In this video lesson we’re going to be talking about Indirect Objects. We use Indirect Objects to generally when something happens to someone or for someone. In Spanish, the pronouns: me, te, le, nos, and les will be used to express this idea.

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Vocabulario:

sustantivos (nouns):

• alguien – someone
• *el caldo de pollo – chicken soup
• el carro – the car
• el centro – downtown
• el club (nocturno) – the (night) club
• el cumpleaños – the birthday
• el fin de semana – the weekend
• el internet – the internet
• el mundo – the world
• el niño – the boy (child)
• el país – the country
• el refrigerador – the refrigerator
• el restaurante – the restaurant
• el sábado pasado – last Saturday
• el señor – the gentlemen, the older man
• el teléfono – telephone
• el tiempo – time
• ex-novia – ex-girlfriend
• la casa – house
• la comida – food
• la esposa – the wife
• la heladería – the ice cream store
• la lista – the list
• la maestra – the female teacher
• la mamá – the mom
• la mesa – the table
• la novia – the girlfriend
• la probabilidad – the probability / chance / likelihood
• las cosas – things
• las flores – the flowers
• las mujeres – women
• las personas – the people
• las puertas – doors
• la última vez – the last time
• la verdad – the truth
• los alumnos – the students
• los amigos – friends
• los besos – kisses
• los continentes – the continents
• los médicos – doctors
• los mensajes de texto – text messages
• los muchachos – the boys
• los planes – the plans
• nadie – no one
• sí­ mismo – himself
• una amiga – a female friend
• una esposa – a wife
• una isla – an island
• una mentira – a lie
• una nalga – a butt (cheek)
• un gato – a cat
• un medio hermano – a half-brother
• un multimillonario – a billionare
• un príncipe – a prince
• un regalo – a present
• un video  – a video
• vocabulario – vocabulary

verbos (verbs):

• abrir – to open
  • abre – s/he opens
• ayudar – to help
• bailar – to dance
  • bailando – dancing
• buscar – to search / to look for
• cerrar – to close
  • cierras – you close
• comer – to eat
• comprar – to buy
  • ¿Lo compras? – You buy it? Will you buy it? Do you buy it?
  • compra – s/he buys
• contestar – to answer
  • contestó – s/he answered
• creer – to think; believe
  • ¿(tú) crees? – do you believe [that]?
• dar – to give
  • da – s/he gives
  • dimos – we gave
• decir – to say; to tell
  • digo – I say / I tell
  • dijeron – they said / they told
  • dijo = s/he said / s/he told
• determinar – to determine
  • determina – (command) Determine!
• echarse a perder – to go bad / to spoil
• enfermarse – to get sick
  • te enfermas – you get sick
• enseñar – to teach; to show
  • enseña – s/he teaches
• entender – to understand
  • entiendes – you understand
• estar – to be
  • Éramos – we were
  • estaba – s/he was / it was
  • estábamos – we were
  • estoy – I am
• gustar – to be pleasing
  • le gusta – s/he likes
• hablar – to talk
  • habla – s/he talks
• hacer – to do / to make
• están haciendo – they are making  / you all are making (right now)
• hace preguntas – s/he asks questions
• inventar – to invent
  • inventó – s/he invented
• ir – to go
  • fuimos – we went
  • va – s/he goes
  • van – they go
• lavar – to wash
• leer – to read
  • lee – (command) Read!
• llevar – to take; carry
• mandar – to send
  • manda – s/he sends
• mentir – to lie
• necesitar – to need
  • necesitas – you need
• oler – to smell
  • huele – it smells
• parecer – to seem
  • parecían – they seemed
• pensar – to think
  • pienso – i think
• preguntar – to ask
  • preguntó – s/he asked
• poder – can; to be able
• podrán – they could be
  • pueden – they can / you all can
  • puedes – you can
• poner – to put; to place
  • pon – (command) Put!
  • ponen una inyección – they give a shot
• pusieron una inyección – they gave a shot
• preparó – s/he prepared
• revisar – to look over
• revisa – (command) Look over!
• querer – to want
  • quiere – s/he wants
  • quiero – I want
• recordar – to remember
  • recuerdas – you remember
• regalar – to give a gift
  • regalaron – they gave me a gift / you all gave me a gift
• robar – to steal
  • robaron – they robbed / they stole
• salir – to go out; to leave
  • salió – s/he left (came out)
• ser – to be
  • era – s/he was
  • es – s/he is
  • fue – s/he was / it was
  • fueron – they were
  • será – it would be
  • soy – I am
• tender (a) – to tend to
  • tiende (a) – s/he tends (to)
• tener – to have
  • tenía – s/he had
  • teníamos – we had
  • tienen – they have
• venir – to come
  • vino – s/he came
• vivir – to live
  • vive – s/he lives

otro (other):

• a – to
• algunos / algunas – some
• alto / alta – tall
• cada – each
• con – with
• ¿cuál(es)? – which
• cuando – when
• de – of, from, about
• desafortunadamente – unfortunately
• ¿dónde? – where?
• en – in, on, at
• enfrente de – in front of
• ese / esa– that
• Éste – this
• famoso / famosa – famous
• gordo – fat
• inteligente(s) – smart, intelligent
• lo mismo – the same (thing)
• lo que – what; that which
• más – more
• mi – my
• mismo – same
• mucho – a lot
• muy – very
• obviamente – obviously
• para – for
• para allá – over there
• pequeño – small
• pero – but
• por favor – please
• porque – because
• que – that
• ¿qué? – what?
• respetuoso – respectful
• rico – delicious
• sí­ – yes
• si – if
• siempre – always
• sin ti – without you
• sobre – about
• su – his; her; their; your (formal); your (plural)
• triste – sad
• ¿verdad? – right?
• ya – already

*this is the more “Mexican” way to say chicken soup. “La sopa de pollo” would be a more common way

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