correct direct and indirect pronouns

Question

Can anyone help me with the below I am really struggling in this section Thanks.

Example: El camarero me trae el menú. ? El camarero __ me lo __ trae. a. me lo b. se la c. le lo

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Compro los libros para ti. ? ________ compro.

Le escribo una carta a mi novio. ? ________ escribo.

Le pagamos la cuenta a Julio para su cumpleaños. ? ________ pagamos para su cumpleaños.

Ellos me dicen su número de teléfono. ? Ellos ________ dicen

Ella me paga la cuenta del teléfono ? Ella ____________ paga

María Luisa le regala flores a su madre en todos sus cumpleaños. ? Ella _________ regala

José Augusto le dio un anillo de compromiso a su novia Lolita. ? Él _________ dio.

Which of the following sentences is correctly formed in Spanish? Lo me da Le las compro Se lo escriben

Please fill out your profile so that we may better help you . Bienvenido y buena suerte amiga. - ray76, Feb 14, 2015

It is do my homework for me time again apparently. - ray76, Feb 14, 2015

can see why you thought i was doing that too xD - davidiswhat, Feb 14, 2015

Answer 1

This really needs some explanation.

First of all, Indirect objects always preceed the direct object.

Second if you have a situation where it would "le lo, or les lo" the first word "le/les" gets changed to "se". therefore.

Compro los libros para ti. te los compro -

Le escribo una carta a mi novio. ? se la escribo.

Le pagamos la cuenta a Julio para su cumpleaños. ?se la pagamos para su cumpleaños. Ellos me dicen su número de teléfono. ? Ellos me lo dicen

Ella me paga la cuenta del teléfono ? Ella me la paga

María Luisa le regala flores a su madre en todos sus cumpleaños. ? Ella se las regala.

José Augusto le dio un anillo de compromiso a su novia Lolita. ? Él se lo dio.

"Which of the following sentences is correctly formed in Spanish?"

" Lo me da // Le las compro. // Se lo escriben." The first two are wrong. They should be:

Me lo da. // Se las compro.

Even in affirmative and negative commands and present participles the indirect goes first.

Ex. Command. Dámelo (object pronouns are attached) // negative command: No me lo dés

With present participle. Maite está preparándomela. (Maite is preparing it for me) There is an alternative. Watch this.

Maite me la está preparando.

Isn't Spanish fun, hmmmmm?

So, nobody likes my answers, hmmmmmm? - Daniela2041, Feb 15, 2015

I learned a lot, Dani. Thanks. :) - sanlee, Feb 15, 2015

Thanks this was very helpful! - reubenwunder, Feb 15, 2015

Answer 2

Well here's my shot at this ...

http://www.studyspanish.com/lessons/iodopro.htm

So there's basically a subject, direct object, and indirect object in each sentence.

El camarero me trae el menú. (The waiter(subject) gives me (indirect object) the menu (direct object).

http://img.docstoccdn.com/thumb/orig/119912060.png

Ordering is weird in spanish so indirect object comes before the verb instead of after.

Me(english) = me (spanish),

Exp. Le dijo la verdad = I (subject) tell him (i.o.) the truth (d.o.)

Indirect objects answers to whom/for and can't exist without direct object. I tell him sounds pretty weird. Similarly d.o can't exist without a subject. Tell him the truth sounds weird as well.

Now back to El camarero me trae el menú. After identifying the subject, i.o, d.o you can replace them with pronouns like he/she/it/they in english. In this case you're changing the d.o. El camarero - me trae. The waiter gives it(d.o. pronoun for it = lo/la) to me. El camarero lo me trae. Also you put the direct object pronoun before the indirect object. Might wanna look at this http://www.spanishdict.com/answers/271190/how-to-say-it-is-for-you-in-spanish-direct-object-pronoun This was probably not worth typing ... Edit: Prob not worth editing Edit2: welp by bill i mean menu and by give i mean bring ...wouldn't mind if someone fix this mess.

Sorry, David, this is sort of a mess. I can't even understand it. It started my eyeballs spinning. :) In my answer I didn't discuss the whole enchilada, just enough basics to answer the question. - Daniela2041, Feb 14, 2015

On my second reading (after my eyeballs stopped spinning) I found what you said is correct. It's just the way you put it that made it confusing. I took up your challenge to fix the mess. OK? - Daniela2041, Feb 14, 2015

You made this seem a lot less complicated, I still have a few things crossed in my head but this was very helpful - reubenwunder, Feb 15, 2015

:D - davidiswhat, Feb 16, 2015

Answer 3

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