What are Indirect Object Pronouns

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What are Indirect Object Pronouns?
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Indirect object pronouns answer the questions
To whom? or For whom?
Por ejemplo I write a letter to María
To whom do I write a letter?
To María
Or. Im giving you a gift
To whom am I giving a gift?
To you
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In Spanish, the Indirect Object Pronouns are
nos us
me me
te you (familiar)
les you (plural) them
le you (formal) him her
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The indirect object pronoun always accompanies
the noun it modifies
por ejemplo
Yo le doy mi boleto a la auxiliar de vuelo.
( I give my ticket to the flight attendant )
Orit replaces the noun all together
por ejemplo
Yo le doy mi boleto
( I give my ticket to her)
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When there is 1 verb, the pronoun goes in front
of the verb.
Yo les escribo una carta a mis abuelos
When there are 2 verbs, the pronoun can go in
front of the first or be attached to the end of
the infinitive
Yo voy a escribirles una carta a mis abuelos
or
Yo les voy a escribir una carta a mis abuelos
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Ejemplos..
I give you a ticket
Yo te doy un boleto
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You give me a ticket
Tú me das un boleto
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We give him a ticket
Nosotros le damos un boleto
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They give us a ticket
Ellos nos dan un boleto
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You give them a ticket
Tú les das un boleto
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I am going to give you a ticket
Voy a darte un boleto
Or..
Te voy a dar un boleto
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El Fin!