replaces the person(s) or thing(s) receiving the action of the verb, when the meaning is 'to' or 'for' someone.

A2 - 1 Me duele mucho la cabeza. 

A2 - 2 No puedo caminar. Me duele mucho la rodilla.

A2 - 3 He comido demasiado hoy. Tengo dolor de estómago.  

A2 - 4 He tenido un accidente en clase y ahora me duele la mano. 

A2 - 5 Tengo mucho dolor de espalda. Me duelen los hombros también.

A2 - 6 Ay … ¡Qué dolor de garganta! Me duelen los oídos también. Creo que ...

B1 - Buenos días, Daniel. ¿Qué te pasa? Ay, doctora. Me duele todo. Para ...

¿Qué te pasa? Indirect object pronouns and 'doler'

Spanish

Planes para una fiesta: singular present -er/-ir, direct object pronouns

En una fiesta de cumpleaños: modals, direct object pronouns in 2-verb structures

En una fiesta de cumpleaños: adjective position and agreement

Los días de colegio: present -er verbs, indirect object pronouns

En el colegio: indirect object pronouns in 2-verb structures

Quedar con los amigos: 'hacer' singular present, indirect object pronouns

This unit revisits direct and indirect object pronouns with object-first word order. Pupils learn the word order for direct and indirect pronouns in two-verb structures, and indirect object pronouns 'nos' and 'os'. They revisit a variety of present-tense and modal verbs.

Lifestyle and wellbeing: la vida de todos los días

Match the Spanish words below to the correct English translations.

Indirect object pronouns are placed {{}} the first conjugated verb.

We use __________ with body parts rather than ‘my’, ‘yours’, ‘his’/’her’, etc.

You use the verb {{}} followed by 'dolor de', plus the noun, to talk about what hurts.

Match the indirect object pronouns to the correct translations. 

Another way of saying 'Tiene dolor de pies.' is {{}}.

Where do we place an indirect object pronoun in the sentence? 

Starter Quiz

Match the Spanish words below to the correct English translations.