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Verbs like ''aburrir'', ''doler'', ''encantar'', ''fascinar'', ''gustar'', ''importar'', and ''molestar'' are verbs that use indirect object pronouns. These verbs all use the structure: indrect object pronoun + verb + subject.
Verbs like ''aburrir'', ''doler'', ''encantar'', ''fascinar'', ''gustar'', ''importar'', and ''molestar'' are verbs that use indirect object pronouns. These verbs all use the structure: indrect object pronoun + verb + subject.


example: ''Les encantan los efectos especiales'' en la película. </br> ''Nos aburre'' mucho esa película.
examples: ''Les encantan los efectos especiales'' en la película. </br> ''Nos aburre'' mucho esa película.
 
''A'' + a noun or pronoun is often used with the verbs above for emphasis or clarification. The pronouns must agree with and clarify the indirect object pronoun.
 
*'''me''' - me
*'''te''' - you (singular)
*'''le''' - him, her, you (formal)
*'''nos''' - we
*'''os''' - you (plural)
*'''les''' - them, you (formal/plural)
 
examples: ''A mí me importan mucho los efectos especiales en una película. </br> ''A Juana le'' fascinan las películas de acción.

Revision as of 23:38, 26 April 2009

Chapter 12 (Movies)

Movies

  • alquilar - to rent
  • amor - love
  • arrestar - to arrest
  • capturar - to capture
  • crimen - crime
  • criminal - criminal
  • crítico(a) - critic
  • detective - detective
  • enamorarse - to fall in love
  • enamorado(a) de - in love with
  • estrella - star
  • extraterrestre - alien
  • fascinar - to fascinate
  • fracaso - failure
  • galán - leading man
  • he visto - I have seen
  • has visto - you have seen
  • ladrón, ladrona - thief
  • matar - to kill
  • película de acción - action film
  • ¿Qué tal es...? - How is...?
  • recomendar - to recommend
  • robar - to rob , to steal
  • será - he/she/it will be
  • tener éxito - to succeed, to be successful
  • tratar de - to be about
  • víctima - victim
  • violencia - violence

Note: Criminal, detective, and extraterrestre are either masculine or feminine nouns. Recomendar has a stem-change of e to ie.

Making movies

  • actuación - acting
  • argumento - plot
  • dirección - direction
  • director, directora - director
  • efectos especiales - special effects
  • escena - scene
  • estar basado(a) - to be based on
  • papel - role
  • hacer el papel de - to play the role of
  • personaje principal - main character

Other words

  • no...todavía - not yet

Indirect object pronouns

Verbs like aburrir, doler, encantar, fascinar, gustar, importar, and molestar are verbs that use indirect object pronouns. These verbs all use the structure: indrect object pronoun + verb + subject.

examples: Les encantan los efectos especiales en la película.
Nos aburre mucho esa película.

A + a noun or pronoun is often used with the verbs above for emphasis or clarification. The pronouns must agree with and clarify the indirect object pronoun.

  • me - me
  • te - you (singular)
  • le - him, her, you (formal)
  • nos - we
  • os - you (plural)
  • les - them, you (formal/plural)

examples: A mí me importan mucho los efectos especiales en una película.
A Juana le fascinan las películas de acción.