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In a sentence, if the letter L occurs as the first letter of both the indirect object pronoun (le, les) and the direct object pronoun (lo, las, los, las), the indirect object pronoun is changed to se.
le lo ---> se lo
 Ahora mismo se lo traigo.
Right now I am bringing it to him.
le la ---> se la
Juan se la presta.
Juan loans it to her.
le lo ---> se lo
El anciano se lo manda.
The elderly man sends it to him.
les los ---> se los
El hombre se los da.
The man gives them to them.
les las ---> se las
Claro, se las cambio.
Of course, I change them for her.
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Luis: Oye, Antonio, ¿por qué no le pides la bicicleta a tu hermano?
Hey, Antonio, why don't you ask your brother for the bike?
Antonio: ¿Y por qué no se la pides tú?
And why don't you ask him?
Luis: Porque a mí no me la deja.
Because he won't let me.
Antonio: Ah, tú sigues teniéndole miedo .
Ah, you're still afraid of him.
Luis: Hombre, claro, es tan bruto ... Uno le dice algo de buenas maneras y él es capaz de contestar con una bofetada . (Juan, el hermano de Antonio, se ríe.) ¿De qué te ríes?
Man, of course, he's so brutish... You say something to him in a good manner and he's capable of answering with a slap on the face . (Juan, Antonio's brother, laughs.) What are you laughing at?
Juan: Me río de ti. ¿Por qué no me dices a mí lo que le estás diciendo a mi hermano? ¿Te doy miedo?
I laugh at you. Why don't you tell me what you're telling my brother? I scare you?
Luis: No, no... Bueno, pues, si no te sirve la bicicleta, ¿por qué no me la prestas?
No, no... Well, if the bike doesn't work for you, why don't you lend it to me?
Juan: Claro que te la presto, si no sales del parque, porque si te ve mi padre, seguro que me riñe .
Of course I'll lend it to you, if you don't leave the park, because if my father sees you, I'm sure he'll scold me.
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