6.2: Indirect object pronouns Flashcards
A direct object receives the action of a verb _______. On the other hand, an indirect object receives the action of a verb _______.
directly; indirectly
In a Spanish sentence that contains a verb, subject, indirect object, direct object, and an indirect pronoun, how are these components of the sentence ordered?
subject : indirect pronoun : verb : direct object : indirect object
“Roberto le presta cien pesos a Luisa.”
An _______ object is a noun or pronoun that answers the question “to whom” or “for whom” an action is done.
indirect
What is the Spanish indirect pronoun for…
me (to, for)
me
What is the Spanish indirect pronoun for…
you (to, for) (fam.)
te
What is the Spanish indirect pronoun for…
you (to, for) (form.)
le
What is the Spanish indirect pronoun for…
him (to, for)
le
What is the Spanish indirect pronoun for…
her (to, for)
le
What is the Spanish indirect pronoun for…
us (to, for)
nos
What is the Spanish indirect pronoun for…
you (to, for) (pl. fam.)
os
What is the Spanish indirect pronoun for…
you (to, for) (pl. form.)
les
What is the Spanish indirect pronoun for…
them (to, for)
les
The forms of indirect object pronouns for the _______ and _______ persons are the same as the direct object pronouns. What are those pronouns?
first; second; me, te, nos, os
Indirect object pronouns agree in number with the corresponding nouns, but not in _______.
gender
Spanish speakers commonly use both an indirect object _______ and the _______ to which it refers in the same sentence. This is done to emphasize and clarify to whom the pronoun refers.
pronoun; noun
Ex. Les prestamos el dinero a Inés y a Álex.
Notice how the subject, nosotros, is implied by the verb in this example.
