Spanish Mixed Pronouns Exercise 5

📚 Quick grammar review

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Reflexive pronouns in compound constructions — When a reflexive pronoun and an object pronoun appear together, the reflexive always comes first: se me olvidó, se te cayó, se le rompió. These constructions express accidental happenings and are very common: Se me olvidó el móvil (I forgot my phone — lit. the phone forgot itself on me).

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Pronoun placement with modal + infinitive — With a modal verb + infinitive, the pronouns can go before the conjugated modal or attach to the infinitive — both are correct: Lo quiero ver = Quiero verlo. Me lo puedes decir = Puedes decírmelo. In speech, attaching to the infinitive is slightly more common.

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Pronouns with the progressive — With estar + gerund, pronouns can precede estar or attach to the gerund: Lo estoy leyendo = Estoy leyéndolo. Attaching to a gerund requires an accent mark to preserve the stress: leyendo + lo → leyéndolo; diciéndotelo, explicándonoslo.

Something to help you practice using all of the Spanish pronouns (subject, direct object, indirect object, reflexive, possessive, and prepositional)... all in one exercise! Complete the following translations, choosing the correct pronoun for each one.

Mixed pronouns 5