As mentioned
(once or twice) before the pronouns are a the interesting
part in the declension. Later on we'll have a look
at personal pronouns in connection with prepositions
(chapter
4.12.), but first let's have look at the summary
of declined pronouns:
English
basic
form (nominativo)
I
you
he
she
it
we
you
they
-
direct
object (acusativo)
me
I see me.
you
I see you.
him
I see him.
her
I see her.
it
I see it.
us
I see us.
you
I see you.
them
I see them.
-
indirect
object (dativo)
me
I give me
a book.
you
I give you
a book.
him
I give him a
book.
her
I give her a
book.
it
I give it a
book.
us
I give us a
book.
you
I give you a
book.
them
I give them a
book.
-
No surprise here - there is no difference
between direct and indirect object in English. In a
first step you need to find out whether it is a direct
or an indirect object. You have an indirect object if
you form the sentence the way that you use the preposition
to before the personal
pronoun.
I give him a book. => I give
a book to him.
here you have definitely an indirect object!
Spanish
nominativo
yo
tú
él
ella
**
nosotros
nosotras
vosotros
vosotras
ellos
ellas
direct
object (acusativo)
me
Yo me veo
te
Yo te veo
le / lo*
Yo le / lo veo
la
Yo la veo
**
nos
Yo nos veo
os
Yo os veo
les / los *
Yo les / los veo
las
Yo las veo
indirect
object (dativo)
me
Yo me regalo un libro
te
Yo te regalo un libro
le
Yo le regalo un libro
le
Yo le regalo un libro
**
nos
Yo nos regalo un libro
os
Yo os regalo un libro
les
Yo les regalo un libro
les
Yo les regalo un libro
*
The differences between le and lo will be discussed in
detail in chapter 4.7 . **There are no neutral nouns
in Spanish; therefore there is no need for a neutral personal
pronoun
As you can see the
differences between direct object and indirect object
are not that big. They are to be found only in the third
person (singular and plural).