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Sometimes the objects of transitive verbs may be omitted. When this happens the object is still understood', but with a general or non-specific interpretation: | Sometimes the objects of transitive verbs may be omitted. When this happens the object is still understood', but with a general or non-specific interpretation: | ||
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* [[Language/French/Grammar/Past-Tense|Past Tense]] | * [[Language/French/Grammar/Past-Tense|Past Tense]] | ||
* [[Language/French/Grammar/Verbs-which-are-directly-transitive-in-French|Verbs which are directly transitive in French]] | * [[Language/French/Grammar/Verbs-which-are-directly-transitive-in-French|Verbs which are directly transitive in French]] | ||
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* [[Language/French/Grammar/How-to-recognize-when-the-start-of-a-relative-clause-is-a-direct-object|How to recognize when the start of a relative clause is a direct object]] | * [[Language/French/Grammar/How-to-recognize-when-the-start-of-a-relative-clause-is-a-direct-object|How to recognize when the start of a relative clause is a direct object]] | ||
* [[Language/French/Grammar/Ditransitive-verbs|Ditransitive verbs]] | * [[Language/French/Grammar/Ditransitive-verbs|Ditransitive verbs]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 13:59, 27 March 2023
Directly transitive verbs without objects
Sometimes the objects of transitive verbs may be omitted. When this happens the object is still understood', but with a general or non-specific interpretation:
French | Translation |
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Clément boit | Clément drinks ('alcohol' understood) |
La vitesse tue | Speed kills ('people' understood) |
Gustave enseigne | Gustave teaches ('pupils' understood) |
Il ne sait pas conduire | He can't drive ('cars' understood) |
On attend | We're waiting ('for something to happen' understood) |
Other Chapters[edit | edit source]
Videos[edit | edit source]
Intermediate #15 #French Verbs transitive directs indirects ...[edit | edit source]
Other Lessons[edit | edit source]
- Past Tense
- Verbs which are directly transitive in French
- Adverbs ending in —ment derived from the feminine form of an adjective
- Intransitive verbs and auxiliary “être”
- Days
- Present Tense
- Nouns that are only masculine or only feminine But may refer to both men and women
- Non specific use of y
- Stressed pronouns used as the object of a preposition
- Talk about Prices
- Masculine Nouns Ending in ée
- Déterminants
- Comparatives and Superlatives
- How to recognize when the start of a relative clause is a direct object
- Ditransitive verbs