Beginning Spanish ¡Empecemos por aquí!

Module D: Social identities and community values  • 161 In all of the examples above, the indirect object pronoun is placed before a conjugated verb. Another placement option is to attach it to the end of an infinitive: Necesito pedirte un favor. (Te necesito pedir un favor.) Quieren darme una oportunidad. (Me quieren dar una oportunidad.) ¿Te gusta escribirles a tus padres? 99 There are additional placement options, but these two are the most common: 1. Before a conjugated verb 2. Attached to the end of an infinitive verb 65. Identificar Read the paragraph below and then answer the questions. (1) Mi mamá tiene un negocio, y el negocio le da una oportunidad de ofrecerles trabajos a algunos de los adolescentes que buscan trabajo. (2) Su negocio es un restaurante pequeño. (3) En el restaurante, yo trabajo como mesero. 100 (4) Los clientes me piden comida, y yo les sirvo hamburguesas, ensaladas, postres y café. (5) Al final, no me pagan a mí; necesitan pagarle a mi mamá. 1. In sentence 1, what does le da mean? Who/what is doing the verbal action? Who/what receives it? ____________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. In sentence 1, what does ofrecerles mean? Who/what does les refer to? ______________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. In sentence 4, what does me piden mean? Who/what is doing the verbal action? Who/ what receives it? _____________________________________________________________________________________ 4. In sentence 4, what does les sirvo mean? Who/what is doing the verbal action? Who/what receives it? ____________________________________________________________________________________________ 5. In sentence 5, what does me pagan mean? Who/what is doing the verbal action? Who/ what receives it? _____________________________________________________________________________________ 99 In this example, there is no alternative structure. The pronoun les cannot be placed before gusta because te is already occupying that spot; we cannot have two indirect object pronouns next to each other. 100 server