Direct and indirect Subject pronouns in Spanish

a presentation about the indirect and direct object pronouns in Spanish

1. Direct & Indirect Object
Pronouns
“me lo” “te lo” “nos lo”

2. Direct vs. Indirect Objects
Definición
A direct object tells who or what
receives the action of the verb.
–Ejemplo
•Daré la llave.
•I will give the key.
You can find the direct object (D.O.) by
asking yourself this question:
–What will I give? I will give the key.

3. Direct vs. Indirect Objects
Definición
An indirect object tells who receives the direct
object. It tells “to whom” or “for whom” the
action of the verb is done.
–Ejemplo
•Daré la llave al cliente.
•I will give the key to the client.
You can find the indirect object (I.O.) by
asking yourself this question:
–To whom will I give the key? To the client.

4. Direct vs. Indirect Objects
Which is the direct object? Indirect?
Yo escribiré una carta a mi amiga.
I will write a letter to my friend.
–Subject: Yo
–Verb: escribiré
–Direct Object: una carta (what I write)
–Indirect Object: mi amiga (who I write it to)
La camarera dará toallas al botones
The maid will give towels to the bellhop.

5. Direct vs. Indirect Objects
Pronouns replace the direct object
nouns and indirect object nouns in a
sentence.
They help to avoid repetition.
The indirect object pronouns always
come beforebefore the direct object
pronouns.

6. Direct Object Pronouns
Direct Object Pronouns
Singular Plural
Lo - it, him (masculine)Los - them (masculine)
La - it, her (feminine)Las - them (feminine)

7. Indirect Object Pronouns
Indirect Object Pronouns
Singular Plural
Me - me Nos - us
Te - you Os - you (informal)
Le - him, her, it, youLes - them, you-all

8. Using Pronouns
Ella dará la llave a mi.
Ella la dará a mi
Me la dará.
Te doy mi cuaderno.
Te lo doy.
Ella nos sirvió el helado.
Ella nos lo sirvió.

9. el balón.tiraste
Yo te el balón.tirélo.
Tú melo .
Yo el balón.tirélo.lese
You can’t “le lo” in Spanish!
Le and les must
change to se
before lo, la,
los or las.
I threw the ball to you.
You threw the ball to me.
I threw the ball to him.
I threw it to you.
You threw it to me.
I threw it to him.
Special Note--se lo, se la, se los, se lasSpecial Note--se lo, se la, se los, se las
The context of the situation or the previous statement or question will
clarify the meaning of se. Notice the following slide.

10. L + L = S + L
No, it’s not algebra
class! There is a special
rule about double object
pronouns that you will
need to know: if a
sentence has two
objects that both start
with L, the first one
changes to SE.

11. I do!
Mis padres me lo van a
enviar por Western
Union.
Note that the indirect
object precedes the
direct object.
Think “indirect, direct
object”: I DOI DO.

12. Reglas
When using DOPs and IDOPs, the
order is…
–IDOP + DOP…always
–Remember “I DO”
–or…. “123 IDV”
2 L’s = 1
st
changes to SE
¿Le dejaste la propina a la mesera?
Sí, ya se la dejé.

13. Práctica
She asked her for them. (strawberries).
Ella se las pidió.
We served you it. (steak with onions).
Nosotros te lo servimos.
I recommend them to you all. (tea and
flan).
Yo se los recomiendo.

14. Actividad Dia #2
Create a storyboard
Explain the use of Direct and Indirect
object pronouns in Spanish.
Use imagines and identifying each part of
the sentences. (color code)
Create one in preterite and one in the
future tense.
Ejemplo…