Le dio un regalo a Juan

Question

Can le be omitted without making the sentence grammatically incorrect? In other words, is "Dio un regalo a Juan" still perfectly correct, or do you have to use the indirect object pronoun at every opportunity in which it can be used?

Answer 1

Hi Jerry, the indirect object pronoun cannot be omitted in any case when the object is indirect.

In a complete sentence: 'María le dió un regalo a Juan', this is because 'Juan' is the indirect object and 'regalo' the direct one.

Works the same for each pronuon;

Me dió un regalo - Te dió un regalo - Nos dió un regalo - and so on.

Hope this helps

Answer 2

As far as I know, the indirect object pronoun must be used in this case.

Answer 3

When talking about giving something to someone you always need to use the object pronoun with dar. This could be the direct or indirect object pronoun as we just figured out on your other post je je dative case

Answer 4

Oh I need to extend a bit, this is not because the verb is 'dar', but because of the indirect-direct object relation. So, with other verbs:

Le dijo algo a Juan = She said something to Juan. Le mostró su foto a Juan = She showed her picture to Juan Le envió el dinero a Juan = She sent the money to Juan

And many more...lol