Indirect Object:One Verb Sentence The indirect object (IO) tells us where the direct object (DO) is going. He gives the book to María. DO=Book Where is the book going? To María. IO=María He gives María the book. DO=Book Where is the book going? To María. IO=María The indirect object answers the quesEon "To whom?" or "For whom?" the acEon of the verb is performed. He gives María the book. To whom does he give the book? To María. IO=María He buys me flowers. For whom does he buy the flowers? For me. IO=me Did you understand? •  How can you idenEfy the indirect object? •  1. It tells us where ____________________ •  2. The I.O. answers to the quesEons: ___________________ and ______________ the acEon of the verb is performed. An indirect object usually also have a direct object •  He gives María . . . the book, the pen, the diamond, etc. •  SomeEmes the direct object is not stated; rather it is implied, or understood. •  My mother writes me every week. DO=leUer (understood) IO=me (My mother writes me a leUer every week.) Indirect Object Pronouns When the pronoun takes the place of the noun, we need to use... One verb sentence: one choice-­‐ the I.O pronoun is placed in front of the verb – in English is behind the verb Spanish: Juan me compra un •  Singular: regalo. me (me) Sp literal translaEon: John me te (you-­‐familiar) buys a
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iY. le (him, her, you-­‐formal) English: John buys me a giY. •  Plural: nos (us) os (you-­‐all-­‐familiar) les (them, you-­‐all-­‐formal) ¿Comprendiste? •  Kyle throws Hakeem to Rhylin. To throw-­‐ Erar IO: ___________ DO: ____________ Appropriate IO pronoun-­‐ Eng:_______ Sp______ First: English with the correct pronoun, Second: English with Spanish literal TranslaEon, Third in Spanish Language. First: ________________________________ Second: ______________________________ Third: _______________________________ Más PrácEca •  Rewrite the sentence in Spanish replacing the indirect object by the indirect object pronoun. •  Juan da el equipaje a María •  _______________________________ •  Mis amigos y tu compran flores para Juan •  ___________________________________ To whom or for whom??
• Subject - verb agreement
• Para, a precede the Indirect Object frequently
• Ella me compra un boleto a mi
• Ella te compra un boleto a ti
• Ellos nos compran un boleto a nosotros
• Nosotros les compramos un boleto a ellos
• Ella me compra un boleto para mi
• Mis hermanos te compran un boleto para ti
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Mi madre nos compra un boleto ______ Mi padre te compra un boleto ______ Maria ___ compra un boleto a ella Maria ___ compra un boleto a E Tu le ______ un boleto ______ Yo te ______ un boleto ______ Yo ___ ______ un boleto a Juan y Jon