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19. Combining DOPs & IOPs

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When a sentence uses both an indirect and a direct object pronoun, Spanish places the indirect object pronoun first. If both pronouns begin with l- (i.e., le/les + lo/la/los/las), the indirect pronoun changes to se to avoid the cacophonous repeated L sound.

Key Rules

Order: IOP comes before DOP. (Mnemonic: "ID" — Indirect, then Direct.)
Both pronouns sit before the conjugated verb, OR both attach to the end of an infinitive/gerund (never split).
If two pronouns both start with l- (le/les + lo/la/los/las), the IOP becomes se:
- le + lo → se lo
- le + la → se la
- les + los → se los
- les + las → se las
When attaching both pronouns to an infinitive or gerund, a written accent is required to preserve the original stress: comprándotelo, hacérselo.
Because se is ambiguous, a clarifying a + él / a ella / a usted / a Juan / a ellos / a ellas / a ustedes is usually added.

Conjugation / Pattern Tables

Order: IOP + DOP

IOP	DOP	Combined
me	lo/la/los/las	me lo, me la, me los, me las
te	lo/la/los/las	te lo, te la, te los, te las
le → se	lo/la/los/las	se lo, se la, se los, se las
nos	lo/la/los/las	nos lo, nos la, nos los, nos las
os	lo/la/los/las	os lo, os la, os los, os las
les → se	lo/la/los/las	se lo, se la, se los, se las

Placement options

Construction	Before verb	Attached
Simple verb	Ella me lo da.	—
Modal + infinitive	Yo te lo puedo comprar.	Yo puedo comprártelo.
Progressive (gerund)	Yo te lo estoy comprando.	Yo estoy comprándotelo.
With se + clarification	Ella se lo hace a él.	Ella quiere hacérselo a él.

Examples

Spanish	English
Yo te lo compro.	I buy it for you.
Ella me lo da.	She gives it to me.
Ella me lo está dando. / Ella está dándomelo.	She is giving it to me.
Tú nos la estás mostrando. / Tú estás mostrándonosla.	You are showing it to us.
Ellos te los quieren presentar. / Ellos quieren presentártelos.	They want to present them to you.
Ella se lo hace a él.	She makes it for him.
Ella quiere hacérselo a él.	She wants to make it for him.
Ella se lo escribe a él / a ella / a ellos.	She writes it to him / her / them.
Tú se los lees a ellos.	You read them to them.
Yo se lo estoy comprando a ellos. / Yo estoy comprándoselo a ellos.	I am buying it for them.
Yo se lo puedo hacer a él. / Yo puedo hacérselo a él.	I can do it for him.

Notes & Gotchas

The se here is not reflexive — it is just le/les disguised to avoid two L-pronouns in a row.
Because se can mean "to him / to her / to you (Ud./Uds.) / to them," include an a + clarifier for clarity.
When both pronouns attach to an infinitive that has only one syllable of stress (like dar, ver), you may not need the accent on the verb itself — but typically the result still needs an accent (e.g., dárselo).
Pronouns are always attached together; you cannot put one before the verb and the other on the infinitive.

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