multiple Choice

What is a direct object?

• The person or thing that receives the action of the verb.

• The person or thing doing the action.

• The person to or for whom an action is being done.

Multiple Choice

¿Quién compra la comida?

• Mi mamá compra la.

• Mi mamá la compra.

• Mi mamá la comprando.

What are indirect objects?

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Multiple Select

Indirect objects answer the question:

(check all that apply)

• To whom?

• For whom?

• Who?

• Whom?

Multiple Select

Le compro la comida.

*Check all correct answers*

• I buy him the food.

• I buy her the food.

• I buy you (usted) the food.

• I buy it. (it = the food)

Multiple Choice

In "le compro la comida"

"le" is the indirect object pronoun because...

• it represents FOR WHOM I buy the food

• it represents he/she

• It means "it"

• just because...?

Fill in the Blank

When there is ONE verb in the sentence, the object pronoun (direct or indirect) always goes ______ the verb.

Multiple Select

Mi abuela me escribe a mí.

*Why would I need to use ME and A MÍ when they both mean the same thing?

• For emphasis

• For clarity

• For funsies

• Because that guy said so.

Using Indirect Object Pronouns (IOPs) - what to remember:

• Le = him/her/you (formal)

• Les = them/you all (Uds.)

• The indirect object is the person TO WHOM or FOR WHOM something is done.

• Like DOPs, the IOPs are placed BEFORE the conjugated verb

• When there are 2 verbs, the IOP can go before the conjugated verb, or attached to the infinitive or gerund (-ing form)

Ejemplos

• Yo le doy un regalo de Navidad a mi hermana.

• La profesora les da un examen a los estudiantes.

• Mi abuelita me escribe.

• Yo te compro un café moca.

• Ella quiere comprarle un regalo a su novio.

• Les vamos a llamar por teléfono.

Multiple Choice

Les vamos a llamar por teléfono.

*Who are we going to call?

• him

• her

• them

• Ghostbusters

Multiple Choice

Yo te compro un café moca.

¿Para quién le compro un café?

• myself

• you

• them

• Santa

Fill in the Blank

Yo le doy un regalo de Navidad a mi hermana.

*What word in this sentence is the IOP, referring to "mi hermana"?

Multiple Choice

Ella quiere comprarle un regalo a su novio.

*Where else could "le" have been placed?

• Before "quiere"

• Before "comprar"

• After "regalo"

Open Ended

Tell me what you learned from this lesson.

Write a short summary, as if you were explaining Indirect Object Pronouns to someone.

Some things to cover:

What are the IOPs in Spanish?

What do they mean in English?

How are they different than DOPs?

Where do they go in the sentence?