I am having trouble with choosing the correct pronouns for these following questions:
1. Él _______ (a su hermano) da la manzana. se***
2. Tú ______ lavas. (el coche) lo***
3. Los niños ______ acuestan a las ocho. se***
4. El hombre ____ (el libro) da al joven. lo***
5. Correctly rewrite the sentence, replacing the underlined nouns with pronouns: Por la mañana, abro la ventana antes de ir a comer el desayuno.
***Por la mañana, la abro antes de ir a comerlo.
Am I correct? Thanks for your help.
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I'll send this to Sra. She'll reply to you.
1. He gives the apple TO HIS BROTHER = TO HIM. This is an indirect object pronoun (whenever either TO, FOR is stated or understood) The Indirect Object Pronouns are: me, te, le, nos, os, les. In this case it is LE. (Le becomes SE ONLY when lo, la, los, las follows it. Otherwise, when it stands alone SE means HIMSELF/HERSELF/YOURSELF (Ud.)
2. Correct. Direct Object Pronouns are: me, te, lo, la, nos, os, los, las. NOTE only the 3rd person, singular or plural, are different from the Indirect Object Pronouns.
3. YES. This is a Reflexive Pronoun meaning -SELF or -SELVES. SE = they put THEMSELVES to bed.
4. Yes. el libro - lo BUT if you had double object pronouns, al joven = le and then this le becomes de because it is followed by either lo, la, los, or las. In that case it would be El hombre se lo da al joven. (If you aren't using double object pronouns yet, ignore this!
5. Correct!
I'll flag this so I can come back later to see if you have further questions. Let me show you how close MOST of the Object Pronouns are.
Direct = me, te, lo, la, nos, os, los, las
Indirect = me, te, le, nos, os, les
Reflexive = me, te, se, nos, os, se
Note especially where they are different!
Sra
2. Correct. Direct Object Pronouns are: me, te, lo, la, nos, os, los, las. NOTE only the 3rd person, singular or plural, are different from the Indirect Object Pronouns.
3. YES. This is a Reflexive Pronoun meaning -SELF or -SELVES. SE = they put THEMSELVES to bed.
4. Yes. el libro - lo BUT if you had double object pronouns, al joven = le and then this le becomes de because it is followed by either lo, la, los, or las. In that case it would be El hombre se lo da al joven. (If you aren't using double object pronouns yet, ignore this!
5. Correct!
I'll flag this so I can come back later to see if you have further questions. Let me show you how close MOST of the Object Pronouns are.
Direct = me, te, lo, la, nos, os, los, las
Indirect = me, te, le, nos, os, les
Reflexive = me, te, se, nos, os, se
Note especially where they are different!
Sra
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