Spanish Pronouns The R.I.D. Rule Aaron Losness
RID: Sentences with Two Object Pronouns When you have two object pronouns in a sentence, they will appear r in RID order: reflexive, indirect,, and direct.. The two most common are: -Direct I buy it (direct) for myself (reflexive). Me lo compro. Do you (reflexive) wash it (direct) a lot? Te lo lavas mucho? Indirect-Direct I write it (direct) to you (indirect). Yo te la escribo. She sells them (direct) to me (indirect).. Ella me las vende. The La La Rule: When both the Direct and Indirect are in the 3 rd person, both pronouns will begin with l. When this happens, change the 1 st on to se. I give it (direct) to them (indirect). Yo le lo doy. Yo se lo doy. Te (yourself)
QUIZ TIME!!!
Pronoun Quiz Myself () Him (Indirect) Them (Direct) Yourself () It (Direct) You (Indirect) Ourselves () Me (Indirect) Us (Direct) Himself () Them (Indirect) Her (Direct) Themselves () You (Direct) Us (Indirect) Yourselves () It (Indirect) Me (Direct)
RID: Sentences with Two Object Pronouns He gives it (D) to me (I). She tells it (D) to you (I). We give it (D) to you (I). I prepare it (D) for myself (R). She buys them (D) for herself (R). He sings it (D) to her (I).
RID: Sentences with Two Object Pronouns I sell it (D) to him (I). She cooks it (D) for them (I). I don t have it (D) for you (I). I never buy them (D) for myself (R). He doesn t pay me (R) for it (D) in cash. We don t buy them (D) for ourselves (R).
RID: Sentences with Two Verbs 1. Either attach both pronouns directly to the second verb. You must add an accent mark on the final syllable of the infinitive to retain the e natural accent. 2. Place the two prounouns before the first conjugated verb. I want to give it (D) to you (I). We want to say it (D) to him (I). You have to send it (D) to me (I). She can do it (D) for herself (R). You can hide it (D) from us (R). We have to sell it (D) to her (I).
RID: Sentences with Two Verbs 1. Either attach both pronouns directly to the second verb. You must add an accent mark on the final syllable of the infinitive to retain the e natural accent. 2. Place the two prounouns before the first conjugated verb. I should bring it (D) to them (I). Can you write it (D) for me (I)? Do you want to leave it (D) for me (I)? I don t want to leave it (D) for you (I). Doesn t he need to give it (D) to her (I)? We don t have to buy it (D) for them (R).
ANSWER KEY!!!
Pronoun Quiz Myself () me Him (Indirect) le Them (Direct) los/las Yourself () te It (Direct) lo/la You (Indirect) me Ourselves () nos Me (Indirect) me Us (Direct) nos Himself () se Them (Indirect) les Her (Direct) lo/la Themselves () se You (Direct) me Us (Indirect) nos Yourselves () se It (Indirect) le Me (Direct) me
RID: Sentences with Two Object Pronouns He gives it (D) to me (I). She tells it (D) to you (I). We give it (D) to you (I). I prepare it (D) for myself (R). She buys them (D) for herself (R). He sings it (D) to her (I). Él me lo da. Ella te lo dice. Te lo damos. Me lo preparo. Ella se las compra. Él se la canta.. *La-La Rule
RID: Sentences with Two Object Pronouns I sell it (D) to him (I). She cooks it (D) for them (I). I don t have it (D) for you (I). I never buy them (D) for myself (R). He doesn t pay me (R) for it (D) in cash. We don t buy them (D) for ourselves (R). Se lo vendo.. *La-La Rule Ella se lo cocina.. *La-La Rule No te lo tengo. Nunca me las compro. Él no me lo paga en efectivo. No nos las compramos.
RID: Sentences with Two Verbs 1. Either attach both pronouns directly to the second verb. You must add an accent mark on the final syllable of the infinitive to retain the e natural accent. 2. Place the two prounouns before the first conjugated verb. I want to give it (D) to you (I). We want to say it (D) to him (I). You have to send it (D) to me (I). She can do it (D) for herself (R). You can hide it (D) from us (R). We have to sell it (D) to her (I). Te lo quiero dar. Quiero dártelo. Se lo queremos decir. Queremos decírselo. Me la tienes que mandar. Tienes que mandármela. Ella se la puede hacer.. Ella puede hacérsela. Tú nos lo puedes esconder. Puedes escondérnoslo. Se lo tenemos que vender. Tenemos que verdérselo.
RID: Sentences with Two Verbs 1. Either attach both pronouns directly to the second verb. You must add an accent mark on the final syllable of the infinitive to retain the e natural accent. 2. Place the two prounouns before the first conjugated verb. I should bring it (D) to them (I). Can you write it (D) for me (I)? Do you want to leave it (D) for me (I)? I don t want to leave it (D) for you (I). Doesn t he need to give it (D) to her (I)? We don t have to buy it (D) for them (R). Se lo debo traer. Debo traérselo. Me lo puedes escribir? Puedes escribírmelo? Me lo quieres dejar? Quieres dejármelo? No te lo quiero dejar.. No quiero dejártelo. No se lo necesita dar? No necesita dárselo? No se lo tenemos que comprar.. No tenemos que comprárselo.
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