We have looked at both Direct and Indirect Object Pronouns SEPARATELY.
Now we want to also look at some examples when we have a GERUND or an INFINITIVE in the sentence.
EXAMPLES: *FOR WHOM/TO WHOM
Mi madre MEcompra un coche nuevo.
Mi madre está comprándoME un coche nuevo.
Mi madre va a comprarME
What/whom
Mis amigos ven una película en clase.
Mis amigos LA ven en clase.
Mis amigos están viéndola en clase,
Mis amigos van a verla en clase
we place them either directly before a conjugated verb or attach them to an infinitive, a present participle. When using a command the indirect/direct and reflexive pronouns are attached:
Examples
Escúchame (listen to me)
escríbeme (Write me)
levántate (Get up
But what happens when we have both direct and indirect object pronouns in one sentence? What goes where?PLACEMENT!!!!!
Let's take a look at an example:
Yo te doy el dinero a ti. (what am I giving....TO WHOM)
First, we'll identify the different components of this sentence:
Yo Doy El dinero
Te, a Ti (informal you)
subject pronoun
"I"
our conjugated verb
"I'm giving"
direct object
it's what I'm giving. "The money" is receiving the direct action of the verb.
Indirect object Pronoun, Indirect Object
"YOU" are receiving the money! (indirect benefit of my action/verb)
Now, we replace the Direct Object el dinero with the pronoun lo because dinero is masculine and singular. And we already have the Indirect Object Pronoun te.
Both object pronouns must come before the active/conjugated verb. But which comes first?
The Indirect object pronoun will ALWAYS come first.
An easy way to remember this is to think of I.D. (Indirect Object, Direct Object). So, our entire sentence above can be converted into this three-word sentence using both an Indirect and a Direct object pronoun:
•Te lo doy.
•IO DO VERB
Let's look at another example:
El policía nos da una multa a nosotros.
First, we'll identify the different components of the sentence:
The subject
the verb
the direct object. We use the pronoun la.
the indirect object.
The pronoun nos is already in the sentence
If we follow the ID rule, our final sentence is:
El policía nos la da.
SUBJECT IO DO VERB.
But (of course!) we have a small exception. Let's look at this sentence:
Juan le escribe una carta a María.
When we examine the elements, we have:
Juan escribe una carta
le, a María
So our sentence is:
*Juan le la escribe.
Unfortunately, we cannot leave this sentence as it is. We cannot have two "L" object pronouns together. So our original sentence,
"*Juan le la escribe" must change to----> "Juan se la escribe."
Let's try another example:
Yo le pido los discos a mi hermano --> Yo se los pido.
-------------------------------------------------le-->se los (IO DO)
■ Yo se los pido a mi hermano.
■ Yo se los pido.
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