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* Il parle avec lui | * Il parle avec lui | ||
He talks with him | <blockquote>He talks with him</blockquote> | ||
* Jean récite un poème | * Jean récite un poème | ||
John recites a poem | <blockquote>John recites a poem</blockquote>We call [[Language/French/Grammar/Transitive-and-Intransitive-Verbs|intransitive verb]] on the contrary a verb that has no object complement. The meaning of the intransitive verb then only concerns the subject. Some verbs are by nature always intransitive: aller, arriver, courir, venir, pleurer, nager, voyager... | ||
We call [[Language/French/Grammar/Transitive-and-Intransitive-Verbs|intransitive verb]] on the contrary a verb that has no object complement. The meaning of the intransitive verb then only concerns the subject. Some verbs are by nature always intransitive: aller, arriver, courir, venir, pleurer, nager, voyager... | |||
* Il a neigé pendant des jours. | * Il a neigé pendant des jours. | ||
It snowed for days. | <blockquote>It snowed for days.</blockquote> | ||
* Il a déjà mangé. | * Il a déjà mangé. | ||
He has already eaten. | <blockquote>He has already eaten.</blockquote> | ||
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Transitive/Intransitive Verbs
We call transitive verb a verb that is accompanied by an object complement. A verb is said to be transitive direct when it is a direct object complement and transitive indirect when it is an indirect object complement. In the latter case, we often have a preposition (à, de, par, pour, sans, sur...).
- Il parle avec lui
He talks with him
- Jean récite un poème
John recites a poem
We call intransitive verb on the contrary a verb that has no object complement. The meaning of the intransitive verb then only concerns the subject. Some verbs are by nature always intransitive: aller, arriver, courir, venir, pleurer, nager, voyager...
- Il a neigé pendant des jours.
It snowed for days.
- Il a déjà mangé.
He has already eaten.