📖LearnModule 12 · Lesson 12 of 30Proficient User · CEFR C1, completedUnit 3 · La frase cuidada
Los pronombres enclíticos
Module 12 of the free Spanish course (CEFR C1, completed), lesson 12 of 30: Object pronouns attach to the end of an infinitive, a gerundio and an affirmative command. On this page: 8 words with their genders and respellings, the rule, a watch-out line, the conjugation table and the audio — the study notes behind the workbook's QR.
The words
Spanish
English
Say it
díjole
he said to him (archaic)
DEE-hoh-leh
dámelo
give it to me
DAH-meh-loh
diciéndoselo
telling it to him
dee-SYEHN-doh-seh-loh
entregar
to hand in, to deliver
ehn-treh-GAR
el pronombre enclítico
the attached pronoun
ehl proh-NOHM-breh ehn-KLEE-tee-koh
arcaico
archaic
ar-KEYE-koh
el acento gráfico
the written accent
ehl ah-SEHN-toh GRAH-fee-koh
unido al verbo
attached to the verb
oo-NEE-doh ahl BEHR-boh
Respellings follow the course’s say-it key; the stressed syllable is in capitals. Print this lesson’s flashcards (PDF) — the words on the front, the English and respelling on the back.
La regla · The rule
Object pronouns attach to the end of an infinitive, a gerundio and an affirmative command, and the written accent keeps the stress where it was: dámelo, diciéndoselo, entrégueselo. Written Spanish of a century ago attached them to any verb: díjole, contestóle — read it, never write it.
Y también · And also
The rule for the accent is mechanical: count the syllables from the end. dame + lo = dámelo (stress three from the end, so an accent). Two pronouns go in a fixed order, se before lo: dáselo, never dálose.
Ojo · Watch out
díjole and contestóle are nineteenth-century prose — recognize them as dijo + le, contestó + le, and never produce them. Today the pronoun attaches only to the infinitive, the gerundio and the affirmative command: dámelo, diciéndoselo.
Say all 8 words aloud twice from the respelling, then once from the Spanish spelling alone — begin with díjole.
Copy every word with its accents on paper; then cover the English column and write each meaning back from the Spanish.
Write out entregar, imperativo in full from memory, every person, and check each form against the table above.
This free course is the reading half. The writing half — write-in lessons, daily practice pages with built-in review, self-checks and a full answer key — is the companion workbook series, The Spanish Ladder: one workbook per module, fifteen in all, released band by band with the Basic band (Modules 1–5) first.
Keep these words
Turn this lesson’s words into flashcards, then space your reviews — the two habits the research behind our study guides backs hardest.