"se" for plural pronouns

Question

I was studying lesson 3 in Learn Spanish 2 that dear Paralee said that when we have two pronouns before the main verb and both start with L, we should change the first L to S. por ejemplo:

Juan se lo da / instead of Juan le lo da.

I wanted to know whether this rule is true for plural pronouns. e.g.: which of these sentences is correct?

1. José les las tira.
2. José ses las tira,
3. José se las tira.

And if the last sentence is correct, how can we understand that our indirect object was plural?

Good question. Never thought about that. Look forward to an answer. :) - beginner_ben, Aug 27, 2011

Answer 1

You change it to "se" whether it is "le" or "les". You understand whether it's plural by context. The sentence cannot stand alone. In English, you would need to know what "them" stands for in order to understand the sentence, too.

Answer 2

The first two are incorrect,

"José se las tira." is correct.

José throws them (female things) (to somebody).

or

José throws them (female things) (to several people).

Like Gintar said, the context will tell you which it is.

To clarify, you could say:

José se las tira a ella (to her).

José se las tira a ellos (to them).

José se las tira a ellas (to them - all female).

José se las tira a ellos a Jamie (to Jamie).

Did you miscopy and paste the last one? - 0074b507, Aug 27, 2011

Thanks for the examples. - mini_coral, Aug 28, 2011