1  Omit.  2  Pret.  of  decir.  3  «  either.'  4  imp.  Ind.  of  ir.  5  Pret.  of
e>  (3d  pers.  sing.).  6  «  any.'  7  'ever.'  ^  leyese  =  le-iese  {^  216) .  ^  no
pueden.  10  no  podemos.  H  dice.  '^'^ para.  13  j^o  .  .  .  nunca  (placing  the
verb  between) .  1^  in  this  and  similar  sentences  use  the  subjunctive  only
when  the  time  is  indefinite  and  future  with  regard  to  the  main  verb.  15  tanto,
'^^ para  que.  17  cuando.
LESSON  XXII  109

LESSON   XXII

102.  When  a  verb  has  two  personal  pronoun  objects,
the  indirect  precedes  the  direct  object.
me  lo  da,  he  gives  it  to  me.  os  las  da,  he  gives  them  to  you.
te  la  da,  he  gives  it  to  you.  damelo,  give  it  to  me.
nos  los  da,  he  gives  them  to  us.  danoslos,  give  them  to  us.
a.  If  both  pronoun  objects  are  in  the  third  person,  se  is  used  as
indirect  object  in  the  place  of  le  or  les.  Thus,  instead  of  either  le  lo  da,
or  les  lo  da,  one  says  se  lo  da.  This  se  is  derived  from  an  old  dative
form  of  the  personal  pronoun  of  the  third  person,^  and  is  in  no  way
related  to  the  reflexive  pronoun  se.
b.  When  the  direct  object  is  a  pronoun  of  the  first  or  the  second  per-
son, the  indirect  object  is  usually  separated  from  the  verb  and  assumes
the  prepositional  form  after  a,  *  to.'

me  presenta  a  ellos,  he  presents  me  to  them.
te  presenta  a  mi,  he  presents  you  to  me.
nos  presentan  a  usted,  they  present  us  to  you.
pres^ntame  a  el,  present  me  to  him.
