Some verbs in Spanish can have both direct and indirect objects. Remember that indirect objects always have a preposition. The direct objects are in red, the indirect ones in blue.<\/p>\n
\u00c9l escribi\u00f3 una carta<\/span><\/strong> para m\u00ed<\/span><\/strong>.<\/em> – He wrote a letter<\/span><\/strong> to me<\/span><\/strong>.<\/p>\n When you want to trim the sentence down and say “He wrote it to me” there are some changes.<\/p>\n \u00c9l me <\/span>la <\/span><\/strong>escribi\u00f3. – He wrote it<\/span><\/strong> to me<\/span><\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n Notice that the indirect object pronoun comes first, then comes the direct object.<\/p>\n Now see what happens to third persons, both in the singular and plural:<\/p>\n \u00c9l le dio una flor<\/span><\/strong> a ella<\/span><\/strong>. – He gave a flower<\/strong><\/span> to her<\/strong><\/span>.<\/em><\/p>\n If you were to replace a ella<\/em> with an object pronoun, you’d use le<\/em>, right?<\/p>\n \u00c9l le la dio. <\/span>– He gave it to her.<\/p>\n But for euphonic reasons, this doesn’t sound good, so in these cases we change le <\/em>with se <\/em>and it only happens when both are object pronouns.<\/p>\n \u00c9l se <\/span><\/strong>la <\/strong><\/span>dio. – He gave it to her.<\/em> Some more examples:<\/p>\n Ella le escribi\u00f3 la carta <\/span>a \u00e9l\/ella<\/span><\/strong>. – Ella se <\/strong>la <\/strong><\/span>escribi\u00f3. Ella les escribi\u00f3 la carta<\/strong><\/span> a ellos\/ellas<\/strong><\/span>. – Ella se <\/strong><\/span>la <\/strong><\/span>escribi\u00f3. \u00c9l les escribi\u00f3 las cartas<\/strong><\/span> a ellos<\/strong><\/span>. – \u00c9l se <\/strong><\/span>las <\/strong><\/span>escribi\u00f3. \u00c9l compr\u00f3 los DVDs<\/span><\/strong> para ella\/\u00e9l<\/strong><\/span>. – \u00c9l se <\/span>los <\/span><\/strong>compr\u00f3.<\/em><\/p>\n Now let’s practice. Change the following sentences to shorter ones by using object pronouns like the sentences above.<\/p>\n 1. Ella le dio un juguet<\/span>e<\/span> a \u00e9l<\/span>.<\/strong><\/em> (She gave him a toy.)<\/p>\n 2. Hemos comprado este regalo<\/span> para ti<\/span><\/strong>.<\/em> (We have bought you this gift.)<\/p>\n 3. La maestra explic\u00f3 el problema<\/span><\/strong> a las ni\u00f1as<\/span><\/strong>.<\/em> (The teacher explained the problem to the girls.)<\/p>\n 4. El cartero trajo la correspondencia<\/span><\/strong> para nosotros<\/span><\/strong>.<\/em> (The mailmain brought us the mail.)<\/p>\n 5.\u00a0 El abuelo les dio los caramelos<\/strong> <\/span>a ustedes<\/span>.<\/strong><\/em> (Grandpa gave you sweets.)<\/p>\n 6. Su madre le compr\u00f3 un vestido<\/span> a ella.<\/span><\/strong><\/em> (Her mother bought her a dress.)<\/p>\n 7. Ella le prest\u00f3 el abrigo<\/span> a Julio<\/span><\/strong>.<\/em> (She loaned Julio her sweater.)<\/p>\n 8. Le he contado todo <\/strong><\/span>a mi amiga<\/span><\/strong>.<\/em> (I told my friend everything.)<\/p>\n 9. Me vendiste tu coche<\/span> a m\u00ed.<\/span><\/strong><\/em> (You sold your car to me.)<\/p>\n 10. No le digas eso <\/span>a ella<\/span><\/strong>.<\/em> (Don’t say this to her.)<\/p>\n Write your anwers on the comments part! Nos vemos prontito.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Some verbs in Spanish can have both direct and indirect objects. Remember that indirect objects always have a preposition. The direct objects are in red, the indirect ones in blue. \u00c9l escribi\u00f3 una carta para m\u00ed. – He wrote a letter to me. When you want to trim the sentence down and say “He wrote…<\/p>\n
\nse <\/span><\/strong>– a ella (to her)
\nla <\/span><\/strong>– the flower<\/p>\n
\n<\/em><\/p>\n
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