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444 •  Chapter 5: Nuestro pasado 3. Explica qué pasó. _____________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 4. Explica qué pasó después. ___________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 5. Describe el resultado de esa experiencia. __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Lengua 5.7: Double object pronouns If we had a list of all the language features in the order in which they are usually acquired, double object pronouns would be nowhere near the top. This is a very common feature in Spanish (and in English), and so we want to understand how it works, but there is no need to intentionally begin incorporating it into our own language use. We want to understand when we hear or read double object pronouns, but we are able to communicate without them in our own speech and writing at this level. Double object pronouns are when a single verb has both a direct and an indirect object pronoun (un pronombre indirecto y un pronombre directo). Indirect object pronouns indicate to whom something is verbed. A Sara le encantó el almuerzo que le preparaste hoy. ¿ Te pidió otro para mañana? Mi abuela me dijo que quiere dar me un suéter. Direct object pronouns are what “gets verbed.” Necesito el número del mecánico. ¿ Lo tienes tú? Ayer compré unas botellas de vino, pero no sé dónde las puse. You can review indirect object pronouns in Lengua 2.7. You can review direct object pronouns in Lengua 3.3. Direct object pronouns are used mainly to avoid unnecessary repetition. We can speak accurately (albeit awkwardly) without using direct object pronouns: ¿Dónde está el libro? ¿Tienes el libro tú? ¿Te di el libro? Where is the book? Do you have the book? Did I give the book to you?