''se lo dije''

Question

''se lo dije'' (I said it to him/her); I dont understand the structure of this sentence and I cant associate the meaning with it. Can anybody explain this sentence in form?

Answer 1

it should be according to the logic

"1)le 2)lo 3)dije" literally translated:

"1)to him 2)it 3)I said"

but due to another rule whenever you have a combination of "le lo", "le la" ....

you should change the first one (pronombre de complimento directo) with the (pronombre de complimento indirecto).

That means you change le with se!

Answer 2

There's some tips here and a new game for practicing G A M E Direct and Indirect Objects