Indirect Objects

OBJETOS INDIRECTOSIndirect Objects and I.O.P.s

YOU’VE BEEN USING I.O.P.S WITHOUT EVEN REALIZING IT…!

Me gusta la comedia. The comedy is pleasing to me.

Le gustan las papas fritas.French fries are pleasing to him).

Les gusta la cantante. The singer is pleasing to them.

Nos gustan las películas de ciencia ficción.Science fiction movies are pleasing

to us.

INDIRECT OBJECTS AND I.O.P.SIndirect Objects answer the

questions:TO whom?FOR whom?

Doy una camisa a mi amigo

IO: a mi amigo (to my friend)Le doy una camisa

IOP: le (to him)

SINCE YOU’VE BEEN USING I.O.P.S SINCE ESPAÑOL 1…

Can you figure out what the I.O.P.s are?(think gustar…)

me nos

te os

le les

DIRECT OBJECTS (AND DOPS) AND INDIRECT OBJECTS (AND IOPS)

Direct Object: Compré los libros.What’s being bought?DOP: Los compré.

Compré los libros para mi madre. For whom did you buy the book?

For my momIOP.: Le compré los libros.

JOINED AT THE HIP:INDIRECT OBJECTS ARE CLINGY!

Where you find an I.O.(P.), you will (usually) find a D.O.(P.)

The indirect object tells WHERE the direct object is going.Te doy una flor.

What’s being given? A flower.

To whom is it being given? To you.

SOMETIMES YOU DON’T SEE THE DO(P)…

Mi madre me escribe cada semana.What’s being written?

A letter (implied) To whom is it being written?

To meMi madre me escribe una carta

cada semana.

BUT CAN YOU HAVE A DIRECT OBJECT WITHOUT AN INDIRECT OBJECT?

Comí una manzana.What’s being eaten?

An apple To/for whom is it being eaten?HUH?!? So….

YES, you can.

PLACEMENT OF IOPSRule 1: Before the conjugated verb

doy un abrazoRule 2:Attached to a non-conjugated verb

(and ando/iendo)Quiero dar un abrazoEstaba comprándo una

camisa

Te

tete

COMING SOON TO A CLASSROOM NEAR YOU…

Verbs like gustarIOPs AND DOPs in the same

sentence!

Get excited!!!