En el colegio: indirect object pronouns in 2-verb structures
Learning outcomes
I can use indirect object pronouns and 2-verb structures to talk about a school day.
I can identify and pronounce correctly words with strong and weak vowels.
En el colegio: indirect object pronouns in 2-verb structures
Learning outcomes
I can use indirect object pronouns and 2-verb structures to talk about a school day.
I can identify and pronounce correctly words with strong and weak vowels.
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Key learning points
- When weak vowels [i] and [u] appear next to a strong vowel, [a], [e] and [o], they make a single syllable.
- ‘Doler’ (to hurt, to be painful) is very commonly used with an indirect object pronoun.
- Me (to me), te (to you, singular) and le (to him, her, it) are the singular indirect object pronouns.
- Nos (to us), os (to you, plural) and les (to them) are the plural indirect object pronouns.
- Indirect object pronouns can go before the conjugated verb or attached to the infinitive in two-verb constructions.
Keywords
Strong vowel - letters [a], [e] and [o]
Weak vowel - letters [i] and [u]
Indirect object pronoun - replaces the person(s) or thing(s) receiving the action of the verb, when the meaning is 'to' or 'for' someone
Common misconception
Spanish word order is identical to English so I can translate sentences with indirect object pronouns literally from one language to another.
Spanish word order is different to English. Indirect object pronouns come before the conjugated verb. With 2-verb structures, they can go before the first verb or after the infinitive, attached to it.
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Starter quiz
5 Questions
a/an, any (before a masculine noun)
one, some (of them) (for plural noun)
quality
school
to interest, to find interesting
to fail, failing
to me
to you (singular)
to him, her, it
I can, I am able to
they want
we can
she, he has to
you all usually
they must
Exit quiz
5 Questions
to demand, demanding
bullying
exercise book
undersanding (f)
straightaway
rule