Rewrite the following sentence using direct and indirect object pronouns

Question

1. Yo escribo una carta. (a Juana)
2.  Lidia prepara un pastel. (para nosotros)
3. Ella pide las papas fritas. (a ellos)

then rewrite the following command using direct and indirect object pronouns

1. ¡Lávate las manos!
2. Vamos a traer la comida para ti

Answer 1

I want you to understand, not just have the answers. When we deal with direct and indirect object pronouns, we have to follow the following rules. I will abbreviate "indirect object pronoun" as "IOP" and "direct object pronoun" as "DOP."

1. RID. This word helps us to remember that, when two pronouns are used together, reflexive pronouns come before IOPs and DOPs and that IOPs come before DOPs.
2. In a sentence that is NOT a command, the IOP and/or the DOP always have to go in front of the verb or verb phrase except for two exceptions: If the verb phrase ends with an infinitive (ex. comer) or a present participle (ex. comiendo), the IOP and/or the DOP can be tacked onto the end of the infinitive or the present participle. However, if tacked onto a present participle, this will require a written accent mark on the accented syllable. For example, "Lo estoy comiendo" becomes "Estoy comie'ndolo."
3. In a negative command, the IOP and/or the DOP ALWAYS get put in front of the verb or verb phrase.
4. In a positive command, the IOP and/or the DOP ALWAYS have to get tacked onto the end of the command. A written accent mark will have to be put on the accented syllable if the command ends in a vowel or n or s, as it always does in non-Castillan Spanish. For example, "Da'melo."
5. Whenever an IOP and a DOP are used together in the same location, there is this rule: If both begin with an "l" then the IOP changes to "se." For example: Give him them (masc.). becomes "Da'selos" when speaking in the familiar singular form.

Now to use these rules in the five sentences:

1. Yo se la escribo. (I to her it write.)
2. Lidia nos lo prepara. (

Answer 2

Hi Alexis,

Remember that in Spanish the indirect object pronoun comes before the direct object pronoun. A sentence is structured as follows: noun -> indirect object pronoun -> direct object pronoun -> verb

Remember that direct object pronouns must match the nouns they replace in both number (singlar vs. plural) and gender (masculine vs. feminine). In other words a singular masculine direct object must change into a singular masculine direct object pronoun)

Also, the indirect object pronouns “le” and “les” change to “se” when they comes before a direct object pronoun. NEVER say something like “le lo” —it always changes to “se lo”

1. Yo escribo una carta (a Juana) -> Yo se la escribo (I write it to her - “carta” is the direct object and changes to the singular feminine pronoun “la”. Juana is the indirect object and changes to the pronoun “se”)
2. Lidia prepara un pastel (para nosotros) -> Lidia nos lo prepara (Lidia prepares it for us - “nos” is the indirect object pronoun replacing “nosotros”; “lo” is the singular masculine direct object pronoun replacing “pastel”)
3. Ella pide las papas fritas (a ellos) -> Ella se las pide (“Las” is the plural feminine direct object pronoun replacing “papas fritas” )
4. For mandatos (commands), the object pronouns stay connected to the verb or comes before the verb
5. ¡Lávate las manos! -> ¡Lávatelas (“You wash them!” Or “Wash them!” —the you is implied)
6. Vamos a traer la comida para ti -> Te la vamos a traer. (We bring it to you) Note: this example translates to “We are going to bring It to you”, which means that technically the verb has not been conjugated in command form. To do that “Traer” needs to be changed to “traigamos” —the first person plural command conjugation of the verb “traer”

Espero que ahora entiendas más bien. Dime si tengas algunas dudas!

Suerte,

Samantha