"I am buying her a new history book."

Question

"I am buying her a new history book." I am learning to use reflexive, indirect, and direct object pronouns in sentences and I am completely confused.

Answer 1

Hi Kiefafer,

The hint I can give you is that you could construct a Spanish sentence like this:

I am buying a new history book for her.

So we have the subject: I

verb: buying

direct object: book

indirect object: for her.

The verb, comprar, will not be reflexive.

Since you have an indirect object, you will need the indirect object pronoun prior to the verb.

Now, with this knowledge, write the sentence. I'll bet you can do it!

Thanks so much! - kiefafer, Jan 18, 2010

Answer 2

Hello,

¨Voy a comprarle un libro de historia nuevo¨

In this case, -le is indirect object, meaning for her/ for him.