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Yes, an indirect object can come before a direct object in a sentence. For example: "She gave him the book." Here, "him" is the indirect object and "the book" is the direct object.
An indirect object typically appears before the direct object in a sentence and answers the question "to whom" or "for whom" the action is being done. For example, in the sentence "Laura gave Alex a book," "Alex" is the indirect object as the recipient of the action of giving.
Miss Ortiz gave the senator your report on Washington apples.The senator is the indirect object. The indirect object always goes before the direct object. The indirect object can also be made into a phrase using to or for egMiss Ortiz gave your report on Washington apples to the senator
When doing indirect object replacement you can either place the indirect object before a conjugated verb or connected to the end of an infinitive, or participle. In this case, the verb phrase is "Quiero comprarles" and the indirect object is connected to the end of the infinitive. An alternative placement would be before the conjugated verb "Les quiero comprar".
indirect object
A direct object directly receives the action of the verb, while an indirect object is affected by the action indirectly. To identify the direct object, ask "what?" or "whom?" after the verb. To identify the indirect object, ask "to whom?" or "for whom?" after the verb.
indirect object
The indirect object in the sentence is "it." It is the recipient of the direct object "spent," which is an action being done to the indirect object.
"You" can be either a direct or indirect object: It is a direct object in "I want to kiss you." It is an indirect object in "Henry is going to give you the tickets."
In the sentence 'you have her a surprise gift', 'her' is an indirect object. 'Gift' is the direct object in that sentence.
The direct object is "you"; the indirect object (I believe) is "this".
A compound indirect object is more than one indirect object. "We gave Martha and Bob many presents." ("presents" is the direct object, "Martha and Bob" is the compound indirect object)