Post on 20-Aug-2015
YOU’VE BEEN USING I.O.P.S WITHOUT EVEN REALIZING IT…!
Me gusta la comedia. The comedy is pleasing to me.
Le gustan las papas fritas.French fries are pleasing to him).
Les gusta la cantante. The singer is pleasing to them.
Nos gustan las películas de ciencia ficción.Science fiction movies are pleasing
to us.
INDIRECT OBJECTS AND I.O.P.SIndirect Objects answer the
questions:TO whom?FOR whom?
Doy una camisa a mi amigo
IO: a mi amigo (to my friend)Le doy una camisa
IOP: le (to him)
SINCE YOU’VE BEEN USING I.O.P.S SINCE ESPAÑOL 1…
Can you figure out what the I.O.P.s are?(think gustar…)
me nos
te os
le les
DIRECT OBJECTS (AND DOPS) AND INDIRECT OBJECTS (AND IOPS)
Direct Object: Compré los libros.What’s being bought?DOP: Los compré.
Compré los libros para mi madre. For whom did you buy the book?
For my momIOP.: Le compré los libros.
JOINED AT THE HIP:INDIRECT OBJECTS ARE CLINGY!
Where you find an I.O.(P.), you will (usually) find a D.O.(P.)
The indirect object tells WHERE the direct object is going.Te doy una flor.
What’s being given? A flower.
To whom is it being given? To you.
SOMETIMES YOU DON’T SEE THE DO(P)…
Mi madre me escribe cada semana.What’s being written?
A letter (implied) To whom is it being written?
To meMi madre me escribe una carta
cada semana.
BUT CAN YOU HAVE A DIRECT OBJECT WITHOUT AN INDIRECT OBJECT?
Comí una manzana.What’s being eaten?
An apple To/for whom is it being eaten?HUH?!? So….
YES, you can.
PLACEMENT OF IOPSRule 1: Before the conjugated verb
doy un abrazoRule 2:Attached to a non-conjugated verb
(and ando/iendo)Quiero dar un abrazoEstaba comprándo una
camisa
Te
tete