Parsing direct and indirect objects

Question

Can anyone parse this for me?

Lo llamé y le dije cómo llegar allí.

Someone sent me this in an email (Uruguay) and a local told me it sounds perfect to her, but she can't say why. It's the translation Google gives, but Bing says

Le llamé y le dije como llegar.

Is this South American "loísmo," where "lo" is used in place of "le," or is there another explanation?

Answer 1

Lo llamé y le dije cómo llegar allí.

Lo llamé- I called him (I phoned him presumably)- he is the direct object, the action is directly on him.

Le dije cómo llegar allí- I told (said to) him how to arrive (get) there.

Here what is being said is how to get there- that is the direct object, it is being said/told to him- so he is the indirect object, he is not what is being said, he is who it is being said to, so indirect here.

If you use le in the first part, then I think it would be leísmo, but I do not use leísmo purposefully and so I do not know if it would be done that way for sure.

Right. Leísmo. - chileno, Jul 24, 2015

Thanks, Chileno. :) - bosquederoble, Jul 24, 2015

yes, as far as I know, losmo doesn´t exist. - annierats, Jul 24, 2015

loísmo, I mean. - annierats, Jul 24, 2015

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loísmo :) - bosquederoble, Jul 24, 2015

So it exists, but this is not a case of it- instead it appears that Bing is using leísmo- as the standard would be lo in that case. - bosquederoble, Jul 24, 2015

Listen to Argentinians and you'll have a lot of "loísmos" ;) - chileno, Jul 24, 2015

I wish there were a way to ban loísmos because it just complicates things :) - Sassette, Jul 26, 2015

sasset exist and easy way. if not exist and indirect object you must use la or lo. example - 000a35ff, Jul 27, 2015

i bring him in my car(D.O. he. I.O not exist). lo traigo en mi coche. i bring him a book. (D.O a book. I.O he)  le traigo un libro - 000a35ff, Jul 27, 2015

Answer 2

Excellent explanation, thanks!

I called him [direct object].

I said something[direct object] to him [indirect object].

Precisely. :) - bosquederoble, Jul 26, 2015