1. Direct Objects and Indirect
Objects
IN SPANISH
BY SRA HASELHORST

2. What are DIRECT OBJECTS?
 They answer the question- WHO? Or WHAT?
 Max brings the phone to his mom.
 My husband brings me flowers.
 I see you.
 Julie sees Marie-Claire.
 Patrick rides the horse.

3. Direct Object Nouns to Direct Object Pronouns.
 Now that we’ve figured out the nouns- what are the
pronouns?
 Max brings the phone to his mom. = it
 Max brings it to him mom.
 My husband brings me flowers. = them
 My husband brings me them.
 I see you.= you
 I see you
 Julie sees Marie-Claire.- her
 Julie sees her.
 Patrick rides the horse. = it
 Patrick rides it.

4. En español
Me- me Nos- us
Te- you Os- you
Lo, la- it/ him/ her Los, las- them
Max brings the phone. Max brings it (el teléfono– masculine– lo)
Max lo trae.
My husband brings flowers. My husband brings them. (las flores-
feminine, plural-las.)
Mon marido las trae.
You see her.
Tú la ves.
Note that the pronoun goes IN FRONT OF THE CONJUGATED
VERB.

5. Indirect Object Pronouns
 Answer the question- to/ for whom?
 My husband brings me flowers. For whom? –me
 He gives the gift to you. To whom? you?

6. En español
Me- to/for me Nos- to/ for us
Te- to/ for you Os- to /for you
Le- to/ for him/ her/ you formal Les- to/ for them/ you all
My husband brings me flowers. For whom? –me
My esposo me trae las flores.
She gives the gift to you.
Ella te da el regalo.
Note- the indirect object pronoun goes in front of the verb.

7. Using both together
 If a sentence has an indirect object pronoun and a
direct object pronoun- the indirect object comes
first! (an I looks like a 1)
 Mi esposo me las trae. My husband brings me them.
 (if you use le or les with lo/la/los/las- the le or les
changes to se)

8. Kinds of pronouns
Subject Reflexive Indirect Direct Preposition
Object Object al
Subject of the Used when Answers Answers Used after a
sentence action reflects question question: preposition
back to “to/for whom” “what” (ex: para, sin,
subject- agrees con, a, de)
with subject
(ex: lavarse)
Yo Me Me Me mí
Tú Te Te Te ti
Él, ella/ Ud. Se Le Lo/la Él, ella/ Ud.
Nosotros/ Nos Nos Nos Nosotros/noso
nosotras stras
Ellos/ ellas/ Se Les Los/ las Ellos/ ellas/
Uds. Uds.