Direct and Indirect Objects

Objetos directos e indirectos

Finding Parts of the Sentence:

Use these 4 questions to find the parts of the sentence:1. Who? 2. What?3. What?4. To whom? / For whom?

Mary gave me the book.

Who?

Mary gave me the book.

•Mary

•What? (Verbo)

S

Mary gave me the book.

•Gave

•What? (Objeto Directo)

VS

Mary gave me the book.

• Book

• To whom? For Whom? (Objeto Indirecto)

S V D

Mary gave me the book.• Me

S V I D

Now, let’s put it all together.

• Mary gave me the book.

• Who? • Mary what? • Gave what? • To whom?

• Mary (S)• Gave (V)• Book (D)• Me (I)

Let’s try to put it all together:

Direct Object Pronouns:

Me: MeYou: TeHim, her: Lo, LaUs: NosThem: Los, Las

Indirect Object Pronouns:

To me: MeTo you: TeTo him, her: LeTo us: NosTo them: Les

Pretend we are at a gym.

• We are lifting weights. The “heaviest” parts of the sentence are going to be the subject and the verb.

S V

In order to get into this gym, you need an ID.

Now, your weights look like this…with the ID in the middle.

S I D V

There is also an important rule in this gym…

L L

NO DOUBLE L’s

• If you have a double l, remove the first one, and replace it with the word “se.”

L L se

Larry gave them it. (it=la rosa)

Who?

Larry what?

Gave what?

To whom?

Larry (S)

Gave (V)

It (D)

Them (I)

Larry gave them it. (it=la rosa)

S I D V

Larry gave them it. (It=la rosa)

S I D V Larry les la dio.

Larry gave them it. (It=la rosa)

• Are we breaking any rules here?

S I D V Larry les la dio.

Warning! Warning!• WE ARE BREAKING THE DOUBLE L RULE!

• What do we do??????

• Change the first l to “se.”

• Instead of Larry les la dio, what should it be?

•Larry les la dio. X• Larry se la dio.

Let’s label some sentences...Label the SUBJECT, VERB, DIRECT OBJECT, and INDIRECT OBJECT.

Johnny gives his dog a bone.

Johnny gives a bone to his dog.

I sing often.

SUBJECT VERB D.O.

SUBJECT VERB D.O.

SUBJECTVERB

SOME SENTENCES HAVE NO INDIRECT OBJECT!

I.D.O.

I.D.O.

Johnny gives his dog to the SPCA.SUBJECT VERB D.O. I.D.O.

Let’s do some more…You find the INDIRECT OBJECT

• I give a lecture to the kids.• We give the bill to Laura.• You have to tell the price to us.• Raul gave Eva the flowers.• Señor Rudis showed us the power point.• Mom serves enchiladas to her guests.• Ricky Martin gave the CD to my friends.

You try these…Mis amigos dan dinero a mis padres.El perro de Leonardo juega béisbol conmigo.

Su profesor de español enseña mucha gramatica a los alumnos.Nosotros hacemos, para las chicas bellas, un pastel.

SUBJECT VERB D.O.

SUBJECT VERB I.D.O.

SUBJECT VERBD.O.

SUBJECT VERB D.O.

(with me)

D.O.

I.D.O.

I.D.O.

I.D.O.

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