Pronoun Placement Rules in Spanish Sentences

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Clear up confusion around the placement of reflexive, direct object, and indirect object pronouns in Spanish sentences and commands. Learn the placement rules for different types of pronouns in statements and commands, including examples for single-verb and two-verb sentences. Understand the order of pronouns in sentences with multiple pronouns and discover the rules for affirmative and negative commands with pronouns in Spanish.

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PRONOUN PLACEMENT Honors espa ol 3 - Mendoza

Pronoun Placement Lets clear up the confusion There seems to be confusion about where reflexive, direct object, and indirect object pronouns are placed in sentences and in commands. Here is a quick review: All 3 of these types of pronouns follow the exact same placement rules. Here are the rules:

Pronoun Placement Lets clear up the confusion Statement rules In a statement where there is only 1 verb, there is only 1 choice of placement. This placement is BEFORE the conjugated verb. Example: She buys them (referring to los zapatos) = Ella los compra. (DOP) They told me. = Ellos me dijeron. (IOP) We wash (self) = Nosotros nos lavamos. (Reflexive)

Pronoun Placement 2 verbs In a statement where there are 2 verbs, you have 2 choices on where to place the pronoun. They are eating it (referring to la pizza) = Ellos la est n comiendo OR Ellos est n comi ndola (DOP) I want to give him the gift. = Yo quiero darle el regalo. OR Yo le quiero dar el regalo. (IOP) He wants to take a shower. = l quiere ducharse OR l se quiere duchar. (Reflexive) ****NOTE: When there is a reflexive, IOP, & DOP all in one sentence, the order of the pronouns is always the same = RID******

Pronoun placement - commands OK, lets talk about commands and pronoun placement: A command is when you are telling a person what to do or what not to do, different than a statement, which is simply a sentence stating a fact. Example She eats it (statement) Eat it! (affirmative command) Don t eat it! (negative command)

Pronoun placement - commands Command rules Pronoun placement with commands, depends on whether the command is an affirmative command (telling someone what to do) or a negative command (telling a person what NOT to do. Affirmative commands with pronouns In an affirmative command, the pronoun is ATTACHED to the end of the command. Example: Give us the pizza. = D nos la pizza. (IOP) If there are two ore more pronouns in the command, we still use the order RID Give it to us (referring to the pizza) (DOP & IOP) = D nosla

Pronoun placement - commands Negative commands with pronouns In a negative command, the pronoun(s) go BEFORE the verb Don t buy them the pizza. = No les compra (t command) No les compre (ud command) la pizza. (IOP) If there are two r more pronouns in the command, we still use the order RID Don t buy it (referring to the pizza) for us = No nos la compra (t command)/ No nos la compre (Ud command)