Spanish: Direct & Indirect Object Pronouns

​Direct &

Indirect Pronouns​

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What are pronouns?

Pronouns are simply words that replace nouns!

Here are some types of pronouns that you may already know.

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-Subject Pronouns (yo, tú, él, ella, usted, nosotros, ellos, ellas)

-Reflexive Pronouns​ (me, te, se, nos)

Direct & Indirect Pronouns

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The Indirect Object is the word that receives the Direct Object.

• You passed the ball to me.

• I bought you these ice creams.

Indirect Object

​The Direct Object is the recipient of an action.

• You hit the ball.

• They eat dinner.

Direct Object

What are Direct & Indirect Objects?

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Direct Object Pronouns

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​Grammatical Person	​English	​Spanish
​1st Person (singular)	Me​	Me​
2nd Person​ (singular)	​You	Te​
​3rd Person (singular)	​Him / Her / It	Lo / La​
​1st Person (plural)	Us	Nos​
3rd Person (plural)​	​Them	​Los / Las

​Direct Object Pronouns

Examples in English

• ​You hit the ball. = You hit it.

• He tells secrets. = He tells them.

• I love Lucy. = I love her.

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​Direct Object Pronouns

Examples in Spanish

• ​​Golpeas el balón. = Lo golpeas.

• Dice a los niños. = Los dice.

• Quiero a Lucy. = La quiero.

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What is the 1st person singular Direct Object in Spanish?

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What is the 2nd person Direct Object in Spanish?

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What is the FEMININE 3rd person singular Direct Object in Spanish?

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What is the MASCULINE 3rd person singular Direct Object in Spanish?

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What is the 1st person plural Direct Object in Spanish?

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What is the FEMININE 3rd person plural Direct Object in Spanish?

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Indirect Object Pronouns

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​Grammatical Person	​English	​Spanish
​1st Person (singular)	to / for me​	me​
2nd Person​ (singular)	​to / for you	te​
​3rd Person (singular)	to / for him, her, it	​le
​​1st Person (plural)	​to / for us	nos​
3rd Person (plural)​	to / for them	​Les

​Indirect Object Pronouns

Examples in English

• John buys ice cream for my friend and I. = John buys us ice cream.

• John buys ice cream for Frederick. = John buys him ice cream.

• John sends the letter to Jean and Dinah. = John sends them the letter.

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​Indirect Object Pronouns

Examples in Spanish

• John compra helado para mi amigo y yo. = John nos compra helado.

• John compra helado para Frederick. = John le compra helado.

• John envia la carta a Jean y Dinah. = John les envia la carta.

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What is the 1st person singular Indirect Object in Spanish?

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What is the 2nd person singular Indirect Object in Spanish?

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What is the 3rd person singular Indirect Object in Spanish?

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What is the 1st person plural Indirect Object in Spanish?

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What is the 3rd person plural Indirect Object in Spanish?

Direct & Indirect Object Pronouns

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GRAMMATICAL PERSON	DO PRONOUNS	​IO PRONOUNS
​1st Person Singular	​me	​me
2nd Person Singular​	te​	te​
​3rd Person Singular	lo, la	le​
1st Person Singular​	nos​	nos​
3rd Person Singular​	los, las​	les​

Direct & Indirect Object Pronouns

Ellos me los dan. = They give them to me.

IO pronoun: me

DO pronoun: los

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​Ella te la vende. = She sells it to you.

IO pronoun: te

DO pronoun: la​

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The Indirect Object goes in front of the Direct Object.​

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Direct & Indirect Object Pronouns

​IO PRONOUNS	DO PRONOUNS	Combination
le	lo​	se lo
le​	la​	se la
le	los	se los
le​	las​	se las
les​	lo​	se lo
​les	la​	se la
les​	los​	se los​
les​	las​	se las​

Direct & Indirect Object Pronouns

Ellos se los dan. = They give them to him.

IO pronoun: le

DO pronoun: los

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​Ella se la vende. = She sells it to them.

IO pronoun: les

DO pronoun: la​

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When 2 object pronouns starting with 'l' combine, the IO becomes 'se'.

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Multiple Choice

What does the combination of the Direct Object lo + the Indirect Object me make?

• me lo

• lo me

• melo

• lome

Multiple Choice

What does the combination of the Direct Object lo + the Indirect Object le make?

• se lo

• lo se

• lo le

• le lo

Multiple Choice

What does the combination of the Direct Object las + the Indirect Object le make?

• se le

• le se

• se las

• las se

Multiple Choice

What does the combination of the Direct Object las + the Indirect Object les make?

• le ses

• se les

• se las

• las se