complemento indirecto español beginner

Español A2

complemento indirecto

Prof. Clara gómez

definition

The indirect complement (IC) is the person affected indirectly by the verb action. It always has the preposition a/para. Ella compra flores a su madre.

How can we identify the ic in a sentence?

We have to ask the verb ¿a quién? ¿para quién? let's look at the following example. Ella compra flores a su madre. ¿a quién compra flores? (the answer is: a su madre) Then, the IC is A SU MADRE.

PRONOMBRES CI

Let's study now the IC pronouns.

Pronombres

We use them to avoid repetition.

me te le nos os les

Maria compra flores a su madre. Maria le compra flores.

doble sustitución

What happens if we want to substitute both complements, direct and indirect complements? Let's see the rule in the following slide.

Pronombres cd y ci

CI CD le lo/la les los/las

CI CD lo/la se los/las

DC

IC

María compra flores a su madre. María se las compra.

Prof. Clara gómez

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