Los Complementos Directos <Indirect Objects>

1. Los ComplementosDirectos<Indirect Objects> Sr. Schofield

2. How do you know it? • To identify the indirect object use our two guidelines: • The IO tells us where the DO is going. • The IO answers the question "to whom?" or "for whom" the action of the verb is performed.

3. Where is it? • 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

4. What does it do? • The indirect object answers the question "To whom?" or "For whom?" the action 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

5. Indirect Object Pronouns (I.O.P’s) • When a pronoun takes the place of the name of the indirect object, use the following pronouns: • me (me)te (you-familiar)le (him, her, you-formal) • nos (us)os (you-all-familiar)les (them, you-all-formal)

6. Affirmative Statements • In an affirmative statement with one verb, the indirect object pronoun comes immediately before the conjugated verb. • Juan me compra un regalo.John buys me a gift.John buys a gift for me. • Juan te compra un regalo.John buys you a gift.John buys a gift for you. • Juan le compra un regalo.John buys her a gift.John buys a gift for her. • Juan noscompra un regalo.John buys us a gift.John buys a gift for us. • Juan les compra un regalo.John buys them a gift.John buys a gift for them.

7. Negative Statements • In a negative statement with one verb, the indirect object pronoun comes between the negative word and the conjugated verb. • Él no me compra nada.He doesn't buy me anything.He doesn't buy anything for me. • Ella no te trae el desayuno.She doesn't bring you breakfast.She doesn't bring breakfast for you. • No le mando a él la cuenta.I don't send him the bill.I don't send the bill to him. • Ellos no noscompranningúnregalo.They don't buy us any gifts.They don't buy any gifts for us.

8. What if you have 2 verbs? • In sentences with two verbs, there are two options regarding the placement of the indirect object pronoun. • Place it immediately before the conjugated verb • Attach it directly to the infinitive

9. What if you have 2 verbs? <cont’d>.> • When a sentence has two verbs, the first verb is conjugated and the second verb remains in the infinitive form. • Here are examples of the indirect object pronoun attached directly to the infinitive: • Necesitasdarme un regalo.You need to give me a gift. • Necesitocomprarte un sombrero.I need to buy you a hat. • Juan debeprestarnos el dinero.Juan must lend us the money. • María quierealquilarle a Juan el apartamento.María wants to rent the apartment to Juan.

10. What if you have 2 verbs? <cont’d>.> • Here are examples of the indirect object pronoun placed before the conjugated verb: • Me necesitas dar un regalo.You need to give me a gift. • Te necesitocomprar un sombrero.I need to buy you a hat. • Juan nosdebeprestar el dinero.Juan must lend us the money. • María le quierealquilar a Juan el apartamento.María wants to rent the apartment to Juan.

11. Practicamos He wants to give me the money. 1. Él me quiere el dinero. 2. Él quiere ___________ el dinero. They want to give her something. 3. Ellos le dar algo. 4. Ellos quieren __________ algo. You need to buy us the house. 5. Nos necesitas la casa. 6. Necesitas ________ la casa. We want to sell them the car. 7. _____ queremos vender el auto. 8. Queremos _______ el auto. Andrea wants to sell me the book. 9. Andrea quiere vender el libro. 10. Andrea quiere _________ el libro.

12. En tu cuaderno… Fill in theblank in ordertoformsentencesthat are true and correct. Model: Debemos comprar la casa para ellos. Debemos comprarles la casa. Les debemos comprar la casa. Debemos alquilar el apartamento a ellos. Debemos _______________ el apartamento. _____ debemos alquilar el apartamento. Juan tiene que prestar el dinero a mí. Juan tiene que _____________ el dinero. Juan tiene que prestar____ el dinero.

13. La Formula • Subject + I.D.O. + VERB + Predicate + a + NAME of person receiving the action of the verb. • Ex. Yo le presto dinero a Sra. Teel • I loan money to Mrs. Teel. • Subject + 2 verb phrase + I.D.O.P. + Predicate + a + NAME of person receiving the action of the verb. • Ex. Jose va a prestarLE el dinero a Chey. • Jose is going to give money to Chey.

14. In Summary • The IO tells us where the DO is going. • The IO answers the question "to whom" or "for whom." • Sentences that have an IO usually also have a DO • Sometimes the DO is not stated, but rather is implied, or understood. • The IO pronouns are: me, te, le, nos, os, les. • Place the pronoun before the conjugated verb. • Think in phrases, do not translate word-for-word. • Le and les are ambiguous. • If you have 2 verbs in the same sentence, you can add the IO to the 2nd verb, or put it in front of both verbs. • Prepositional phrases are often used for clarity and for emphasis.