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Indirect Object

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The indirect object of a sentence usually answers the question ‘to whom?’ or ‘for whom?’: Roberto me da un regalo (‘Roberto gives a present to me’); Yo te compro este libro (‘I'll buy this book for you). To replace the indirect object noun with a pronoun, you must choose the correct form that corresponds to the noun:
 

me-to me nos-to us
te-to you, informal os-to you all, informal
le-to you, formal les-to you all, formal
le-to him, to her les-to them

Sometimes native speakers will use le or les as both the direct and indirect object pronoun when they are referring to a male person. If you are not sure which form to use (le or lo) when talking about a man, you can almost always use le.



Examples of Indirect Object

  • ¿Puede indicarme dónde está la oficina del Sr. González?