Sentences with indirect object pronouns. Mistakes?

Question

Have I made any mistakes in these sentences? Thank you!

1. ¿A quién le cantas canciones de amor? Le canto canciones de amor a mi novia.

2. ¿A quién le compras ropa? Les compro ropa a mi primos.

3. ¿A quién das una fiesta? Les doy una fiesta a mi padres.

4. ¿A quién dice mentiras? John le dice a su familia.

5. ¿A quién le escribes mensajes electrónicos? Le escribo mensajes electrónicos a mi hermano.

6. ¿A quién le muestras fotos de un viaje? Les muestro fotos de un viaje a nuestro hermanos.

7. ¿A quién pide dinero? Le quién pide a Tom.

8. ¿A quién preparan comida mexicana? Ellos les preparan comida mexicana a los invitados

One very obvious thing- 6. "nuestroS hermanos"- that is if you are trying to say "I show photos of a trip to our brothers/siblings". The I to our shift is a little weird to me, unless you are talking to another of your siblings. - bosquederoble, Nov 21, 2014

I agree with bosquerobl and I think "mis hermanos" would be more consistent with your examples. - Jubilado, Nov 21, 2014

Really it is also a bit weird to me to use especially preparar with a instead of para. I think only of preparar a alguien para hacer algo is to get someone ready to do something. But that could be just me. I personally would have used para with comprar - bosquederoble, Nov 22, 2014

as well, but I have seen a used that way, it is just not what I am used to. So mostly on the preposition choice I have to defer to someone who knows more than I. - bosquederoble, Nov 22, 2014

Also should be mis primos in number 2. - bosquederoble, Nov 22, 2014

"para" is more common, but technically the "a" is correct. - Daniela2041, Nov 22, 2014

Thanks, Daniela. :) - bosquederoble, Nov 22, 2014

Answer 1

Number 4: Juan se las dice a su familia. You have an indirect object pronoun here, usually "le" but in Spanish gets changed to "se" when followed by a direct object pronoun. here "las" (the mentiras.) You could avoid the whole matter by using: Juan le dice las mentiras a su familia.

Number 7 ¿A quién le pide dinero? The subject of the sentence is not identified. Who is doing the "pidiendo"? If it were A quién le pides dinero the "asker" is identified then I could deal with the answer. It would then be "Le pides dinero a Tom"

Every thing else looks OK.

Oops!! nuestros hernanos. --better yet, "mis" hermanos. Subject here is "yo" Adjective and noun must agree in gender and number.