Reflexive, Direct Object, and Indirect Object Pronouns all at once?

Question

Is it possible to get all three kinds of pronouns in the same sentence?

I'm thinking of something like: Me lo comí. (I ate it all up) ... where "lo" is the DOP, and "me" is used as reflexive for "completion".

What about: Me lo comí para ti. (I ate it all up for you??) .... Could "te" ever make it into that sentence, and if so, where?

Answer 1

I asked Lazarus a similar question one day. I asked if it was ever possible to have "se se" together. The first se being a reflexive pronoun, the 2nd se being a 3rd person i.o.p. before a 3rd person d.o.p. (e.g. se se lo). His answer was similar to Lucentbeam's. It would never happen, because one of the object pronouns would serve the function of the reflexive pronoun or vice versa.

So is it safe to say you can never have 3 pronouns in a row? - Luciente, Dec 13, 2009

I posted a reply from a grammar aritcle, but the site when down and it was lost. Basically, it said 3 pronouns are rare, but it did not say impossible. - 0074b507, Dec 13, 2009

Someone else's opinion:... the acronym RID (Reflexive, Indirect, Direct). Although all three pronouns are never used together, whichever ... - 0074b507, Dec 13, 2009

Answer 2

Wow, that's quite a fistful of pronouns! No, you can only have a couple before the verb. In your question of "I ate it all up for you" you would say "Me lo comí por ti" since I presume you are saying "for you" meaning "in your place" or "for your sake". It is an odd sentence in English, though, don't you think?

Answer 3

I like the way you are thinking....this helps to re-instill all of these ideas in you head

Answer 4

Ah, you're right: there it is "por" because it's like "I ate it on your behalf". I was thinking of trying to get a sentence like "(Le) hago un pastel para mi mamá" (I make a cake for my mom, i.e. "the cake is for my mom"), but my sentence is more like "Hago un pastel por mi mamá" (I make a cake so she doesn't have to do it instead).

Now I'm trying harder to find a time when a reflexive pronoun can appear with both a DOP and an IOP.... is it not possible because the reflexive part is taking over as either the indirect or direct object?