Carmen is having a party. Some of Carmen’s other friends decided to start a game of baseball. Read the following sentences about the game and change the direct and indirect objects to direct and indirect object pronouns.

Question

Manuel tiró la pelota a Marco.

Manuel le se tiró.

Manuel tiró se la.

Manuel le la tiró.

Manuel se la tiró.

Answer 1

Let's analyze the sentence "Manuel tiró la pelota a Marco" and change the direct and indirect objects into pronouns:

• The direct object is "la pelota" (the ball), which becomes "la."
• The indirect object is "Marco" (to Marco), which becomes "le."

The correct transformation into a sentence with direct and indirect object pronouns can be done in a couple of ways, but the preferred form in Spanish would include the pronouns in the right order.

Let’s keep this in mind:

1. The direct object pronoun "la" replaces "la pelota."
2. The indirect object pronoun "le" replaces "a Marco."

Putting these changes together, we have the most acceptable transformation:

Manuel se la tiró.

This means "Manuel threw it (the ball) to him (Marco)."

(Note: Sometimes, the indirect object pronoun "le" can change to "se" when combined with direct object pronouns starting with "l," which is why we say "se la.")