![]() There are plenty more Spanish chunks you can use to get better and better. It makes me/you want to go to the beach/on a tripįor traveling situations, the chunks listed below will be even more useful. Me/te dan ganas de ir a la playa/de viaje I/You/He is embarrassed to speak in public Now, let’s see some useful chunks you can use when talking to friends or just in those times when you need to express yourself: Spanish They explained to them/you/him/her/me/us how/that… Les /Te/ Le/ Me/ Nos explicaron como/que… Let’s see some structures using some of the verbs mentioned in the first section. This is the idea behind Conversation Based Chunking: imprint pre-built patterns on your brain that you can use in conversations right away, so grammar rules become irrelevant. That’s why it’s much easier to memorize a couple of common chunks (or patterns) that contain indirect object pronouns and that you KNOW are correct, so you don’t have to think about any grammar rules at all. ![]() Your brain just isn’t made to think of all these rules while speaking. Piecing together sentences with indirect object pronouns in a conversation can feel like you’re performing higher math. Common sentences using indirect object pronouns Spanish For example di me (tell me) or da me (give me). See? The indirect object pronoun “me” goes before the verb “ contar” in Spanish but after the verb “ to tell” in English.Įxception: when using the imperativo, you place the indirect object pronoun in Spanish right after the verb. That’s different from the English indirect object, which people place after the verb. The first thing you need to keep in mind is that, usually, Spanish speakers place indirect object pronouns before the verb in Spanish. There are many expressions and phrases you can build using indirect object pronouns in Spanish. Relating to a ustedes (to plural you/them)įinally, there’s the indirect object pronoun “ se” which isn’t listed in the tables above but it’s extremely important (more about that in a second). Relating to a él, ella, usted (to him/her/formal you) Let’s see first the singular ones in the table below. Of course, there are singular and plural pronouns. Generally speaking, there are 6 indirect object pronouns. What are the 6 indirect object pronouns in Spanish? If you want to practice identifying indirect object pronouns (and other parts of speech), you might like this exercise from the University of Wisconsin. Usually (but not always) you can just ask the question “To whom?” and that will usually give you the indirect object that you can then replace by an indirect object pronoun in Spanish. ![]() And, all of them can affect indirectly something or someone. Please note that there are many more verbs like these ones. Let’s have a look at the table below to see what verbs these are. In a moment, I’ll show you a full overview of the indirect object pronouns in singular and plural, and when to use them.įirst, it’s important to understand that indirect object pronouns are often used with a special kind of verbs. You can do the same in Spanish: you replace a Rafael with “le”: the indirect object pronoun. In English, you link sentences together (and make them easier to read) by replacing “to Rafael” with “him”. So Rafael is the indirect object in this sentence. To whom did they give a prize? → to Rafael. As always, it’s easier to just look at an example. That’s the confusing linguistic explanation. To keep it simple, let’s say that indirect object pronouns replace the indirect object in a sentence the entity, subject, animal, thing, or place to whom a certain action was performed.
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