📖LearnModule 6 · Lesson 23 of 30Independent User · CEFR B1, first halfUnit 5 · The pronoun machine
Se lo doy — two pronouns together
Module 6 of the free Spanish course (CEFR B1, first half), lesson 23 of 30: Two pronouns can share the slot, and the order is fixed: the TO-person first. 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
se lo doy
I give it to him or her
seh loh DOY
se la traigo
I bring it to her
seh lah TREYE-goh
traer
to bring
trah-EHR
¿me lo prestas?
will you lend it to me?
meh loh PREHS-tahs
prestar
to lend
prehs-TAR
te lo digo
I am telling you (it)
teh loh DEE-goh
nos los dan
they give them to us
nohs lohs DAHN
el orden
the order (sequence)
ehl OHR-dehn
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
Two pronouns can share the slot, and the order is fixed: the TO-person first, the thing second. Me lo prestas (you lend it to me), te lo digo (I tell you it), nos los dan (they give them to us).
Y también · And also
One sound rule changes everything: le + lo would give le lo, and Spanish refuses two l-words together, so le becomes se. Le doy el libro a María — se lo doy. Se la traigo. That se is not reflexive; it is le in disguise.
Ojo · Watch out
le or les before lo, la, los, las becomes se: se lo doy, never le lo doy. And the order never flips: the person first, the thing second — me lo, te la, se los.
traer, presente — the table
yo traigo · tú traes · él/ella/usted trae · nosotros traemos · ustedes traen · ellos/ellas traen
Do it now — on paper
Say all 8 words aloud twice from the respelling, then once from the Spanish spelling alone — begin with se lo doy.
Copy every word with its accents on paper; then cover the English column and write each meaning back from the Spanish.
Write out traer, presente 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.