# 18. Indirect Object Pronouns

- **Time range:** 01:09:18 – 01:16:10  (duration 00:06:52)
- **Source:** [A Complete Guide To Every Fundamental In Spanish (The Conclusion)](https://youtube.com/watch?v=YHDZSHCt1DE&t=4158s)

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> Indirect Object Pronouns:

**[01:09:19]** pronouns that take the form of an object noun in order to avoid repeating the same noun in my previous video I explained direct object pronouns in Spanish and I explained that a direct object pronoun is when a sentence has only one direct object typically coming right after a conjugated verb in English an indirect object pronoun is actually quite different and that is when a

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

**[01:09:35]** sentence has two objects with the first object being a direct object and the second object being an indirect object take a look at this sentence in English

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> Indirect Object Pronouns: | buy a car for you

**[01:09:43]** I buy a car for you I is the subject buy

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> Indirect Object Pronouns: subject — ” a a you 8 verb direct object

**[01:09:46]** is the verb car is a direct object noun because it comes first in the sentence and U is the indirect object pronoun because it comes second in in the sentence in this video I will only cover indirect objects in pronoun form because I already explained direct object pronouns in my previous video direct

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> Indirect Object Pronouns: subject — | buy a car for you — one Lo \ indi verb direct object Direct objects are objects that are first stated in a sentence, and indirect objects are objects that come second in a sentence

**[01:10:01]** objects are objects that are first stated in a sentence and indirect objects are objects that come second in a sentence and in this video all direct objects will be in the form of a noun not a pronoun and therefore I will only cover indirect objects in pronoun form

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> Indirect Object Pronouns: me | nos te os le | les

**[01:10:15]** in Spanish they look like this me which is me te which is you Le and this pronoun can simultaneously mean to him

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> Indirect Object Pronouns: me | nos te os le | les le = him/her/a person's name

**[01:10:22]** or to her or a person's name and I'll get to that in a bit NOS which is US o which is all of you and Les which is them as you can probably tell from looking at the chart the me you us and

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> Indirect Object Pronouns: me | nos te os le | les le = him/her/a person's name

**[01:10:33]** all of you pronouns have the same syntax as direct object pronouns which makes the language more convenient however this is where we have less for them as in people and Le which can mean to him or to her in a person's name and it's a tricky concept to understand but I'll explain it as easily as possible looking

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> Indirect Object Pronouns: subject. —— | buy acar for you — . sie Lo \ ine noes verb direct object NOUN

**[01:10:48]** back at this phrase I buy a car for you car is the direct object noun and you is the indirect object that's already in pronoun form saying the sentence in Spanish can be done using multiple ways but the essential point of the video is indirect object pronouns we can hack the system by simply

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> Indirect Object Pronouns: subject. —? | buy a car for you , set Lo \ ind onov’ verb direct object NOUN Yo compro un coche para ti

**[01:11:03]** saying using a prepositional pronoun and while that saves us time we need to understand how indirect object pronouns work just like with direct object pronouns indirect object pronouns

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> Indirect Object Pronouns: akien | buy acar for you set L \ ine onus verb direct object NOUN Indirect object pronouns likewise come before conjugated verbs

**[01:11:13]** likewise come before conjugated verbs and not after them so saying the sentence in Spanish would simply

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> Indirect Object Pronouns: subject. ——? | buy acar for you ayer L. \ ine onow™ verb direct object NOUN Yo te compro un coche

**[01:11:19]** be I buy you a car or I buy a car for you with the indirect object pronoun

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> Indirect Object Pronouns: subject. ——? | buy acarforyou «__ weet Wa ‘\ ido verb direct object NOUN Yo te compro un coche pr

**[01:11:25]** acting as for you and the same idea basically applies to the rest of the pronouns but there are more things you should know about indirect object pronouns in Spanish such as the pronoun

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> Indirect Object Pronouns: le - (to/for) him / (to/for) her /aperson's name

**[01:11:33]** le le can simultaneously mean to or for him or to or for her or a person's name and in order to specify who you're talking about you'll need to put the

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> Indirect Object Pronouns: le - (to/for) him / (to/for) her / a person's name a+ pronoun

**[01:11:42]** prepositional structure a plus a pronoun like a or a which mean to or for him or

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> Indirect Object Pronouns: le - (to/for) him / (to/for) her / aperson's name aél -to/forhim a ella - to/for her

**[01:11:48]** her consider the sentence in English she

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> Indirect Object Pronouns: She buys a car for him

**[01:11:50]** buys a car for him car is a direct

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> Indirect Object Pronouns: She buys a car for him \ x ovie® direct object «o88en0" ; NOUN .

