# 19. Combining DOPs & IOPs

- **Time range:** 01:16:10 – 01:23:54  (duration 00:07:44)
- **Source:** [A Complete Guide To Every Fundamental In Spanish (The Conclusion)](https://youtube.com/watch?v=YHDZSHCt1DE&t=4570s)

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**[01:16:10]** answers in my two previous videos I explained the concept behind direct and indirect object pronouns and how they apply separately direct object pronouns

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> Direct Object Pronouns: When a sentence has only one direct object that can be replaced with a pronoun not to repeat its form of anoun

**[01:16:17]** is when a sentence has only one direct object that can be replaced with a pronoun not to repeat its form of a noun

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> Direct Object Pronouns: | buy a car

**[01:16:22]** instead of saying I buy a car I can say I buy it with it being a direct object

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> Direct Object Pronouns: I buy it

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> Indirect Object Pronouns: When a sentence has two objects, with the first being a direct object and the second being an indirect object

**[01:16:27]** pronoun indirect object pronouns is when a sentence has two objects with the first being a direct object and the second being an indirect object an indirect object pronoun is when an indirect object noun is put into pronoun form to not repeat itself instead of

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> Indirect Object Pronouns: | buy a car for John

**[01:16:39]** saying I buy a car for John I can say I buy a car for him with him being the

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> Indirect Object Pronouns: | buy acar for him

**[01:16:43]** indirect object pronoun while I talked about both Concepts separately in this video I will show how to combine both types of pronouns in one sentence and this concept is actually easier than people think in case you don't remember

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> Indirect Object Pronouns: Direct Object Pronouns: me nos me nos te os te os le les lo/la | los/las

**[01:16:53]** remember here's what the Spanish pronouns look like they both share the same Syntax for me you us and all of you but change in the he and they pronouns

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> Indirect Object Pronouns: Direct Object Pronouns: me nos me nos te os te os le les lo/la | los/las

**[01:16:59]** lo la Los and L mean it or them as

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> Indirect Object Pronouns: Direct Object Pronouns: me nos me nos te os te os le les lo/la_ | los/las he/she/them - (person) it/them (m/f)

**[01:17:03]** something masculine or feminine while Le and Les mean he or she and them as a person combining both pronouns in one sentence is actually not that hard but there are a few rules to note with both pronouns whenever you decide to use them

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> Combining DOPs & IOPs: 1). The indirect object pronoun has to come first in the sentence, and also, both pronouns come before a conjugated verb in a sentence

**[01:17:15]** the first rule is that if you're using a direct object pronoun and an indirect object pronoun in one sentence the indirect object pronoun has to come first in the sentence and as always both pronouns come before a conjugated verb in a sentence take a look at this phrase

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> Combining DOPs & IOPs: | buy a car for you

**[01:17:27]** in English I buy a car for you car is a

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> Combining DOPs & IOPs: | buy a car for you

**[01:17:29]** direct object noun you is an indirect object already in pronoun form and so the phrase in Spanish would

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> Combining DOPs & IOPs: | buy a car for you Yo te compro un coche

**[01:17:35]** be this sentence both in English and Spanish can be said using both types of pronouns and instead of saying I buy a car for you we can say I buy you it

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> Combining DOPs & IOPs: | buy you it

**[01:17:44]** saying this phrase in Spanish is actually not that hard because you have to remember to put both pronouns before a conjugative verb with the indirect object pronoun coming first in Spanish the phrase would simply

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> Combining DOPs & IOPs: | buy you it Yo te lo compro

**[01:17:54]** be with being the indirect object pronoun you and lo being a direct object pronoun that's a masculine it the sentence can also be rephrased using the present progressive such as I am buying

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> Combining DOPs & IOPs: | am buying you it

**[01:18:04]** you it and this is where the second rule comes in allowing both pronouns in

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> Combining DOPs & IOPs: 2). When using DOPs and IOPs, both can be attached to infinitives | am buying you it

**[01:18:08]** Spanish to be attached to infinitives we

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> Combining DOPs & IOPs: 2). When using DOPs and IOPs, both can be attached to infinitives | am buying you it Yo te lo estoy comprando

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> Combining DOPs & IOPs: 2). When using DOPs and IOPs, both can be attached to infinitives | am buying you it Yo te lo estoy comprando Yo estoy comprandotelo

**[01:18:13]** or with the indirect object pronoun

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> Combining DOPs & IOPs: 2). When using DOPs and IOPs, both can be attached to infinitives lam buying you it Yo te lo estoy comprando Yo estoy comprandotelo

**[01:18:16]** coming first after the infinitive and with an accent on the infinitive however considering that com

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> Combining DOPs & IOPs: 2). When using DOPs and IOPs, both can be attached to infinitives lam buying you it Yo te lo estoy comprando Yo estoy comprandotelo

**[01:18:23]** is an infinitive that changes form it has to have an accent regardless if you're using a direct or indirect object pronoun or both sometimes you can have

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> Combining DOPs & IOPs:

**[01:18:30]** infinitives that don't change like in

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> Combining DOPs & IOPs: Yo puedo comprarlo - | can buy it

