Understanding Spanish Indirect Objects and Pronouns

What do direct objects answer?

• To whom the action is directed

• What receives the action of the verb

• Who performs the action

NOT a function of direct objects?

• Indicating the time of action

• Being the focus of the verb's action

Role of direct objects?

• To receive the action of the verb

• To specify the time of the action

How to identify an indirect object?

• Modifies the verb directly

• Answers 'To whom?' or 'For whom?'

What do indirect objects answer?

• Where is the action happening?

• To whom or for whom is the action performed?

Pronoun for 'to us' in Spanish?

• Les

• Nos

Which pronoun comes first in Spanish?

• Indirect object pronoun

• Reflexive pronoun

Correct order in combining pronouns?

• Indirect object pronoun, direct object pronoun

• Reflexive pronoun, direct object pronoun

'le' or 'les' followed by 'lo', 'la', 'los', or 'las'?

• Remains unchanged

• Changes to 'se'

'le' change to before 'lo', 'la', 'los', or 'las'?

• Te

• Se