RID order
when
you have two object pronouns in a sentence, these pronouns always
appear in the RID order. And because two is the maximum number of
pronouns that can appear together, the possible combinations are
RD – reflexive – direct
me lo compro - I buy it for myself
¿Tu pelo es magnifico. te lo lavas mucho?
ID – indirect – direct
Yo te la escribo - I write it to you
Ella me las vende – she sells them to me
La La Rule
When
both the direct and indirect objects are in the third person,
regardless of gender and number, both pronouns will begin with 'L'; so
change the indirect object (the first one) to “se”.
consider the sentence - “I give it to him” - this would become
“Yo le lo doy”, so we change this to “Yo se lo doy”.
negation(1 verb) put the no or the negation word before first pronoun.
When sentence has 2 verbs, there are 2 options
Quiero dartelo
te lo quiero dar
negation (2 verbs)
no quiero dartelo
no te lo quiero dar.
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Direct Object Pronouns
what does John have? (What)
whom does John see? (Whom)
me, te, lo/la, nos, os, los/las
He has the book the book = direct object
John sees Mary (her) mary = direct object
John lo tiene lo = direct object
John la ve la = direct object
Negation (with one verb)
Yo no lo sé
nunca lo estudiáis
| | |
neg word | |_ conjugated verb
|
direct object
Two verbs then two options
1) te quiero ver
| | |
direct object conjugated verb infinitive
2) quiero verte
| |
conjugated verb infinitive+direct object
Negation with two verbs
1) no lo tengo que leer
negation word direct object conj verb infinitive
2) no tengo que leerlo
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Indirect Object Pronouns
To Whom (or) For Whom
me, te, le, nos, os, se
| |______(them, you)
|_ (him, her, you, it)
DO = direct object IO = indirect object
He buys me flowers (he buys flowers for me)
|_DO |_IO
In a sentence with an indirect object there is always a direct object either stated or implied.
My Gradmother writes me every week
| |
she writes(DO) something_| |_ to me (IO)
the direct object is understood to be a letter, postcard, or note
with one verb, IO before conjugated verb
Juan me compra un libro
With two verbs there are two options
1) before the first conjugated verb
él me quiere dar un regalo
2) on the end of the infinitive of the second verb
él quiere darme un regalo
Negation
1) after negation and before verb
él no me trae nada
2) on the end of the infinitive of second verb
él nunca quiere traerme nada
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Reflexive Object Pronouns
me (myself)
te (yourself)
se (himself / herself / itself)
nos (ourselves)
os (yourselves)
se (themselves)
The action of the verb is to self
me lavo el pelo cada dia
I wash my hair every day
Nearly all verbs can be made reflexive, there is no magic trick ! If the action is to self then it is reflective.
Preposition + Infinitive with Reflexive Pronouns
verbs
following a preposition must be in the infinitive, with reflexive verbs
the infinitive remains untouched and the reflexive pronoun is added to
the end of the infinitive to agree with the understood subject
Yo leo antes de acostarme
| | |__(reflexive pronoun on the end of the verb)
preposition |
infinitive
infinitive
|
antes de dormirte, tú necesitas lavarte
| | | |
| | |_______________|__(reflexive pronoun)
preposition |
infinitive
thanks for the comment Julia, ... you may want to check out your English grammar, on singular and plural
ReplyDeleteYikes. Flores is a feminine noun.
ReplyDeletesí, parece que he equivocado Cheryl, porque he escrito "los", pero ojala, todavia muestra la regla jajaja
DeleteEquivocarse is a reflexive verb. :) Nice blog!
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