**[01:18:33]** phrase I can buy it which puts L with

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> Combining DOPs & IOPs: Yo puedo comprarlo - | can buy it

**[01:18:36]** and as you can see no accent is needed here because you're using an infinitive that doesn't change and the emphasis on the syllable doesn't go away however the third rule is that when you use both

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> Combining DOPs & IOPs: 3). When using both types of pronouns, you must put an accent on infinitives that don't change form AND slightly get modified Yo puedo comprarlo - | can buy it

**[01:18:45]** types of pronouns you must put an accent on both types of infinitives such as saying I am buying you it or I can buy

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> Combining DOPs & IOPs: 3). When using both types of pronouns, you must put an accent on infinitives that don't change form AND slightly get modified | am buying you it I can buy you it

**[01:18:51]** you it which in Spanish would

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> Combining DOPs & IOPs: 3). When using both types of pronouns, you must put an accent on infinitives that don't change form AND slightly get modified lam buying you it - Yo estoy comprandotelo Ican buy youit -Yo puedo comprartelo

**[01:18:55]** and if you decide to attach both pronouns to infinitives then you have to remember to put accents on them to keep their sound if you decide to put the pronouns before a conjugative verb then no accent is needed here are some

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> Combining DOPs & IOPs In Phrases: She gives me it

**[01:19:05]** examples how would you say the phrase she gives me it in Spanish with it being

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> Combining DOPs & IOPs In Phrases: She gives me it Ella me lo da

**[01:19:11]** masculine with me being the indirect object and lo being a direct object now

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> Combining DOPs & IOPs In Phrases: She is giving me it

**[01:19:16]** how would you say she is giving me it you can

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> Combining DOPs & IOPs In Phrases: She is giving me it Ella me lo esta dando

**[01:19:20]** say or if you want to attach the pronouns to infinitive you can

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> Combining DOPs & IOPs In Phrases: She is giving me it Ella me lo esta dando Ella esta dandomelo

**[01:19:24]** say with an accent on the infinitive how

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> Combining DOPs & IOPs In Phrases: You are showing us it

**[01:19:27]** would you say the phrase you are showing us it with it being feminine you can

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> Combining DOPs & IOPs In Phrases: You are showing us it Tu nos la estas mostrando

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> Combining DOPs & IOPs In Phrases: You are showing us it Tu nos la estas mostrando Tu estas mostrandonosla

**[01:19:35]** or with an accent on the infinitive how

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> Combining DOPs & IOPs In Phrases: They want to present them to you

**[01:19:38]** would you say the phrase they want to present them to you with them being masculine you can

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> Combining DOPs & IOPs In Phrases: They want to present them to you Ellos te los quieren presentar

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> Combining DOPs & IOPs In Phrases: They want to present them to you Ellos te los quieren presentar Ellos quieren presentartelos

**[01:19:46]** oros with an accent on the infinitive the more you try this concept the faster you'll get it and hopefully I'm doing a good job for presenting these explanations because now there's one last rule you need to know with both types of pronouns also known as double object pronouns and that is whenever you decide to use two specific types of them you'll need to modify one of them to avoid repetition here's what I mean take a look at this sentence she makes it for

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> Combining DOPs & IOPs In Phrases: She makes it to him

**[01:20:06]** him with it being masculine how would you say this phrase in Spanish considering that you know the rules for indirect object pronouns instinctively you would probably say something

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> Combining DOPs & IOPs In Phrases: She makes it to him Ella le lo hace a él

**[01:20:16]** like or if you want to you can put a at the beginning of the sentence by technicality this sentence would be right if it wasn't for spanish's rule for double object pronouns and that is

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> Combining DOPs & IOPs In Phrases: She makes it to him Ella le lo hace a él 4). If you’re using two pronouns with the letter L, you have to change the indirect object pronoun to se to avoid repeating the same letter.

**[01:20:25]** if you're using two pronouns with the letter L you have to change the indirect object pronoun to say to avoid repeating the same letter instead of saying you need to

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> Combining DOPs & IOPs In Phrases: She makes it to him Ella se lo hace a él

**[01:20:36]** say and you need to keep the part in the sentence because we wouldn't know who the pronoun refers to without it this concept can also be replicated using an infinitive such as she wants to make it

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> Combining DOPs & IOPs In Phrases: She wants to make it for him

**[01:20:46]** for him which can be said

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> Combining DOPs & IOPs In Phrases: She wants to make it for him Ella se lo quiere hacer a él

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> Combining DOPs & IOPs In Phrases: She wants to make it for him Ella se lo quiere hacer a él Ella quiere hacérselo a él

**[01:20:51]** or with an Accent on the infinitive and with a l in the sentence the trickiest thing to remember with this rule is that you cannot use two pronouns with the letter L and therefore this limits our observation when it comes down to both types of pronouns if the rule says we

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> Indirect Object Pronouns: Direct Object Pronouns: me nos me nos te os te Os le les lo/la_ | los/las

**[01:21:05]** cannot use two pronouns with the letter L this means that the rule can only be applied whenever we use Le Les with lo

