Indirect Object Pronouns

INDIRECT OBJECTS
I bought that skirt for her.
I gave those shoes to him.
What is the subject, the verb,
the direct object and the
indirect object?
INDIRECT OBJECTS
I bought that skirt for her.

verb direct indirect

subject object object
INDIRECT OBJECTS
I gave those shoes to him.

verb direct indirect

subject object object
INDIRECT OBJECT PRONOUNS
Indirectobject pronouns tell
to whom the action is
being done.
INDIRECT OBJECT PRONOUNS
They mean the same thing in
English as do the direct object
pronouns, only they add the
words “to or for”. For
example, “to you, for me, ect.”
INDIRECT OBJECT PRONOUNS
(ENGLISH)

(to or for) me (to or for) us

(to or for) you

(to or for) him, (to or for) them

her, it
INDIRECT OBJECT PRONOUNS
(SPANISH)

me (to or for me) nos (to or for us)

te (to or for you) os (to or for you

all)
le (to or for him, les (to or for them,
her, it) you all)
PLACEMENT OF INDIRECT OBJECT
PRONOUNS
Indirect Object Pronouns, me,
te, le, nos, os, and les are
placed either before a
conjugated verb or attached
to the end of an infinitive.
BEFORE THE CONJUGATED VERB:

¿Le va a dar el libro a Elena?

Nos vio hace cinco días a
nosotros.
BEFORE THE VERB OR AFTER THE
INFINITIVE:

Before the verb:

¿Le vas a dar el libro a Elena?
Sí, le voy a dar el libro a Elena.
After the infinitive:
¿Vas a darle el libro a Elena?
Sí, voy a darle el libro a Elena.
BEFORE THE CONJUGATED VERB

¿A él, le gustan los libros?

Sí, le interesan mucho.
INDIRECT OBJECT PRONOUNS
These are the “me, te, le,
nos and les that you see
before “gustar, interesar,
faltar, fascinar, etc.”
For example:
INDIRECT OBJECT PRONOUNS

A ella, ¿le gustan las faldas?

Sí, ¡le fascinan!
A ellos, ¿les encanta la
comida?
Sí, ¡les encanta!
INDIRECT OBJECT PRONOUNS
Sometimes we use a + a
pronoun or a person’s name
for emphasis or to make it
clear who we are referring
to.
INDIRECT OBJECT PRONOUNS

Me duelen los pies. Y a ti,

¿qué te duele?
A Pablo, le duelen los pies.
A Ud. ¿le duelen los pies, no?