**[01:11:52]** object noun while him is the indirect object pronoun and as you can see we

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> Indirect Object Pronouns: le She buys a car for him | 7 xe? .e) direct on wee

**[01:11:56]** have to use the pronoun Le for him and in Spanish the phrase would

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> Indirect Object Pronouns: le She buys a car for him \ ‘ OK Ella le compra un coche

**[01:12:01]** be and because we have a visual translation of him in English we know that LE means him however what if we don't have the phrase in English saying

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> Indirect Object Pronouns: Ella le compra un coche

**[01:12:08]** this phrase in Spanish we would know that the phrase means she buys a car for but we don't

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> Indirect Object Pronouns: She buys a car for Ella le compra un coche

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> Indirect Object Pronouns: She buys a car for ? Ella le compra un coche

**[01:12:14]** know who the person is because Le can

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> Indirect Object Pronouns: She buys a car for ? Ella le compra un coche le - (to/for) him / (to/for) her

**[01:12:16]** mean him her or person's name but Le doesn't specify it and this is where Spanish comes in and says to use the

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> Indirect Object Pronouns: She buysacarfor___? Ella le compra un coche le - (to/for) him / (to/for) her aél

**[01:12:21]** construction a and then a pronoun in this case L this construction can actually be applied to any pronoun but more than less it's mainly used for the pronoun Le because it's the only pronoun that isn't specific enough while we know

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> Indirect Object Pronouns: me |; nos te os le | les le = him/her/a person's name

**[01:12:32]** that me is me te is you and so on Le can mean him or her and we have to specify who it is with the construction a this

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> Indirect Object Pronouns: She buys a car for ? A Ella le compra un coche Tz c le - (to/for) him / (to/for) her ) aél

**[01:12:40]** construction has to be placed either in the beginning of a sentence or in the end looking at this phrase she buys a

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> Indirect Object Pronouns: She buys a car for him

**[01:12:45]** car for him in Spanish the phrase would

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> Indirect Object Pronouns: She buys a car for him A él ella le compra un coche

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> Indirect Object Pronouns: She buys a car for him A él ella le compra un coche Ella le compra un coche a él

**[01:12:51]** or it doesn't matter which phrase you say but I recommend making sentences

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> Indirect Object Pronouns: She buys a car for him A él ella le compra un coche Ella le compra un coche a él

**[01:12:55]** using the second phrase because it's similar to the order of the words in

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> Indirect Object Pronouns: Ella le compra un coche a él

**[01:12:59]** English might visually be translated as

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> Indirect Object Pronouns: Ella le compra un coche a él She him buys a car for him

**[01:13:02]** she him buys a car for him and in English it doesn't make sense to say this phrase because the language is specific enough with the pronouns but in Spanish it makes sense because the pronoun isn't specific enough so the sentence would simply be she buys a car

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> Indirect Object Pronouns: Ella le compra un coche a él She buys a car for him

**[01:13:15]** for him or she buys him a car while the

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> Indirect Object Pronouns: me | nos te os le | les le = him/her/a person's name

**[01:13:17]** easy pronouns may be me you us and all of you I would like to focus on Le for a bit because like I said this pronoun can mean him her or a person's name and here's what I mean the phrase she buys a

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> Indirect Object Pronouns: She buys a car for him

**[01:13:28]** car for him can also be said as she buys a car for John with Jon being an indirect object noun which still works putting this phrase in Spanish is no different than simply saying she buys a

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> Indirect Object Pronouns: She buys a car for John Ella le compra un coche a él

**[01:13:38]** car for him but the only difference is that instead of saying we need to

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> Indirect Object Pronouns: She buys a car for John Ella le compra un coche a John

**[01:13:43]** say just to specify who the person is if we say she buys a car for her we can

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> Indirect Object Pronouns: She buys a car for her

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> Indirect Object Pronouns: She buys a car for her Ella le compra un coche a ella

**[01:13:49]** say if we say she buys a car for Emma

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> Indirect Object Pronouns: She buys a car for Emma Ella le compra un coche a Emma

