Quiero prepararles un desayuno con fruta a mis padres.

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Breakdown of Quiero prepararles un desayuno con fruta a mis padres.

• querer: to want
• un: a
• mi: my

Questions & Answers about Quiero prepararles un desayuno con fruta a mis padres.

Why does the sentence use both les and a mis padres? Don’t they both mean to my parents?

Yes, they refer to the same people, and that is completely normal in Spanish.

This is called clitic doubling:

• les = the indirect object pronoun
• a mis padres = the full indirect object phrase

So:

• Quiero prepararles un desayuno...
• Quiero preparar un desayuno a mis padres...

In natural Spanish, especially with people, it is very common to use both:

• Quiero prepararles un desayuno a mis padres.

The pronoun les helps the sentence sound more natural and clearly marks my parents as the people receiving the breakfast.

Why is it les and not los or las?