Using Direct and Indirect pronouns: Commands (translate and transform)
Everybody welcome, all levels! No peeking on other answers
This was a real challenge last Saturday chat, and Quentin, did I hear you say there was no grammar on my chats?
Well, the challenge was a real killer, as I think nobody made no mistakes, jeje.
I had to prepare the sentences so as I got them written down, this will be much easier for you than for those who participated, as on the chat this is oral, tricky, trust me
And I risked getting arrested and all
My neighbour thought it was too noisy, jeje, and threatened to call the cops...I told him to go right ahead, on a Saturday night at only 12.30 call the cops in Spain
...I think they don¡t even bother to write down the address!! 
Spain is a noisy place and on a Saturday...almost anything goes
Ok, so the idea is:
a) Translate the given sentences.
b) Transform the sentences using pronouns.
Bring my mum the book.
Llévale el libro a mi madre.
Llévaselo.
Did I say the chat was a real killer?
Please follow the rules correctly, no corrections will be made to those answers which don't follow the rules.
Trust me, this happens all the time
Here are the 5 sentences, I will create a new thread with 5 more later on.
1) Don't drink that beer!
2) Do your homework!
3) Tell his friend the secret!
4) Go and buy her brother a book!
5) Don't write their sister a letter!
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1) Don't drink that beer!
?¡No te bebas esa cerveza! 
?¡No te la bebas!
2) Do your homework!
?¡Haz tu tarea!
?¡Hazla!
3) Tell his friend the secret!
?¡Cuéntale el secreto a su amigo! 
?¡Cuéntaselo!
4) Go and buy her brother a book!
?¡Ve a comprar un libro para su hermano!
?¡Ve a comprárselo!
5) Don't write their sister a letter!
?¡No (le)escribas una carta a su hermana! (le sounds better but not mandatory )
?¡No se la escribas!
1) Don't drink that beer!
No bebas esa cerveza.
No la bebas.
2) Do your homework!
¡Haz tu tarea!
¡Hazla! (I wanted to say ¡Hazlo! and said to myself, self "tarea" is a feminine noun) well done jason
3) Tell his friend the secret!
¡Digale su amigo el secreto!
¡Dígaselo!
4) Go and buy her brother a book!
Ve a comprar a su hermano un libro.
¡Ve a comprárselo!
5) Don't write their sister a letter!
¡No escribas a su hermana una carta!
¡No se la escribas!
Don't drink that beer!
¡No te tomes esa cerveza!
¡No te la tomes!
The best verb to use here, perfect, luz
Do your homework!
¡Haz tu tarea!
¡Hazla!
Tell his friend the secret!
¡Digale el secreto a su amigo!
¡Dígaselo!
Go and buy her brother a book!
¡Ve a comprarle un libro a su hermano!
¡Ve a comprárselo!
Don't write their sister a letter!
¡No (le) escribas una carta a su hermana!
¡No se la escribas!
1) Don't drink that beer!
1) No bebas esa cerveza!
1) ¡ No la bebas!
2) Do your homework!
2) Haz tus deberes!
2) ¡Los haz! ¡Hazlos!
3) Tell his friend the secret!
3) Dile a su amigo el secreto! (decir is possible here..)
3) ¡ Se lo di. ¡ Díselo!
4) Go and buy her brother a book!
4) Ve y comprale a su hermano un libro!
4) ¡Ve y se lo compra. Ve y cómpraselo!
5) Don't write their sister a letter!
5) No le escribas a su hermana una carta!
5) ¡ No se la escribas ¡
1) Don't drink that beer!
¡No te tomes esa cerveza!
¡No te la tomes!
2) Do your homework!
¡Haz los deberes!
¡Hazlos!
3) Tell his friend the secret!
¡Cuentale el secreto a su amigo!
¡Cuéntaselo!
4) Go and buy her brother a book!
¡Vete y compra un libro para su hermano! (no le with para, alba)
¡Vete y cómpraselo!
5) Don't write their sister a letter!
¡No le escribas un carta a su hermana!
¡No se la escribas!
Sweet, gracias Heidita porque necesito trabajr en cosas así. Así que...