**[01:13:52]** then we can say just to specify who the person is and that's basically the toughest part to know with indirect object pronouns in Spanish because I've seen many students failing to understand what Le means and why every sentence has the construction a with a pronoun and the last thing to note with indirect object pronouns in Spanish is that these pronouns can

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> Indirect Object Pronouns: These pronouns likewise apply to infinitives using the same way that direct object pronouns work

**[01:14:09]** likewise be applied to infinitives the same exact way that direct object pronouns work and I'll actually provide more examples in this video because indirect object pronouns are a tricky category in Spanish how would you say

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> Indirect Object Pronouns With Examples: He wants to buy you a book

**[01:14:19]** this phrase in Spanish he wants to buy you a book you can say l

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> Indirect Object Pronouns With Examples: He wants to buy you a book El te quiere comprar un libro

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> Indirect Object Pronouns With Examples: He wants to buy you a book El te quiere comprar un libro El quiere comprarte un libro

**[01:14:29]** you did a good job how would you say she

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> Indirect Object Pronouns With Examples: She can give the papers to us

**[01:14:31]** can give the papers to us you can

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> Indirect Object Pronouns With Examples: She can give the papers to us Ella nos puede dar los papeles

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> Indirect Object Pronouns With Examples: She can give the papers to us Ella nos puede dar los papeles Ella puede darnos los papeles

**[01:14:38]** or how would you say I teach the concept

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> Indirect Object Pronouns With Examples: I teach the concepts to them

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> Indirect Object Pronouns With Examples: | teach the concepts to them Yo les enseno los conceptos

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> Indirect Object Pronouns With Examples: You write a letter to her

**[01:14:46]** letter to her you can

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> Indirect Object Pronouns With Examples: You write a letter to her Tu le escribes una carta a ella

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> Indirect Object Pronouns With Examples: You write a letter to her Tu le escribes una carta a ella A ella tu le escribes una carta

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> Indirect Object Pronouns With Examples: (with the present progressive)

**[01:14:54]** using the present progressive now and remembering that you have to put accents on infinitives how would you say I am

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> Indirect Object Pronouns With Examples: (with the present progressive) | am reading the book for them

**[01:14:59]** reading the book for them

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> Indirect Object Pronouns With Examples: (with the present progressive) | am reading the book for them Yo les estoy leyendo el libro

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> Indirect Object Pronouns With Examples: (with the present progressive) | am reading the book for them Yo les estoy leyendo el libro Yo estoy leyéndoles el libro

**[01:15:04]** or with an accent on the infinitive how

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> Indirect Object Pronouns With Examples: (with the present progressive) We are telling the truth to you

**[01:15:07]** would you say we are telling the truth to you you can

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> Indirect Object Pronouns With Examples: (with the present progressive) We are telling the truth to you Nosotros te estamos diciendo la verdad

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> Indirect Object Pronouns With Examples: (with the present progressive) We are telling the truth to you Nosotros te estamos diciendo la verdad Nosotros estamos diciéndote la verdad

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> Indirect Object Pronouns With Examples: She is giving the money to him

**[01:15:18]** the last one which can be said in multiple ways how would you say she is giving the money to him here are all the constructions for this

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> Indirect Object Pronouns With Examples: She is giving the money to him A élella le esta dando el dinero

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> Indirect Object Pronouns With Examples: She is giving the money to him A élella le esta dando el dinero A él ella esta dandole el dinero

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> Indirect Object Pronouns With Examples: She is giving the money to him A él ella le esta dando el dinero A él ella esta dandole el dinero Ella le esta dando el dinero a él

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> Indirect Object Pronouns With Examples: She is giving the money to him A él ella le esta dando el dinero A élella esta dandole el dinero Ella le esta dando el dinero a él Ella esta dandole el dinero a él

**[01:15:36]** or with an accent on the infinitive even though it's a long example this is how indirect object pronouns work in Spanish and it doesn't matter which phrase you say because all of them express the same meaning and in case you get confused you can always go back to the basics and say any phrase you want because people will still understand you my goal is to not confuse you but to show show you that there are multiple answers to any question and that there are multiple ways to answer any question it doesn't always have to be one answer and one answer only with the examples that I gave in the video I tried my best at showing you all the possibilities that you can use with any sentence you want to say and in case you got all of them right then you did a really good job at finding other ways to find different
