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indirect object

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indirect object

In grammar, the noun phrase or pronoun that is the indirect recipient of the action of a transitive verb (‘He brought me a flower’). There can be no indirect object without a direct object in the sentence.
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To complicate things even further, indirect object pronouns are usually redundant in Spanish.
The acquisition of psychological-verb alternations in Spanish: two ... by Rubio, Fernando / Academic Exchange Quarterly
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