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CLASE 9 - PRONOMBRES: COMPLEMENTO
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THE KEYS (by Mrs. Wilson)
Ann Wilson is the 12th grade (18-year-olds) physical education teacher at Columbus High School in Ohio. She gave Linda,
one of her students, the keys to the girls´ locker room in the gym. Linda gave the keys to 2 other girl students.
When Mrs. Wilson saw Linda in the hall, she asked her (Linda) about the keys, and she (Linda) said:
- "I gave them (the keys) to them (the 2 students), but they (the 2 students) gave them (the keys) to Susan to give to
me. She (Susan) couldn´t find me, so she gave them (the keys) to Robert, who took off the blue key from the ring and
gave it (the blue key) to Mr. Johnson (another teacher). Robert put the key ring in your mail box. Mr. Johnson just gave it
(the blue key) to me, and I was going to use it (the blue key) to open your mail box to put it (the blue key) on them (the
key ring) and give them (all the keys) to give to you. Here, take it (the blue key), and you can put it (the blue key) on
them (the key ring) yourself."
- "Thanks, Linda," said Mrs. Wilson. "I´ve only wasted 30 minutes looking for you in order to find out that I have to
waste another 10 minutes to get my keys."
- "You´re welcome, Mrs. Wilson. Any time you need a favor, I´ll be glad to help you."
- "Now you know why my hair is grey!"
VOCABULARY
high school B.U.P. o C.O.U.
key ring manojo de llaves
locker room vestuario
to waste malgastar
to find out descubrir
yourself tu mismo
hall pasillo
in order to para que
To take off quitar
somebody else otra persona
GRAMMAR - PRONOUNS: DIRECT AND INDIRECT OBJECTS
Los pronombres como complementos directos e indirectos tienen su truquillo: simplemente hay que seguir la sintaxis
del inglés.
EJEMPLO:
Se lo da.
Primero, hay que poner el sujeto en español.
Él da. He gives.
Después, poner la sintaxis inglesa en español:
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Él lo da. => Él da lo. He gives it.
Después, seguir con la sintaxis inglesa en español:
Él se lo da. (a ella) => Él da lo a ella.(*) He gives it to her. (= se lo da)
* Sabemos que el "se" está allí para evitar "la-la´s" o "le-lo´s", nada más. Entonces, olvide el "se"
DOS EJEMPLOS MÁS:
Ella me lo dió. She gave it to me.
Yo se los di (a ella). I gave them to her.
EXERCISES Read carefully and fill in the gaps.
1. Te las traigo.
I'm bringing ________ .
2. Ella nos las va a traer.
She is going to bring ___________ .
3. Yo le dí los cuadernos (a ella).
I gave __________ the notebooks.
4. Julio no se lo da (a ella).
Julio doesn´t give it _________.
5. ¿Vas a decírselo (a ellos)?
Are you going to tell ________ ?
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