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Indirect Object Pronouns and the verb interesar

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Page 1: Indirect Object Pronouns and the verb interesar. What does a pronoun do?

Indirect Object Pronounsand the verb interesar

Page 2: Indirect Object Pronouns and the verb interesar. What does a pronoun do?

What does a pronoun do?

Page 3: Indirect Object Pronouns and the verb interesar. What does a pronoun do?

What does a pronoun do?

• It takes the place of the noun in the sentence.

• It saves the speaker from having to repeat the noun each time it is referred to in a conversation. Can you think of examples?

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Indirect Object

An indirect object is a person (or other noun) that is at the receiving end of a verb.

• I threw the ball to Tom.• We talk to the teacher.• Mystery novels interest those

guys.

Page 5: Indirect Object Pronouns and the verb interesar. What does a pronoun do?

Indirect Object PronounsIndirect object pronouns represent the indirect

object, and are used to indicate to whom or for whom an action is occurring. Look at these examples:

• He is talking to me.• Elena gave a piece of cake to him.

• Please give her the pencil. Or Please give the pencil to her.

• Astronomy interests me.

Page 6: Indirect Object Pronouns and the verb interesar. What does a pronoun do?

Indirect Object Pronouns

me nos

te

le les

me us

you (familiar)

him/heryou (formal)

themyou all

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Interesar

The verb interesar (to interest) relies on the indirect object pronouns to help it get its point across. This is very similar in English:

- Cars interest me.- Biology interests him.

Notice that “cars” and “biology” are the subjects in these examples (and notice that the verb agrees with the subject).

Page 8: Indirect Object Pronouns and the verb interesar. What does a pronoun do?

Look at the same examples in Spanish:

Cars interest me.Los carros me interesan.

La biología le interesa. Biology interests him.

subject

Notice that the verb agrees with the subject, not the object.

Page 9: Indirect Object Pronouns and the verb interesar. What does a pronoun do?

What is the subject?

1. Birds interest us.

2. Spring break interests them.

3. Racing interests me.

4. Los caballos nos interesan.

5. La escuela me interesa.

6. Las matemáticas me interesan.

Page 10: Indirect Object Pronouns and the verb interesar. What does a pronoun do?

What is the subject?

1. Birds interest us.

2. Spring break interests them.

3. Racing interests me.

4. Los caballos nos interesan.

5. La escuela me interesa.

6. Las matemáticas me interesan.

Page 11: Indirect Object Pronouns and the verb interesar. What does a pronoun do?

What is the object?

1. Birds interest us.

2. Spring break interests them.

3. Racing interests me.

4. Los caballos nos interesan.

5. La escuela me interesa.

6. Las matemáticas me interesan.

Page 12: Indirect Object Pronouns and the verb interesar. What does a pronoun do?

What is the object?

1. Birds interest us.

2. Spring break interests them.

3. Racing interests me.

4. Los caballos nos interesan.

5. La escuela me interesa.

6. Las matemáticas me interesan.

Page 13: Indirect Object Pronouns and the verb interesar. What does a pronoun do?

The word a and a name, noun, or pronoun may be added to the sentence to clarify or emphasize who is interested. This is especially important with the indirect object pronouns le and les, since they can each refer to different people.

Los libros le interesan a Sara.

For clarification

The indirect object pronoun is still required.

The verb is plural because “los libros” is the subject.

Page 14: Indirect Object Pronouns and the verb interesar. What does a pronoun do?

Spanish word order is often more flexible than English word order. Notice the similarities and differences between the following two sentences, which both mean the same thing and are both correct.

A Sara le interesan los libros.

Los libros le interesan a Sara.

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¿Qué te interesa?

Try writing sentences about things that interest you. Write five sentences.

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¿Qué les interesa a tus amigos?

Write five sentences about things that interest your friends. You may want to write about them individually, or you may want to write about them with your partner.