Spanish. I need help with 1-10. Complementos indirectos. Llenar el espacio con el complemento indirecto correcto.

Question

1. Roberto ___nos_________ trae refrescos a nosotros.
2. María ____________ dice la verdad a su hija.
3. A mí, papá ____________ da todo su cariño.
4. Susana y Eva no ____________ confiesan sus pecados al cura.
5. A ti, yo no ____________ doy ninguna propina.
6. Estás apuntando______ el camino a los turistas.  OR  ____________ estás apuntando el camino a los turistas.
7. José y yo no estamos deseando___ mala suerte a Pablo.   OR  José y yo no ____ estamos deseando mala suerte a Pablo.
8. ¡Cante____ al niño para que se duerma!
9. ¡No _____ digas palabras malas a tus vecinos!
10. Mis abuelos siempre ______ han dado dinero en mi cumpleaños.

Answer 1

The prompts are asking for indirect object pronouns, which are:

me nos

te os

le (se) les (se)

An indirect object is the part of the sentence that indirectly receives the action of the verb. So in English, for example:

Susan throws the ball to me.

Subject: Susan (she is doing the action)

Verb: throws (indicates what type of action)

Ball: direct object (directly receives the action of the verb -- that is, the ball itself is what is being thrown)

Me: indirect object (the ball is being thrown to me)

So let's look at the same sentence in Spanish:

Susana me tira la pelota a mí:

"a mí" indicates "to me", so we know who the indirect object is.

The placement of the indirect object in this case comes directly before the verb. "Me" is the indirect object pronoun that corresponds to "a mí", so we write "me tira,"

Now let's look at the examples in your question:

María _____ dice la verdad a su hija.

Maria tells the truth to her daughter:

Maria is doing the action, so she is the subject.

"Tells" is the verb.

"Truth" is the direct object.

"Daughter" is the indirect object.

In English, if you were replacing the noun "daughter" with a pronoun, which pronoun would it be? We'd say "Maria tells the truth to her." "Her" is first person singular, so the corresponding indirect object pronoun is "le,"

María le dice la verdad a su hija.

Following this same logic, the answers for your remaining questions would be:

(3) me (a mí)

(4) le (al cura = to the priest)

(5) te (a ti)

(6) les (a los turistas)

(7) le (a Pablo)

(8) le (al niño)

(9) les (tus vecinos = your neighbors [them])

(10) me (mi cumpleaños = my birthday, so it would make the most sense to say they give me money)

There are some additional guidelines for indirect object pronouns, such as tacking them onto the end of verbs (#6 and #7 allow you to do that if you prefer), or replacing le and les with "se" when combined with direct object pronouns, but the above explanation should cover your questions for this particular assignment.