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Spanish-2 Unidad 2 Etapa 3

Direct Object Pronouns (Review)

To refresh your memory of this topic, go to Spanish-1 Unidad 3 Etapa 3.

Indirect Object Pronouns (Review)

To refresh your memory of this topic, go to Spanish-1 Unidad 4 Etapa 2.

Double Object Pronouns

Remember that an object pronoun appears either before the conjugated verb or after (and attached to) the infinitive if there is one.   What do you do when you have both a direct object pronoun and an indirect object pronoun?  The indirect object pronoun goes first, followed by the direct object pronoun.

Me los vas a comprar.       OR        Vas a comprarmelos

This is called R.I.D. Rule.  When there are multiple pronouns, the order they go in is Reflexive, Indirect, Direct.

When both of the pronouns are in the 3rd person, and start with the letter "L," you change the indirect object pronoun to se.  This is done for easier pronunciation, so that there are not two "L" sounds back-to-back.  It is called the "LA-LA Rule."

Le la doy    becomes   Se la doy