(7) Direct and Indirect Object Pronouns Together

Question 1

Lucas habla con Tomás y Franco sobre las estrategias que van a usar en el próximo partido de fútbol

Luke Thomas and Franco talks about the strategies they will use in the next football game

Answer 1

• Lucas: Muy bien, si avanzamos por la parte izquierda del campo, Tomás me pasa la pelota a mí y yo se la paso a Franco, ¿de acuerdo? [Okay, if we advance on the left side of the field, Tomás passes the ball to me and I pass it to Franco, do you agree?]
• Tomás y Franco: Sí [Yes]
• Lucas: Pero, si atacamos por la parte derecha, Tomás le pasa la pelota a Franco y él me la pasa a mí, ¿vamos bien? [But, if we attack on the right side, Tomás passes the ball to Franco and he passes it to me, do you follow me?]
• Tomás: Sí, a ver…si avanzamos por la línea izquierda yo te paso la pelota a ti y tú se la pasas a Franco. [Yes, let’s see…if we advance on the left side, I pass the ball to you and you pass it to Franco.]
• Franco: Exacto, en cambio, si nos vamos al ataque por la línea derecha, Tomás me la pasa a mí y yo te la paso a ti. [Right, but, if we attack on the right side, Tomás passes it to me and I pass it to you]

Question 2

Direct and indirect object pronouns (DOPs, IOPs) are used to refer to nouns mentioned in context and therefore avoid unnecessary repetition.

• When both pronouns are used in the same sentence the indirect pronoun always precedes the direct pronoun.
• When le or les is part of the combination, they change to se for both the singular and plural forms. As such, context is important for understanding the meaning of se.

Answer 2

IOP/DOP → Definition

• Me/Lo → It (masculine) to me
• Me/La → It (feminine) to me
• Me/Los → Them (masculine) to me
• Me/Las → Them (feminine) to me
• Te/Lo → It (masculine) to you (singular)
• Te/La → It (feminine) to you (singular)
• Te/Los → Them (masculine) to you (singular)
• Te/Las → Them (feminine) to you (singular)
• Se/Lo → It (masculine) to him/her/you (singular formal) OR to them (masculine, feminine)/you (plural formal)
• Se/La → It (feminine) to him/her/you (singular formal) OR to them (masculine, feminine)/you (plural formal)
• Se/Los → Them (masculine) to him/her/you (singular formal) OR to them (masculine, feminine)/you (plural formal)
• Se/Las → Them (feminine) to him/her/you (singular formal) OR to them (masculine, feminine)/you (plural formal)
• Nos/Lo → It (masculine) to us
• Nos/La → It (feminine) to us
• Nos/Los → Them (masculine) to us
• Nos/Las → Them (feminine) to us
• Os/Lo → It (masculine) to you (informal vosotros/as in Spain)
• Os/La → It (feminine) to you (informal vosotros/as in Spain)
• Os/Los → Them (masculine) to you (informal vosotros/as in Spain)
• Os/Las → Them (feminine) to you (informal vosotros/as in Spain)

Question 3

• Indirect and direct object pronouns in constructions with the infinitive can be placed before the conjugated verb or attached to the infinitive. In either case, the indirect object pronoun always precedes the direct one (Examples a and b)
• The two positions are also possible with the present progressive (Example c). Note that when the object pronoun is attached to the end of the verb, an accent is added to the verb.

Answer 3

• (Ex. a) Lucas se las va a explicar [Lucas is going to explain them (the strategies) to them (Tomás y Franco)]
• (Ex. b) Lucas va a explicárselas [Lucas is going to explain them (the strategies) to them (Tomás y Franco)]
• (Ex. c) Lucas está explicándoselas [Lucas is going to explain them (the strategies) to them (Tomás y Franco)]