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DOUBLE OBJECT PRONOUNS
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LISTEN
When both direct and indirect object pronouns are used in the same sentence,
the indirect object pronoun comes first. The order of the sentence is as follow:
Subject + Indirect
object pronoun + Direct object pronoun + Verb
*An easy way to remember this is to think of I.D. → Indirect
object, Direct object
Example:
Ella nos recomendó la novela a nosotros
She recommended us the novel
The direct object noun la novela is replaced
by the pronoun la; the indirect object noun nosotros
is replaced by the pronoun nos:
Ella nos la recomendó a nosotros
She recommended it to us
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Special rule when both pronouns in the same sentence are third person:
When direct object pronouns lo, la, los, las comes after the indirect
object pronouns le or les,
this indirect object pronoun must be changed to se:
Los chicos
pidieron dinero a su madre
The boys asked their mother for money
The indirect object noun su madre is replaced
by the pronoun le.
The direct object
noun dinero is replaced by the pronoun lo.
Then, because both pronouns are in the third person, we must change the indirect object pronoun le to se:
Los chicos se lo pidieron
MORE SENTENCES WITH DOUBLE OBJECT PRONOUNS:
¿Le explicaste
la tarea a Nandy? Did you explain the
homework to Nandy?
Sí, yo se la
expliqué Yes, I explained it to him
¿Nos
trajo Julián la computadora a nosotros? Did Julian bring
the computer to us?
No, él no nos la trajo
No, he did not bring it to us
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PRONOUN PLACEMENT
Before the conjugated
verb: All the sentences above were written using the pronouns before the conjugated verb. Here are two more examples:
Yo me la compré
I bought it for myself
Claudia se lo preparó a ellos
Claudia prepared it to them
Attached to infinitive verbs:
Yo
quiero comprármela
I want to buy it for myself
Pedro va a decírtelo
Pedro is going to say it to you
OR, in the same sentences you could put the pronoun before the conjugated
verb:
Yo me la quiero comprar
I want to buy it for myself
Pedro te lo va
a decir Pedro is going to say it to you
Attached to -ndo
forms (present and past progressives):
Yo estoy comprándomela
I am buying it for me
Pedro estaba diciéndotelo
Pedro was telling it to you
OR, in the same sentences you could put the pronoun before the verb
conjugated:
Yo me la estoy comprando
I am buying it for me
Pedro te lo estaba
diciendo Pedro was telling it to you
Attached to affirmative commands:
¡Dámelas! Give them to me!
¡Cómpranosla! Buy it
to us!
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