1. Connection
AKA – NC-PIG

2. Extra Info - Clitics
Direct Objects Reflexive Pronouns Indirect Objects
me nos me nos me nos
te te te
lo/la los/las se se le les

3. Negative commands—Example: No lo compre. (Don’t buy it)
Before the Conjugated verbs—Example: Carlos siempre nos dice la verdad. (Carlos always
Verb tells us the truth)
Positive Commands—Example: Mándalos a mi casa. (Send them to my home)
After the Infinitive Verbs*—Example: Ellos quieren dárselo. (They want to give it to you)
Verb
Gerunds*—Example: Yo estoy estudiándolos. (I am studying them)
*An optional placement for clitics in these situations is before the verb.
--Yo lo quiero comprar. (I want to buy it).
--Yo lo estoy estudiando. (I am studying it).
[But never, Yo estoy lo estudiando]

4. Negative commands—Example: No lo compre.
(Don’t buy it)
Before
the Conjugated verbs—Example: Carlos siempre nos
Verb dice la verdad. (Carlos always tells us the truth)

5. Positive Commands—Example: Mándalos a mi
casa. (Send them to my home)
After the Infinitive Verbs*—Example: Ellos quieren dárselo.
Verb (They want to give it to you)
Gerunds*—Example: Yo estoy estudiándolos. (I
am studying them)