Pronombres de objeto directo e indirecto

Direct and Indirect Object Pronouns

Unos términos gramaticales:

Sustantivo – (Noun) A person, place, or thing.

Pronombre – (Pronoun) Takes the place of a noun.

Objeto directo – (Direct Object) What is being “verbed”: Answers the question “Whom?” or “What?”.

Objeto indirecto – (Indirect Object) Answers the questions “To whom?” “For whom?” or “From whom?”.

This Saturday is my sister’s birthday. I want to buy a gift for my sister tomorrow. I don’t want to pay too much for the gift. I think I’ll buy the gift for my sister at K-Mart. I need to send the gift to my sister by Overnight Mail. I think I’ll ship the gift to my sister by FedEx, that way I’ll be sure that the gift will arrive on time for the party. I hope that my sister will like the gift.

This Saturday is my sister’s birthday. I want to buy a gift for HER tomorrow. I don’t want to pay too much for IT. I think I’ll buy IT for HER at K-Mart. I need to send IT to HER by Overnight Mail. I think I’ll ship IT to HER by FedEx, that way I’ll be sure that IT will arrive on time for the party. I hope that SHE will like IT.

Direct Object Pronouns

memetete

lo lo lalanosnos

los los laslas

“Whom?”

“What?”

Indirect Object Pronouns

memetete

lelenosnos

lesles

“To whom?”

“For whom?”

“From whom?”

Yo compréun regaloa mi hermana.

Let’s “deconstruct” this sentence!!

What is the subject?

What is the verb?

Is there something left in the sentence that answers “WHOM?” or “WHAT” I bought?

Is there something left in the sentence that answers “TO WHOM?”, “FOR WHOM?”, or “FROM WHOM?” I bought el regalo?

S V --- OD --- ------ OI ------

Por ejemplo . . .

Yo compréun regaloa mi hermana.

Is there a pronoun from our direct object list that can take the place of the direct object un regalo that is both singular and masculine?

lolo

Yo compréloa mi hermana.

Is there a pronoun from our indirect object list that can take the place of the indirect object a mi hermana?

lele

Yo comprélole.

Rules of Pronoun Placement

BEFORE the Conjugated Verb.ATTACHED to the

Infinitive.ATTACHED to the Gerund.ATTACHED to the Affirmative

Command.BEFORE the Negative Command, but AFTER the “No.”

Yo comprélole.

Which of the Rules of Pronoun Placement applies to this sentence?

BEFORE the Conjugated Verb.

Yo compré.loleYo comprélole.

Yoder’s Rule of Life

“People are more important than things. People ALWAYS come FIRST.”

Yo compré.lelo

le lose lole lale losle las

se lase losse las

lesles losese lolesles lales les loslosles les laslas

sese lase se loslosse se laslas

Yo compré.leloYo compré.selo

¡Practiquemos!

Voy a comprar un regalo a mi hermana.

Voy a comprárselo.

Estoy comprando un regalo a mi hermana.Estoy comprándoselo.

¡No compres un regalo a mi hermana!

¡No se lo compres!

¡Compra un regalo a mi hermana!

¡Cómpraselo!

©2001 James R. Yoder