Estructura I: Simplifying expressions: indirect object pronouns

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Estructura I Simplifying expressions indirect
object pronouns

• Ana y Cristina van a la agencia de viajes porque
  quieren viajar a Quito, Ecuador. El agente les
  recomienda un vuelo con dos escalas. Ana le hace
  muchas preguntas al agente y él le da mucha
  información.

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Estructura I Simplifying expressions indirect
object pronouns

• Ana y Roberto van a la mutual Vida Sana porque
  quieren comprar un seguro de salud.
• El agente les recomienda un plan para toda la
  familia. Ana le hace muchas preguntas al agente y
  él le da mucha información.

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Sentence structure Review

• All sentences
• have a subject and a verb
• Silvia está hablando.
• Many sentences
• have a direct object
• Yo compré el boleto.
• Some sentences
• have an indirect object
• Yo le compré el boleto a Julieta.
• indirect objects cannot exist without direct
  objects

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Direct objects Review

• Direct object
• noun or pronoun that directly receives the action
  of the verb
• answers the question whom? or what? in relation
  to the sentences subject and verb
• Manny compró un boleto.
• Lo compró hace dos días.

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The concept of indirect objects

• Observe the indirect object in the following
  sentence
• Manny le compró un boleto a su esposa.

Subject
Verb
Direct Object
Indirect Object
Indirect Object Pronoun
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Simplifying expressions indirect object pronouns

• me
• te
• le
• nos
• os
• les

• to/for me
• to/for you (informal)
• to/for you (formal) to/for him, her
• to/for us
• to/for you (informal, plural)
• to/for you (formal, plural) to/for them

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Simplifying expressions indirect object pronouns

• Indirect Object
• noun or pronoun that indirectly receives the
  action of a verb
• indirect object tells to whom? or for whom? the
  action of the verb is performed
• Manny compró un boleto a ella. (for whom?)
• Le compró un boleto hace dos días.

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Simplifying expressions indirect object pronouns

• Placement of indirect object pronouns
• identical to placement of direct object pronouns
• in front of conjugated verb
• I gave the jacket to her.
• Yo le di la chaqueta.
• in negative statements, place the no in front of
  the pronoun
• They did not buy the present for us.
• No nos compraron el regalo.

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Simplifying expressions indirect object pronouns

• Placement of indirect object pronouns
• With an infinitive or a present participle
• before the conjugated verb
• attached to the infinitive or participle
• only if an infinitive or participle is present
• Im going to give the ticket to her.
• Voy a darle el boleto.
• or
• Le voy a dar el boleto.

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Indirect object pronouns Puntos especiales

• le and les
• can have different meanings
• clarified with a él, a ella, a usted, a ellos, a
  ellas, or a ustedes
• -Le prometiste el viaje a él o a ella?
• -Le prometí el viaje a ella.

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Indirect object pronouns Puntos especiales

• For emphasis
• you may see indirect object nouns and their
  respective pronouns in the same sentence
• Te doy este regalo.
• A quién le das?
• Te doy el regalo a ti!

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• Fin