DOPs
Direct Objects are the "what" of a sentence.
Here are a few more resources to help you better understand direct object pronouns and to give you practice using them.
IOPs
Indirect Objects answer "to who" or "for who" in a sentence.
Here are a few more resources to help you better understand indirect object pronouns and to give you practice using them.
DOPs and IOPs together
Direct and indirect object pronouns can be used together in the same sentence.
Here are a few more resources to help you better understand using direct and indirect object pronouns in the same sentence, and to give you practice using them.
Direct Objects are the "what" of a sentence.
- We send the invitations. (We send what? The invitations.) The invitations is the direct object.
Here are a few more resources to help you better understand direct object pronouns and to give you practice using them.
- Explanation #1
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- Explanation #2
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- Explanation #3
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IOPs
Indirect Objects answer "to who" or "for who" in a sentence.
- We send the invitations to our friends. (We send them to who? To our friends.) Friends is the indirect object.
Here are a few more resources to help you better understand indirect object pronouns and to give you practice using them.
- Explanation #1
- Practice A
- Practice B
- Explanation #2
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- Practice B
- Explanation #3
- Practice A
- Practice B
DOPs and IOPs together
Direct and indirect object pronouns can be used together in the same sentence.
- When used together, the IOP comes before the DOP. (ID!)
- If both the DOP and IOP refer to the third person (they both start with "L"), then the IOP changes to "se". (I give the books to her: Le los doy --> Se los doy.)
Here are a few more resources to help you better understand using direct and indirect object pronouns in the same sentence, and to give you practice using them.