Imperative Commands

Question

My textbook says that

Déme la receta.

can be shortened to:

Démela.

So for the question:

¿Le doy el postre?

is this correct?

Sí, délelo.

Hola, bienvenido al foro! - rac1, Jul 14, 2012

Answer 1

Yes, Direct and Indirect object pronouns are ALWAYS attached to AFFIRMATIVE commands.

Tell it to me (la dirección):

Dímela.

Tell me it (el número):

Dímelo.

But not to NEGATIVE commands:

Don't tell it to me:

No me la digas.

Don't tell me it:

No me lo digas.

Okay, thanks! - Languagesnamedaftercoffee, Jul 14, 2012

When two object pronouns that begin with "l" (i.e. lo, la, y le) are next to eachother, doesn't the "le" become "se - Maxwell_R, Jul 14, 2012

Answer 2

When two object pronouns that begin with "l" (i.e. lo, la, y le) are next to eachother, doesn't the "le" become "se - Maxwell_R

Yes... so, let´s see... if you wanted to say "Show him it", and "it" is a car, then you would say:

Muéstraselo, and not Muéstralelo.

or, "tell her it" or "tell it to her", if "it" is an address:

Dísela, and not Dílela.

By the way, these are all informal commands. This one, formally, would be:

Dígasela.

Answer 3

This lesson has covers the imperative mood (commands) and also placement of pronouns in commands: Giving Commands In Spanish. I hope it helps.

Nice Kiwi - have a vote - ian-hill, Jul 15, 2012

Answer 4

Where both the direct and indirect object pronouns are of the third person and occur together, the indirect forms "le" and "les" are replaced by "se" (which should not be confused with the reflexive "se".

I gave it to him - Se lo di (not le lo di)

I can give it to them - Puedo dárselo (not puedo dárleslo)

No lalo or lelo in Spanish - I wonder if they like L l L Os - ian-hill, Jul 15, 2012

Answer 5

Have a look here Mohamed.

imperatives

Most of us have been confused about this.

Answer 6

Did you look here ?

imperatives

Yes, but the 'placement' section doesn't mention anything about attaching indirect object pronouns, and my spell checker gives me an error with the above answer. - Languagesnamedaftercoffee, Jul 14, 2012