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Re: Transitive / Intransitive



no it

Ian Wilkinson wrote:

Ok.  Let me see if I have got this straight.

Intransitive - a action verb that has subject but no direct object.
Transitive - a action verb that MUST have an direct object.
linking take predicat nomivate
so:
jIHob
is being intransitive (subject is me verb is yawn)
'e' neH jIH
is transitive (I want it [refering to the previous topic])

Sorry, I know this is bound to annoy some of you as it will seem second
nature to you, but this is just something I never learnt before.

Thanks

'oghwI'

ps is "learnt" intransitive?

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