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Estructura I: Simplifying expressions

Estructura I: Simplifying expressions. Ana y Cristina van a la agencia de viajes porque quieren viajar a Quito, Ecuador. El agente les recomienda un vuelo con dos escalas. Ana le hace muchas preguntas al agente y él le da mucha información. Sentence structure: Review.

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Estructura I: Simplifying expressions

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  1. Estructura I: Simplifying expressions Ana y Cristina van a la agencia de viajes porque quieren viajar a Quito, Ecuador. El agente les recomienda un vuelo con dos escalas. Ana le hace muchas preguntas al agente y él le da mucha información.

  2. Sentence structure: Review • All sentences • have a subject and a verb • Silvia trabaja mucho. • Many sentences • have a direct object • Yo compré el boleto. • Some sentences • have an indirect object* • Yo le compré el boleto a Julieta. • indirect objects cannot exist without direct objects

  3. Direct objects: Review • Direct object • noun or pronoun that directly receives the action of the verb • answers the question whom? or what? in relation to the sentence’s subject and verb • Manny compró un boleto. • Lo compró hace dos días.

  4. The concept of indirect objects • Observe the indirect object in the following sentence Manny le compró un boleto a su esposa. Subject Verb Direct Object Indirect Object Indirect Object Pronoun

  5. Me (yo)te (tú)le(usted, él/ella)nos(nosotros)os (vosotros)les (ustedes, ellos/ellas) to/for me to/for you (informal) to/for you (formal); to/for him, her to/for us to/for you (informal, plural) to/for you (formal, plural); to/for them Simplifying expressions: indirect object pronouns

  6. Simplifying expressions:indirect object pronouns • Indirect Object • noun or pronoun that indirectly receives the action of a verb • indirect object tells to whom? or for whom? the action of the verb is performed • Manny compró un boleto a ella.(for whom?) • Le compró un boleto hace dos días.

  7. Simplifying expressions:indirect object pronouns • Placement of indirect object pronouns • identical to placement of direct object pronouns • in front of conjugated verb • I gave the jacket to her. • Yo le di la chaqueta. • in negative statements, place the no in front of the pronoun They did not buy the present for us. • Nonos compraron el regalo.

  8. Simplifying expressions: indirect object pronouns • Placement of indirect object pronouns • With an infinitive or a present participle before the conjugated verb attached to the infinitive or participle* • only if an infinitive or participle is present • I’m going to give the ticket to her. • Voy a darle el boleto. or • Le voy a dar el boleto.

  9. Indirect object pronouns:Puntos especiales • le and les • can have different meanings • clarified with a él, a ella, a usted, a ellos, a ellas, or a ustedes • -¿Le prometiste el viaje a él o a ella? • -Le prometí el viaje a ella.

  10. Indirect object pronouns: Puntos especiales • For emphasis • you may see indirect object nouns and their respective pronouns in the same sentence • —Te doy este regalo. • —¿A quién le das? —¡Te doy el regalo a ti!

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