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WORD GRAMMAR
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Verb
- Conjugation in indicative
- Person and number
- Tenses
- Voice
- Mood
- Verb categories
- Valency
- Semantic categories of verbs
- Finite / non-finite verb forms
- Noun
- Adjective
- Adverb
- Article
- Pronoun
- Preposition
- Conjunction
- Particle
- Interjection
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Verb
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SENTENCE GRAMMAR
- Clause types
- Complex clauses
- Constituents of a sentence
- Sentence structure
- Word order in a sentence
- Negation
Transitive/intransitive verbs
CA116
Verbs that can or must have an accusative object are called transitive verbs.
Examples | |
the verb must have an accusative object | Paul braucht Geld. |
Sandra liebt ihre Kinder sehr. | |
Er schenkt ihr Blumen. | |
the verb can have an accusative object* | Monika isst (eine Pizza). |
Sie singt (ein deutsches Lied). | |
Hast du schon (die Rechnung) bezahlt? |
* There are many transitive verbs that can form a comprehensive sentence without an accusative object.
CA116A
Verbs that cannot have an accusative object as an argument are called intransitive verbs.
An intransitive verb can have: no arguments, an argument in the dative or genitive, a prepositional object or an adverbial.
argument | Examples |
no arguments | Er schläft. |
dative object | Du folgst nicht dem Rat deiner Eltern. |
genitive object | Ich bedarf deines Rates. |
prepositional object | Sie achtet auf ihre Figur. |
adverbial | Das Bild hängt an der Wand. |