Object pronouns

Question 1

What is the direct object?

What is it represented by?

In the following sentence, what is the direct object and what could it be replaced with?
‘I kicked the ball’

Answer 1

The noun the verb is being done to

The direct object pronoun

The ball, replaced with ‘it’ as the direct object pronoun (‘I kicked it’)

Question 2

What is the indirect object?

What is it represented by?

In the following sentence, what is the indirect object and what could it be replaced with?
‘I kicked the ball to Ella’

Answer 2

The noun that receives the direct object

The indirect object pronoun

Ella, replaced with ‘her’ (‘I kicked the ball to her’)

Question 3

On word order:

Pronouns only go at the end in which three cases?

In all other cases, where do they go?

Answer 3

1. In the imperative
2. With an infinitive
3. With the gerund

In front of the verb the subject is doing to them, e.g.
I hug you
te ambrazo

Question 4

On word order:

Most object pronouns go before the verb (unless it’s imperative, an infinitive or a gerund). In cases of verbs/tenses that take an auxiliary, e.g. the pretérito perfecto, they go in-between the auxiliary and the past participle. True or false?

Answer 4

False - they go before all parts of the verb (including the auxiliary)

yo te he vido

Question 5

On word order:

If you need to use a direct object pronoun and an indirect object pronoun together, what is the word order - which comes first?

Correctly translate it ‘I kicked it [the ball] to you’

To help you in the exam, what can you remember to do?

Answer 5

indirect object pronoun -> direct object pronoun -> verb (conjugated for the subject)

te la pateé = to you it I kicked

Work backwards: conjugate the verb, add the DO pronoun in front of it, then add the IDO pronoun in front of that.

Question 6

What is the first person DIRECT object pronoun in singular?

Answer 6

me

Question 7

What is the second person DIRECT object pronoun in singular?

Answer 7

te

Question 8

What is the third person DIRECT object pronoun in singular?

Answer 8

lo / la

Question 9

What is the first person DIRECT object pronoun in plural?

Answer 9

nos

Question 10

What is the second person DIRECT object pronoun in plural?

Answer 10

os

Question 11

What is the third person DIRECT object pronoun in plural?

Answer 11

los / las

Question 12

What is the first person INDIRECT object pronoun in singular?

Answer 12

me

Question 13

What is the second person INDIRECT object pronoun in singular?

Answer 13

te

Question 14

What is the third person INDIRECT object pronoun in singular?

Answer 14

le / se

Question 15

What is the first person INDIRECT object pronoun in plural?

Answer 15

nos

Question 16

What is the second person INDIRECT object pronoun in plural?

Answer 16

os

Question 17

What is the third person INDIRECT object pronoun in plural?

Answer 17

les / se

Question 18

For the third person indirect object pronoun singular and plural, there are two options: le/les and se. When would you use se?

Correctly translate ‘I bought it for her’

Answer 18

When you need to use a third person direct object pronoun and a third person indirect object pronoun together; you can’t have two that start with L next to each other. In that case, you’d use ‘se’ as the indirect object pronoun.

WRONG: le lo compré
RIGHT: se lo compré (directly translated as ‘for her it I bought’)