Pronumbre: Le, Les, Lo, La, Los, Les (Again) and also Se

RULE 1 Scheme: Someone does something (CD) to someone (CI) in English, changes to To someone something I do

This is the formula: Subject + verb + CD + CI

If it is a person or pet, use ‘a’

• Esperar a alguien
  • if someone (alguien) a boy, Lo espero
  • girl, La espero

Spanish example:

• I said something to you. (Te lo digo.)
  • To someone something I do was the Spanish formula for this English sentence
• Using Rule 3, down below, omit the pronoun
  • Te lo digo
  • Se la dimos
  • X la abrazo (hug her)

RULE 2: CD + CI(usually a person) + VERB

RULE 3: Sometimes you don’t need both CD+CI. But CD always has a gender (even though they are THINGS–in Spanish, all things & people has a gender–but CI never has a gender.

For example: “I hug Dani,” or “I see Dani” etc. You only have one complement (object) here. Use CD = gender.

• la abrazo (no need to use se)

Mnemonic: CD (direct object, direct complement), imagine a compact disc (CD), which is a thing.

RULE 4: If you have Le, and Lo/La next to each other, you cannot have both “L’s”, you must substitute Le into “Se” which is the CI

Homework from Alba

I already placed the “le,” et al. But now she wants me to add the “se”

Homework attempt 1:

1. Ellos escriben una carta (a ella)
   1. Ellos le escriben una carta
   2. Se les escriben una carta
2. Yo traigo los pasajes manana (a ustedes)
   1. Yo les traigo los pasajes manana
   2. Lo les traigo los pasajes manana
3. El entrenado da unas entradas (a sus estudiantes)
   1. El les entrenado da unas entrada
   2. Le les entrenado da unas entrada
4. Los policias ponen las esposas (a las asesinas)
   1. Los policias les ponen las esposas
   2. Les les ponen las esposas
5. Carmen trae el dinero el lunes (a Pedro)
   1. Carman le trae el dinero el lunes
6. Mi padre envia dulces (a mi = yo)
   1. Mi padre me envia dulces
   2. Le me envia dulces
7. Jose vende una manzana (a nosotros)
   1. Jose les vende una manzana
   2. Le les vende una manzana
8. Mi amiga trae una torta (a ti = tu)
   1. Mi amiga te trae una torta
9. Traigo la cuenta (a ustedes)
   1. Les traigo la cuenta
10. Puede trae la cuenta, por favor (a mi = yo) (escribir la dos opciones: pronumbre antes y despues del verbo)

Try it again.