Unit 139 Guidebook: talk about office work, use object pronouns


KEY PHRASES

Talk about office work

¿Sigues trabajando en la misma oficina donde te conocí?
Are you still working in the same office where I met you?
, llevo diez años trabajando en esa compañía.
Yes, I've been working at that company for ten years.

La reunión terminó, pero ellos siguen discutiendo.
The meeting ended, but they're still arguing.

¿Continuamos hablando sobre el proyecto?
Should we continue talking about the project?

Está ayudándolas a traducir un documento al español.
He's helping them translate a document into Spanish.

Estoy enseñándoles cómo funciona el nuevo software.
I'm showing them how the new software works.
TIP

Let's talk about Pronouns!

When you want to use le and lo next to each other, le becomes se. It's the same with other combinations of le/les and lo/la/los/las.​​

Ana le compra chaquetas. Ana se las compra.​
Juan les compra un carro. Juan se lo compra.

When there are two verbs in a sentence, like in estoy comprando, you can put words like se and lo before the first verb or after the second one, but not in between!​​

Yo se lo estoy comprando.​
Yo estoy comprándoselo.

Notice the different placement of words like te, me, lo and so on in the two types of commands!

Señor, cómpremelas, por favor.
Señor, no me las compre, por favor.