Pronouns

Pronouns
Direct and Indirect object pronouns
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Me
Te
Lo
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Nos
Os
Los
Las
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Te
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Ejemplos
• No me ve
• Nos conocia
• Quien te saluda?
• Les escribo las cartas
• Mi madre las busca
• Los compraba en la
tienda
Lo, la, los, las
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Juan, have you got the money?
Yes, I have got it.
Ana, did you buy the skirt?
Yes, I bought it.
Raquel, where do you keep your earrings?
I keep them in my bag.
I can’t find my keys.
I can’t find them either.
Me, te, lo,le,la,nos, os, los, les, las
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My father bought me a new car.
Mi padre me compró un coche nuevo.
I visited him at home
Le visité en su casa.
I gave them some sweets as a present.
Les regalé unos caramelos
I gave you money for Christmas.
Os di dinero para Navidad.
Direct and indirect object pronouns
• I saw you on the beach
• Te vi en la playa
• Did he give you the money?/did he give
the money to you?
• ¿Te dio el dinero?
• I saw him again last night (volver a + inf)
• Le volvi a ver anoche.
La regla 1
• When direct and indirect object pronouns
come together in a sentence the first
person pronouns (me and nos) will come
before any other one:
• Me lo prestó
• He lent it to me
• Me lo dice.
• Nos las ensenaba.
La regla 2
• In the same way the second person
pronouns (te and os) precede a third
person one:
• ¿Te lo dio?
• Did he give it to you?
La regla 3
• When two third person pronouns come
together the indirect object becomes SE
• Se lo decia
• Se las da
• I gave it to him.
• They gave them to them.
Regla 4
• Weak object pronouns are attached to the
infinitive and gerund.
• Era imposible encontrarlas.
• Veniendolo no era facil.
• He wants to buy it
• They were writing it (letter (fem))
• I am going to do it.
Replace the object nouns in the
following sentences by pronouns
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Juan compra los billetes.
Los muchachos estudian las lenguas.
Las mujeres compran vino.
El hijo no contestaba a las cartas.
Conozco las canciones de Portugal.
El ambajador y el consul acombanaban a la reina
Conoci a mi mujer en Madrid
Los hijos siempre quieren a los padres.
Tu y tu amigo estais esperando el autobus.
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