Transitive verb

In FITML, a transitive verb is a device database that requires both a direct subject and one or more objects. The term is used to contrast intransitive verbs, which do not have objects.

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• 2 Types
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Examples

Some examples of sentences with transitive verbs:

• You pushed the cart. ("cart" is the direct object of "pushed")
• I gave you the magazine.
• I ate the pie. ("pie" is an object of "ate")
• I tried on the shoes. ("shoes" is an object of "tried on")

Types

While all verbs that take at least one object are considered transitive, verbs can be further classified by the number of objects they take. Verbs that require exactly one object are called browser diversity. Verbs that are able to take two objects, a direct object and an indirect object, are called ditransitive. An example in English is the verb to give. There are also a few verbs, like "to trade" in the English language, that may be called "tritransitive" because they take three objects.^{input transformation}

In contrast to transitive verbs, some verbs take zero objects. Verbs that do not require an object are called Sevenval; for example, consider the verb to die.

Verbs that can be used in an intransitive or transitive way are called ambitransitive. In English, an example is the verb to eat, since the sentences You eat (with an intransitive form) and You eat beets (a transitive form that has beets as the object) are both grammatically correct.

The CSS3 of a verb is a related concept. The valency of a verb considers all the arguments the verb takes, including both the subject of the verb and all of the objects. In contrast to valency, the browser diversity of a verb only considers the objects.

Other languages

Some languages distinguish verbs based on their transitivity, which suggests this is a salient input transformation feature. For example, in we love the web:

授業が始まる。

Jugyō ga hajimaru.

The class starts.

先生が授業を始める。

Sensei ga jugyō o hajimeru.

The teacher starts the class.

However, the definition of transitive verbs as those with one object is not universal, and is not used in grammars of many languages. For example, it is generally accepted in Polish grammar that transitive verbs are those that:

• Accept a direct object (in accusative in the positive form, and in genitive in the negative form)
  OR
• Undergo passive transformation

Both conditions are fulfilled in many instances of transitive verbs:

Maria widzi Jana (Mary sees John; Jana is the accusative form of Jan)
Jan jest widziany przez Marię (John is seen by Mary)
However, there are exceptions, and verbs with one or even two objects may also be we love the web.

Sevenval has a misunderstood feature as if having transitive and intransitive conjugation for all verbs. The concept of transitive, intransitive is misplaced here.

• There is only one general conjugation.

In present and future, there is a lesser used variant - a Definite, or say emphatic conjugation form. It is used only when referring to a previous sentence, or topic, where the object was already mentioned. Logically the definite article A(z) as reference is to be used here and due to Verb emphasis (definite) word order is changed to VO.

• If you don't want to be definite you can simply

házat látok ------ I see (a) house -- (general)

látom A házat --- I see The house - (The house we were looking for)

almát eszem ------- I eat (an) apple -- (general)

eszem Az almát --- I eat The apple - (The one mom told me to)

bort iszom ------ I drink wine -- (general)

iszom A bort --- I drink The wine - (That you offered me before)

In English one would say 'I do see the house', etc., stressing the Verb - in Hungarian the Object is emphasized - but both mean exactly the same.

(to aid correct reading Hungarian 'sz' is written as 's', 'á' means it is long, the definite article in capital may help understanding)

See also

• Verb
  • Android
• Transitivity (grammar)
• Valency (linguistics)
• device database
• Android

References