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El abuelo pidió unas prendas; por favor, dáselas.

El abuelo pidió unas prendas; por favor, dáselas.
The grandfather asked for some garments; please, give them to him.
From Lesson 273:Double object pronouns (se lo, se la)·Spanish (Latin America)

Questions & Answers about El abuelo pidió unas prendas; por favor, dáselas.

Why is it dáselas instead of dálelas?
When you have an indirect object pronoun (le or les) followed directly by a direct object pronoun starting with the letter L (lo, la, los, las), the first pronoun changes to se. This avoids the awkward sound of "le las". Here, se means "to him" (the grandfather) and las means "them" (the garments, unas prendas).
Why are the pronouns se and las attached to the end of the verb da?
With affirmative commands (telling someone to do something), object pronouns must be attached directly to the end of the verb. Since this is an affirmative command meaning "give!", the pronouns attach to da to form one single word: dáselas.
Why does dáselas have a written accent mark?
When we attach pronouns to the end of a command, we add extra syllables to the word. We add a written accent to keep the spoken stress on the original verb. The natural stress of the command falls on da, so we write an accent mark over it to ensure it stays there even after adding -selas.
Why is the verb pidió instead of "pedió"?
Pidió comes from the verb pedir (to ask for). It is an "-ir" verb with a stem change. In the preterite tense (the past tense used for completed actions), these verbs change their "e" to an "i" in the third-person forms (he/she/it/they). So, "he asked" becomes pidió.

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