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Espanol I U5 Indirect Object Pronouns

Change the personal pronoun to an Indirect object pronoun.

Me – Te – Le – Nos – Les

1. Yo y Ella __________ 11. Jessie __________

2. Tú y El __________ 12. Ellos y yo _________

3. Ud. __________ 13. Ron __________

4. El Maestro __________ 14. Ustedes _______

5. Ella __________ 15. Yo y ellos __________

6. Nosotros __________ 16. La tia _________

7. Ellos y Ellas __________ 17. Las profesoras _________

8. Ustedes y yo __________ 18. Pamela y yo _________

9. Ellos __________ 19. El hermano __________

10. Rodolfo y Ud. __________ 20. Santiago __________

All the examples have nouns of the same gender/number on both ends of the sentence. What if it was "Maria es igual de alt_ que los gemelos"? Is it "alta" because Maria, or is "altos" because "los gemelos"?

Just want to mention that there are a few spacing errors that make identifiers show up in the wrong place.  Ex:  Ella no quiere que nosotros comamos tan rápido. (present subjunctive)

She doesn't want us to eat so fast.

If I understand this correctly,(always a big "if") I think you should make reference to any irregularities in the ending.  E.g., first person singular ends in "e" and third person has no accent.  Maybe there are others.

Once I was in a store here in Mexico and the clerk asked me if I wanted a “canastilla”.  I didn’t know what she meant until she brought me a plastic shopping basket.  My Mexican friends laughed when I said that I would have understood “canastita”.  I still don’t know a rule for when to use -illa.  I do know that “ventanilla” is the word for the small airplane window so I’m guessing that in general the “-illa” suffix is used for physically small things and not for any of the other uses.

 But the suffix -it@ is used a lot.  “Cafecito” is a common word and there are even restaurants that are named “El Cafecito”.  A Spanish teacher once told me that the Mexicans used to use diminutives in order to set themselves apart from the Conquistadores, who made demanding, forceful requests.  

I don't seem to be getting this lesson. I freely admit there are things above my head. When I just don't get it, I want to move on to other things (to stay motivated) hoping sometime in the future I'll get it then. Sadly, I am stuck on a subject that I won't even use much as a beginner. I'd like to skip it.  Just my opinion. Thanks. 

Can "esto" be used as a demonstrative pronoun?  For example, esto libro?

I'm confused about the use of imperfect tense (éramos) in this sentence below, rather than preterite (fuimos). I understand the knocking on the door as a specific, completed action that took place at a specific point in time, which I understand as characteristic of preterite (We knocked on the door/It was us who knocked on the door.). I understand the use of imperfect to discuss ongoing, continuous actions, so I'm confused in this example, because a knock is not an ongoing action that continues over time. I'm sure I'm missing something in my understanding; I'd appreciate some advice! Gracias!

Éramos nosotros los que llamamos a la puerta.

It would be nice to have translation at the end.