Direct objects answer the questions "who?" or "what?" and can be replaced by direct object pronouns like "it", "him", "her", or "them". Indirect objects answer the questions "to/for whom?" and can be replaced by indirect object pronouns like "me", "you", or "them". In Spanish, direct object pronouns come before the conjugated verb while indirect object pronouns come first if both are used in the same sentence. The document provides examples of direct and indirect object pronouns in Spanish.

1. Direct Objects and Indirect
Objects
IN SPANISH
BY SRA HASELHORST

2. What are DIRECT OBJECTS?
 They answer the question- WHO? Or WHAT?
 Max brings the phone to his mom.
 My husband brings me flowers.
 I see you.
 Julie sees Marie-Claire.
 Patrick rides the horse.

3. Direct Object Nouns to Direct Object Pronouns.
 Now that we’ve figured out the nouns- what are the
pronouns?
 Max brings the phone to his mom. = it
 Max brings it to him mom.
 My husband brings me flowers. = them
 My husband brings me them.
 I see you.= you
 I see you
 Julie sees Marie-Claire.- her
 Julie sees her.
 Patrick rides the horse. = it
 Patrick rides it.

4. En español
Me- me Nos- us
Te- you Os- you
Lo, la- it/ him/ her Los, las- them
Max brings the phone. Max brings it (el teléfono– masculine– lo)
Max lo trae.
My husband brings flowers. My husband brings them. (las flores-
feminine, plural-las.)
Mon marido las trae.
You see her.
Tú la ves.
Note that the pronoun goes IN FRONT OF THE CONJUGATED
VERB.

5. Indirect Object Pronouns
 Answer the question- to/ for whom?
 My husband brings me flowers. For whom? –me
 He gives the gift to you. To whom? you?

6. En español
Me- to/for me Nos- to/ for us
Te- to/ for you Os- to /for you
Le- to/ for him/ her/ you formal Les- to/ for them/ you all
My husband brings me flowers. For whom? –me
My esposo me trae las flores.
She gives the gift to you.
Ella te da el regalo.
Note- the indirect object pronoun goes in front of the verb.

7. Using both together
 If a sentence has an indirect object pronoun and a
direct object pronoun- the indirect object comes
first! (an I looks like a 1)
 Mi esposo me las trae. My husband brings me them.
 (if you use le or les with lo/la/los/las- the le or les
changes to se)

8. Kinds of pronouns
Subject Reflexive Indirect Direct Preposition
Object Object al
Subject of the Used when Answers Answers Used after a
sentence action reflects question question: preposition
back to “to/for whom” “what” (ex: para, sin,
subject- agrees con, a, de)
with subject
(ex: lavarse)
Yo Me Me Me mí
Tú Te Te Te ti
Él, ella/ Ud. Se Le Lo/la Él, ella/ Ud.
Nosotros/ Nos Nos Nos Nosotros/noso
nosotras stras
Ellos/ ellas/ Se Les Los/ las Ellos/ ellas/
Uds. Uds.