Week 7: Indirect Pronouns

Question 1

Gustar

Answer 1

To like, please

Question 2

el año pasado

Answer 2

last year

Question 3

T/F: An indirect pronoun tells you to whom or for whom something is done.

Answer 3

TRUE

Question 4

Ella me habla en español.

Answer 4

She speaks to me in Spanish.

Question 5

me

Answer 5

Me

Question 6

te

Answer 6

You (familiar)

Question 7

le

Answer 7

him, her, you

Question 8

nos

Answer 8

us

Question 9

os

Answer 9

You (familiar, plural)

Question 10

Les

Answer 10

Them

Question 11

Ella te habla en español.

Answer 11

She speaks to you in Spanish

Question 12

Ella le habla en español.

Answer 12

She speaks to him/her/you in Spanish

Question 13

Ella nos habla en español.

Answer 13

She speaks to us in Spanish

Question 14

Ella les habla en español.

Answer 14

She speaks to them in Spanish

Question 15

T/F: The indirect object pronoun comes AFTER the conjugated verb.

Answer 15

FALSE: the IOP comes BEFORE the conjugated verb. Conjugate the verb to agree with the subject.

Question 16

El me habla en español.

Answer 16

He speaks to me in Spanish

Question 17

Ellos te hablan en español.(masculine)

Answer 17

They speak to you in Spanish

Question 18

Nosotros les hablamos en español.

Answer 18

We speak to them in Spanish

Question 19

Ustedes nos hablan en español.

Answer 19

You speak to us in Spanish

Question 20

T/F: If the sentence is negative, insert NO in front of the indirect object pronoun.

Answer 20

TRUE

Question 21

Ella no me habla en español.

Answer 21

She doesn’t speak to me in Spanish

Question 22

Yo gusto

Answer 22

I like, please

Question 23

Tu gustas

Answer 23

You like

Question 24

El/ella/usted gusta

Answer 24

he, she, you like

Question 25

nosotros/nosotras gustamos

Answer 25

we like

Question 26

vosotros/vosotras guistais

Answer 26

You (plural) like

Question 27

Ellos, ellas, ustedes gustan

Answer 27

They like

Question 28

T/F: the verb GUSTAR is used to convey liking something. However, it literally means “to please”

Answer 28

TRUE. It conveys liking something in the sense that whatever it is that you like pleases you.

Question 29

Me gusta chocolate.

Answer 29

I like chocolate; chocolate pleases me

Question 30

¿Cómo se dice?

Answer 30

How do you say?

Question 31

Nos gusta chocolate.

Answer 31

We like chocolate.

Question 32

Le gusta chocolate.

Answer 32

he, she, you likes chocolate

Question 33

Les gusta chocolate

Answer 33

They like chocolate.

Question 34

T/F: Since chocolate (3rd person singular) is the noun, gustar is conjugated as GUSTA for each indirect object pronoun.

Answer 34

TRUE

Question 35

Gustar + Verb infinitive = Like to ______

Answer 35

To express “I like to ____” in Spanish. IOP + conjugated GUSTAR + verb infinitive.

Question 36

me gusta comer

Answer 36

I like to eat

Question 37

Nos gusta hablar en español.

Answer 37

We like to speak/talk in Spanish

Question 38

Le gusta cantar. A El le gusta cantar.

Answer 38

He likes to sing.

Question 39

Les gusta escribir cartas.

Answer 39

They like to write letters

Question 40

T/F: When compound verbs are used in a sentence, the IOP can come before the conjugated verb OR after the verb infinitive.

Answer 40

TRUE: e.g., ¿Me vas a escribir? (Are you going to write to me? OR Vas a escribirme?

Question 40

T/F: When compound verbs are used in a sentence, the 1st verb is conjugated and the 2nd verb is left as an infinitive.

Answer 40

TRUE: e.g., Me gusta comer.