Indirect Objects and Indirect Object Pronouns

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Indirect Objects and Indirect Object Pronouns

• Indirect objects are nouns, or pronouns, that
  usually precede the direct object and tell to
  whom, for whom, to what, and for what the
  action of the verb is done.
• To find the I.O. (or I.O.P) ask the questions to
  whom, for whom, to what, or for what after
  the verb.

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Ejemplos

• I send Julie a letter
• I send (to whom?) Julie a letter
• Gregorio is going to sing his girlfriend a song.
• Gregorio is going to sing (to whom?) his
  girlfriend a song
• They are buying me a baseball bat.
• They are buying (for whom?) me a baseball bat.
• We leave them a message.
• We leave (for whom?) them a message.

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Un aviso (a tip)

• If asking the questions (to whom, for whom,
  to what, or for what) does not seem to give
  you the correct answer, try re-writing the
  sentence. But, be careful that you do not change
  the meaning of the sentence.
• Once you have done this, the Indirect Object
  Pronoun is at the end of the sentence. It is
  also preceded by to or for.

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Un aviso (a tip)

• I send Julie a letter.
• I send a letter to Julie.
• Gregorio is going to sing his girlfriend a song.
• Gregorio is going to sing a song for his
  girlfriend.
• They are buying me a baseball bat.
• They are buying a baseball bat for me.
• We leave them a message.
• We leave a message for them.

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Los pronombres de complemento indirecto (Indirect
object pronouns)

• The Spanish indirect object pronouns are
• Me
• Te
• Le
• Nos
• Les

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Los pronombres de complemento indirecto (Indirect
object pronouns)

• The placement of these pronouns is the same as
  the placement of Direct Object Pronouns.
• There are two places that they may go in a
  sentence.
• They may go before the conjugated verb
• OR
• They may be attached to the end of an infinitive
  or participle.

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Clarifying phrases used with IOPs

• Because the pronouns le and les can refer to
  many different things you should use a clarifying
  phrase with them.
• The clarifying phrase consists of a name or
  subject pronoun.
• The phrase is left in the same place it would be
  in the normal sentence.

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Ejemplos

• Yo mando a Julie una carta.
• Yo le mando, a Julie, una carta.
• Gregorio va a cantar a su novia una canción.
• Gregorio le va a cantar, a su novia, una canción.
• Gregorio va a cantarle, a su novia, una canción.
• Ellos van a comprar a mí un bate.
• Ellos me van a comprar, a mí, un bate.
• Ellos van a comprarme, a mí, un bate.
• Dejamos a ellos un mensaje.
• Les dejamos, a ellos, un mensaje.