Direct and Indirect Object Pronouns

Question 1

What is the formula for an affirmative sentence with one verb (DO)?

Answer 1

The DO comes directly before the conjugated verb.

Question 2

What question does the DO answer?

Answer 2

What, or, whom?

Question 3

What is the DO?

Answer 3

The object that directly receives the action of the verb.

Question 4

What is the formula for a negative statement and one verb (DO)?

Answer 4

Negative word + pronoun + conjugated verb

Question 5

How are verbs conjugated when there are two?

Answer 5

The first is conjugated and the second is in infinitive form.

Question 6

What are the two options for the direct object pronoun in a sentence with two verbs?

Answer 6

1. Immediately before the conjugated verb.

2. Attached to the end of the infinitive.

Question 7

What does the IO tell us?

Answer 7

Where the DO is going.

Question 8

What question does the IO answer?

Answer 8

To whom, or, for whom?

Question 9

What are the pronouns for the IO?

Answer 9

Me, Te, Le, Nos Os, Les

Question 10

What is the formula for an affirmative statement with one verb?

Answer 10

IO pronoun + conjugated verb.

Question 11

How should you think with Spanish words to avoid translation confusion?

Answer 11

Think in phrases, not word-for-word.

Question 12

What is the term used to describe the phrase that is used when a sentence is ambiguous due to lack of context and the use of pronouns le and les?

Answer 12

A prepositional phrase. Example: Ella le escribe a Juan una carta.

Question 13

What is the negative statement formula with one verb? (IO)

Answer 13

The negative comes directly before the IO pronoun.

Question 14

Where are the two places you can put the IO pronoun in a sentence with two verbs?

Answer 14

Before the conjugated verb or attached to the end of the infinitive.

Question 15

What are two things to focus on knowing in order to recognize statements with direct and indirect object pronouns?

Answer 15

Learning conjugated verbs and conjugated + infinitive forms together.

Question 16

What are the Direct Object pronouns?

Answer 16

me, te, lo/la, nos, os, los/las.

Question 17

What are the Indirect Object pronouns?

Answer 17

me, te le, nos, os, les.

Question 18

What order are the pronouns placed in a sentence with both DO and IO pronouns?

Answer 18

The IO pronoun comes first.

Question 19

What is the rule when both the pronouns begin with “L”? What is another helpful guideline for this as well?

Answer 19

Change the first “L” pronoun to “se”, and use a prepositional phrase to clarify.

Question 20

What are the options for pronoun placement in a sentence with a DO and IO pronoun and two verbs?

Answer 20

They can be placed before the conjugated verb or attached directly to the infinitive. (explicármelo)

Question 21

What is the rule for adding both DO and IO pronouns to the end of the infinitive?

Answer 21

Add an accent to the last syllable in the infinitive, to preserve the sound of the infinitive.

Question 22

What is the rule for a negative statement with DO and IO pronouns and two verbs?

Answer 22

If the pronouns are before the conjugated verbs, the negative goes before the pronouns.
If the pronouns are attached to the infinitive, the negative goes before the conjugated verb.