Double Object Pronouns

Double Object Pronouns

Those books are his, but he gave them to her.  

​Los libros son de él, pero él se los dio a ella.

​Double Object Pronouns

​First let's take a look at some of the pronouns that we have learned so far.

Specifically- Reflexive, Direct & Indirect

Primero...Un repaso (First.... A review)

​	Reflexive pronouns	Indirect Object Pronouns	Direct Object Pronouns
1st person singular	​me	​me	​me
2nd person singular	te​	te​	te​
3rd person singular	se​	le​	lo/la​
1st person plural	nos​	nos​	nos​
2nd person plural	os​	os​	os​
3rd person plural	se​	les​	los/las​

Multiple Select

Looking back at the chart on the previous slide, which are the only persons where the pronouns are different?

• 1st person singular

• 3rd person singular

• 3rd person plural

• 2nd person singular and plural

Repaso- Reflexive Pronouns

• Reflexive pronouns are used when the action is being done to oneself.

• Reflexive pronouns are used to tell who the action is being done to (e.g. to myself, to yourself, to himself, etc)

• The reflexive pronouns are as followed: me, te, se, nos, os, se

Repaso- Indirect Object Pronouns

• Indirect Object Pronouns replace the Indirect Object.​

• The IO benefits from the action of the verb answering the question "to whom?" or "for whom?"

  The indirect object pronouns are as followed: me, te, le, nos, os, les

• ​Key words to find the indirect object are "a" (to) and "para" (for)

• ​Note: these are the ones that we use with Gustar & friends

Repaso- Direct Object Pronouns

• Replace the direct object in your sentence

• The DO receives the action of the verb - find your verb and ask the question "what?" or "who?" after the verb.

  • I bought a shirt for my mom. "Bought what?" - a shirt

• The direct object pronouns are as followed: me, te, lo/la, nos, os, los/las

Where can these pronouns be placed in your sentence?

• directly before the conjugated verb -- Lo compro, Lo estoy viendo

• attached to an infinitive- Vamos a lavarnos las manos

• attached to the present/progressive participle ("ing")- Estoy diciéndoles la verdad.

Where can these pronouns NEVER be placed in your sentence?

• after a conjugated verb in an indicative tense (all tenses we know so far are indicative)

• attached to a PAST participle (e.g. hablado, caminado, leído, visto)

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Vamos a repasar​

Let's review

Multiple Choice

Which option shows the direct object pronouns?

• me, te, lo/la, nos, os, los/las

• me, te, le, nos, os, les

Multiple Choice

Which option shows the indirect object pronouns?

• me, te, lo/la, nos, os, los/las

• me, te, le, nos, os, les

Multiple Choice

Which option shows the reflexive pronouns?

• me, te, se, nos, os, se

• me, te, le, nos, os, les

Multiple Choice

What is a direct object?

• the verb

• the person doing the verb

• what/who receives the action of the verb

• to whom or for whom the action is being completed

Multiple Select

Check all the boxes that apply:

Where can direct object pronouns be placed in your sentence?

• directly before the conjugated verb

• attached to the infinitive

• attached to the present participle (e.g. hablando)

• always at the very beginning of the sentence

• attached to the past participle (e.g. hablado)

Multiple Select

How do you find an indirect object in your sentence?

• find your verb and ask "what?" after it

• ask "to who or for whom?" the action is being done

• Look for "para" or "a" followed by a noun/person

• flip a coin

Multiple Select

Which sentences have the pronouns in the right places?

• Estoy les hablando

• No vamos a dormirnos

• Te he dicho todo

• Quiero lo.

• He vistolo

DOUBLE Pronouns

When you are using 2 pronouns at the same time, there is a certain order that must be followed.

​To remember the order of pronouns, use RID.

1. ​​Reflexive

2. ​Indirect

3. ​Direct

​Good news....

​You wouldn't ever have an instance of having ALL 3 types of pronouns in the sentence. Whew!

​

You just need to remember this order for the ones that are in the sentence.​

Ejemplos (Examples) - Note the difference

• She reads the book to me. She reads me it.

  • In Spanish, She ME IT reads.​ Ella me lo lee.

• Ana brings lunch to us. She brings us it.

  • In Spanish, She US IT brings. ​ Ella nos lo trae.

• ​Grandma makes soup for you. She makes you it.

  • ​In Spanish, She YOU IT makes. Ella te la hace.

• I cut my hand. I cut (MYSELF) it.

  • In Spanish, I cut MYSELF IT. Me la corté

• You wash your hands. You wash (YOURSELF) THEM.

  • In Spanish, You YOURSELF THEM wash. Te las lavas.

Reorder

How would you write "They are giving them to me." (Them refers to the shoes - los zapatos.)

• me

• los

• dan

1

2

3

• 1
• 2
• 3

Reorder

How would you write "They write you a letter." with pronouns?

letter- la carta

• te

• la

• escriben

1

2

3

• 1
• 2
• 3

Reorder

How would you write "I sing you a song." with pronouns?

• te

• la

• canto

1

2

3

• 1
• 2
• 3

Reorder

How would you write "You burned your hands." with pronouns? (hands: las manos)

• te

• las

• quemaste

1

2

3

• 1
• 2
• 3

YoY

• When the indirect object pronuns "le" or "les" come directly before the direct object pronouns "lo, la, los or las", you must change the le or les to se.

• Ejemplo: I read books to you all. I read them to you all.

• Yo leo los libros a ustedes.

  • Incorrect: Yo les los leo.

  • Correct: Yo se los leo. OR Yo se los leo

​Therefore, let's add "se" to the chart

​	Reflexive pronouns	Indirect Object Pronouns	Direct Object Pronouns
1st person singular	​me	​me	​me
2nd person singular	te​	te​	te​
3rd person singular	se​	le​ (se)	lo/la​
1st person plural	nos​	nos​	nos​
2nd person plural	os​	os​	os​
3rd person plural	se​	les​ (se)	los/las​

Reorder

How would you write "They are giving the food to the children." using pronouns.

Food- la comida

Children- los niños

• se

• la

• dan

1

2

3

• 1
• 2
• 3

Multiple Choice

How would you write "She tells him the truth" using pronouns.

• Ella se la dice.

• Ella la se dice

• Ella le la dice

Multiple Choice

How would you write "The mom gives her daughter the food." using pronouns.

• La mamá se la da.

• La mamá da se la.

• La mamá la se da.

Multiple Select

Which combination of object pronouns is NOT written correctly? Choose ALL that apply.

• le lo

• les las

• me lo

• te las

• se la

Mas práctica

​More practice

Multiple Choice

Which option correctly says "Pablo cooks it (la cena) for her on the weekends" using pronouns?

• Pablo le la cocina los fines de semana.

• Pablo se la cocina los fines de semana.

• Pablo la le ccoina los fines de semana.

• Pablo la se cocina los fines de semana.

Multiple Choice

She sings a song for us. (Ella nos canta una canción para nosotros.)

How would you say "She sings it for us."?

• Ella nos la canta una canción.

• Ella canta nos la.

• Ella nos la canta.

• Ella canta la nos.

Multiple Select

Replace the direct and indirect object pronouns in this sentence:

Luisa quiere dar un regalo a ti

Choose all that are correct.

• quiere dartelo

• te lo quiere dar

• lo te quiere dar

• quiere te lo dar

• quiere te lo dar

Poll

How do you feel about Double Pronouns?

• I'm basically a pro

• Need more time to process and practice

• I'm lost