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> Indirect Object Pronouns: Direct Object Pronouns: me nos me nos te os te os pi le les lo/la_ | los/las

**[01:21:11]** la Los or L being him her them combined with it or them the only combination we can have with two pronouns beginning with the letter L is whenever we use Le

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> Combining DOPs & IOPs In Phrases: e le - lo/la/los/las e les - lo/la/los/las

**[01:21:20]** or Les with lo la Los or and only in these cases does le and Les change into

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> Combining DOPs & IOPs In Phrases: se —« le - lo/la/los/las —« les - lo/la/los/las

**[01:21:26]** say so overall you have to change the indirect object pronoun to say to avoid repeating the same letter which limitedly means that whenever you're using Le or Les plus lo la Los or L Le and Les inevitably both turn into SE so at the end you wouldn't know who SE refers to without using the construction

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> Combining DOPs & IOPs In Phrases: se —« le - lo/la/los/las —« les - lo/la/los/las a+ pronoun

**[01:21:43]** a plus a pronoun with indirect object

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> Indirect Object Pronouns: Direct Object Pronouns: me nos me nos te os te os le les lo/la_ | los/las le - (to/for) him / (to/for) her aél/aella

**[01:21:45]** pronouns Le can mean to him or to her so we need to use the construction a or a to be more specific the pronoun Les is actually already specific enough so we don't need to use this construction however with double object pronouns

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> Combining DOPs & IOPs In Phrases: se —« le - lo/la/los/las —« les - lo/la/los/las a+ pronoun

**[01:21:58]** because Le and Les both begin with the letter L both of them turn into the word say and therefore using the pronoun say with double object pronouns can simultaneously mean to him or to her or

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> Combining DOPs & IOPs In Phrases: se <— « le - lo/la/los/las —- « les - lo/la/los/las a él - to/for him a ella - to/for her a ellos - to/for them (m) a ellas - to/for them (f)

**[01:22:09]** to them so we need to specify it with a a AOS or AAS and that's really the difficult part to remember whenever used to pronouns with the letter L hopefully this will make sense to you here are

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> DOPS & IOPs With The Letter "L" She writes it to him

**[01:22:20]** some examples of double object pronouns using two pronouns with the letter L how would you say the phrase she writes it to him you would

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> DOPS & IOPs With The Letter "L" She writes it to him Ella se lo escribe a él

**[01:22:28]** say and you would include to specify who

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> DOPS & IOPs With The Letter "L" She writes it to him Ella se lo escribe a él

**[01:22:31]** it is because say can mean to him her or them here's another example with the

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> DOPS & IOPs With The Letter "L" She writes it to her

**[01:22:35]** same sentence how would you say she writes it to

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> DOPS & IOPs With The Letter "L" She writes it to her Ella se lo escribe aella

**[01:22:40]** her hopefully that wasn't too difficult how would you say she writes it to

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> DOPS & IOPs With The Letter "L" She writes it to them

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> DOPS & IOPs With The Letter "L" She writes it to them Ella se lo escribe a ellos

**[01:22:46]** themos with AOS being them masculine if you want to you can change AOS to AOS for them feminine here's another example

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> DOPS & IOPs With The Letter "L" You read it to them

**[01:22:52]** example how would you say you read it to

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> DOPS & IOPs With The Letter "L" You read it to them Tu se lo lees a ellos

**[01:22:59]** you say you read them to them to

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> DOPS & IOPs With The Letter "L" You read them to them

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> DOPS & IOPs With The Letter "L" You read them to them Tu se los lees a ellos

**[01:23:03]** sayos with AOS being to them and los being them as the object you read here are some final examples with infinitives

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> DOPS & IOPs With The Letter "L" 1am buying it for them

**[01:23:10]** how would you say I am buying it to them you can

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> DOPS & IOPs With The Letter "L" lam buying it for them Yo se lo estoy comprando a ellos

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> DOPS & IOPs With The Letter "L" | am buying it for them Yo se lo estoy comprando a ellos Yo estoy comprandoselo a ellos

**[01:23:18]** or with an accent on the infinitive if you wanted to you could have put the AOS part at the beginning of the sentence how would you say the phrase I can do it

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> DOPS & IOPs With The Letter "L" I can do it to him

**[01:23:25]** to him you can

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> DOPS & IOPs With The Letter "L" I can do it to him Yo se lo puedo hacer a él

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> DOPS & IOPs With The Letter "L" I can do it to him Yo se lo puedo hacer a él Yo puedo hacérselo a él

**[01:23:30]** or with an accent on the infinitive and

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> DOPS & IOPs With The Letter "L" I can do it to him Yo se lo puedo hacer a él Yo puedo hacérselo a él

**[01:23:33]** notice how in both phrases refers to him because it's an indirect object pronoun that only changes to say because we cannot have two pronouns with a letter L I really hope that this video showed you some good examples and explain how to combine both types of pronouns together and in case you're still confused you can always go back and try to understand the concept your way with more practice double object pronouns would eventually become an easy topic for you you've
