Spanish help por favor :) (for my Spanish III class)?

Question

I am soo lost with pronouns/indirect object/direct objects.

I get how to replace things with "it" (like using lo, los. la. and las), but where does the le, les, me, te, se...etc come in with the pronouns? And I still don't get the indirect/direct object things...

Can anyone help? Or do you know any good sites that might help?

Thanks!

And yes, I have asked my teacher many times, but before I go in and get help on it yet again tomorrow morning, I was wondering if someone else knew of a different approach to them that might make more sense than the way my teacher is teaching them.

Answer 1

Okay.

He kicked the ball to Jane.

Let's look at that sentence.

The verb is "kicked"

The direct object is the "receiver" of the verb. What was kicked? The ball. The ball is the direct object.

The indirect object answers "to whom" or "for whom"...so, "to whom was the ball kicked?" Jane. Jane is the indirect object.


Let's look at another sentence.

She bought me a puppy.

Bought is the verb.
A puppy is the direct object (What was bought?)
Me is the indirect object (For whom / to whom was it bought?)

Now let's go Spanish style...

Enrique te compra un perro.

Verb is "comprar"
The direct object? What was bought? A dog...so it is the direct object.
For whom was it bought? Maybe it was bought for Stacy.

NOW HERE IS THE KEY...

Instead of saying "Stacy"...a noun...they are going to have a PRONOUN for the indirect object. "te". Enrique bought you a dog.

Let's try another one.

Ella les manda una invitacion.

Okay...we know she is sending an invitation. The invitation is the direct object. Since we don't know exactly "to whom" she is sending it...we are going to say "them"...and in Spanish that is "les" or "le".

So indirect objects where you know what is being replaced...

me, te, nos etc.

When you don't know...le and les.

Hopefully that helps with the difference between an indirect and direct object as well.

Regards,

Mysstere

Answer 2

1) Los doy a ti. I give them to you. The direct object is them.
2) Te Doy los flores. I give you the flowers. The indirect object is you.
3) Te los doy. I give you them. This is using both the direct and indirect object in the same sentence. It could also be written Doytelos, I think. Definitely look on the sight or Google "spanish" for some other links. Espero que esta le ayuda usted.

Answer 3

Indirect object pronouns with Gustar!

A Rafael le gusta descanar los fines de semana.
A ti te gusta ver la television.
Me gusta ver la television.
A ustedes le gusta patinar en el parque.
Nos gusta escuchar los discoc compactos a nosotros.


Thats what I had on my worksheet! I have no idea what it means!

Answer 4

The indirect objects (me, te, le, and les) can always be translated to English using either the word "for" or "to". For example "He gives me the book" could also be translated as "He gives the book to me". In Spanish both sentences are "Me da el libro." "Me" means to or for me, "Te" to or for you, "le" to or for him/her/ or you (usted). "Les" means to or for them or all of you (ustedes).

If you have two objects together in Spanish (a sentence like "he gives it to me" or "he gives me it", you ALWAYS put the indirect object first. In Spanish this sentence would be "Me lo da.". All the indirect objects have the letter "E" in them, so the object with "E" always comes first (E--early).

If you have two objects in a row that both begin with the letter "L", you change the first one (the indirect object) to "se". So If you were using objects to change "He gives the book to the girls" to "He gives it to them", you'd say "SE lo da" instead of "Les lo da". (You might remember SAME letter--change to SE).

Answer 5

i got a spanish 2 college class my midterm is 2morrow and i am sooo lost!! it's too confusing!!!