Confused on Spanish Lesson 2.3

Question

I just finished doing Spanish 2.3 (Direct and Indirect Object Pronouns), and I have no idea how you get "José se las tira" from "José les tira las serpentinas a ellos". If someone could please explain this to me I'd appreciate it. Thanks!

Hi and welcome to the forum! - sanlee, Jan 7, 2012

Answer 1

Look at this section in reference on object pronouns used together

Note this part

le -> se Change

Indirect object pronouns "le" and "les" are changed to "se" when followed by "lo," "la," "los," or "las" to make pronunciation a lot easier.

So ,José les tira las serpentinas a ellos becomes José se las tira.

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Please correct me if I'm wrong. Thanks - sanlee, Jan 7, 2012

That was where I was confused. I couldn't understand how they could take a ellos and make it singular. Thanks! - gspartas, Jan 7, 2012

Good answer sanlee. I have finally got my head around IO and DO pronouns (I think) but I carry on reading as much as possible about the subject when I see something come up and doing whatever exercise I can find. - caza, Jan 7, 2012

Thanks and good luck in your Spanish - sanlee, Jan 7, 2012