1) Don't drink that beer!- ¡No tomes esa cerveza!- ¡No la tomes!
2) Do your homework!- ¡Haz la/tu tarea!- ¡Hazla!
3) Tell his friend the secret!- ¡Dile el secreto a su amigo!- ¡Díselo!
4) Go and buy her brother a book!- ¡Ve y compra un libro para su hermano!- ¡Ve y cómpraselo !
5) Don't write their sister a letter! - ¡No escribas una carta a su hermana! -¡No se la escribas!
SO much easier when I can look at it first, you're right...
1) Don't drink that beer!
¡No te bebas esa cerveza!
¡No te la bebas!
2) Do your homework!
¡Haz los deberes (la tarea)!
¡Hazlos! (¡Hazla!)
3) Tell his friend the secret!
¡Cuentale el secreto a su amigo!
¡Cuéntaselo!
4) Go and buy her brother a book!
¡Ve y compra un libro para su hermano!
¡Ve y compráselo!
5) Don't write their sister a letter!
¡No escribas una cara a su hermana!
¡No se la escribas!
1) Don´t drink that beer!
¡No bebas esa cerveza!
¡No la bebas!
2) Do your homework!
¡Haz tu tarea!
¡Hazla!
3) Tell his friend the secret!
¡Dile a su amigo el secreto!
¡Díselo!
4) Go and buy your brother a book!
¡Ve y compra a tu hermano un libro!
¡Ve y compráselo!
5) Don´t write their sister a letter!
¡No escribas a su hermana una carta!
¡No se la escribas!
Hola.
1) ¡No tomes esa cerveza! ¡No la tomes!
2) ¡Haz tu tarea! ¡Hazla!
3) ¡Dile el secreto a su amigo! ¡Díselo!
4) ¡Ve y compra un libro para su hermano! ¡Ve y cómpraselo!
5) ¡No escribas una carta a su hermana! ¡No se la escribas!
1) Don't drink that beer!
¡No bebas esa cerveza!
¡No la bebas!
2) Do your homework!
¡Haz tu tarea!
¡Hazla!
3) Tell his friend the secret!
¡Dile el secreto a su amigo!
Díselo
4) Go and buy her brother a book!
¡Ve y cómpra un libro para su hermano!
¡Ve y cómpraselo
5) Don't write their sister a letter!
¡No escribas una carta a su hermana!
¡No se la escribas!
Would someone clue me in as to why command sentences do not require the redundant i.o.p. when there is an indirect object in the sentence?
The redundant pronoun is not mandatory, even though as usual, that depends. It has nothing to do whether the sentence is a command or not.
Look at this:
a) En el caso del complemento indirecto, la coaparición del pronombre átono es normalmente opcional y suele ser lo más frecuente, especialmente en la lengua oral: No (les) da importancia a los problemas; (Les) he contado nuestro secreto a unos amigos; (Le) han denegado la beca a Juan; (Le) he dicho la verdad a mi madre.
This thread has been corrected, I hope you have seen your posts.
Command forms are tricky. They differ depending on whether they are formal (Ud,Uds) or informal (tú, vosotros). The pronoun position and verb tense also change depending on whether the command is affirmative or negative. I assumed informal based on the last exercise. Anyway, here is a concise and comprehensible link that helped me out.
Disclaimer: Do not trust my answers for you may end up in the Dunce Corner with me.
In the last exercise with D.O.'s and I.O.'s, I put a redundant I.O.P. in the first translation and they were removed with the corrections, but I still got a smiley face. - Leeh
Hi, leeh, this might have two reasons, I hit the wrong key, , or it was optional but sounded better without.
There were also sentence with para....some grammarians consider the para mí, para mi hermano an indirect object, but others don't.
It sounds completely off to say:
Le compro una capa para mi hermano.
The redundant indirect pronoun is in my opinion not asked for , as this is not an indirect object. It all depends on the sentence.
I give up.
Would someone clue me in as to why command sentences do not require the redundant i.o.p. when there is an indirect object in the sentence?
Dile ...a su amigo.
Ve a comprarle...a su hermano.
No le escribas...a su hermana.
since no one is using it I assume there must be a reason.
