You are already familiar with transitive verbs, meaning verbs that require an object.<\/p>\n
Now meet the less known breed called “ditransitive verbs<\/strong>.”<\/p>\n It may sound complicated at first, but once you know what it stands for, it suddenly becomes\u00a0tr\u00e8s facile<\/strong><\/em>:\u00a0As their name says, these are verbs which need one\u00a0direct object<\/strong>\u00a0and one additional object introduced by a\u00a0preposition<\/strong>.<\/p>\n The prefix “di-<\/strong>” in “ditransitive<\/strong>” simply means “two<\/strong>.”<\/p>\n Of course, with a few good examples, things will be much easier to understand.<\/p>\n We’ll give today some of such verbs which go with the preposition “\u00e0<\/strong><\/em>“, equivalent of the English preposition “to<\/strong>“:<\/p>\n Admettre<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0(to accept),\u00a0appeler<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0(to call),\u00a0annoncer<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0(to announce),\u00a0autoriser<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0(to authorize),\u00a0conduire<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0(to drive),\u00a0dire<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0(to tell),\u00a0forcer<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0(to force),\u00a0inviter<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0(to invite),\u00a0obliger<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0(to oblige),\u00a0rendre<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0(to return),\u00a0sugg\u00e9rer\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>(to suggest.)<\/p>\n Here is how these verbs can be used in French sentences:<\/p>\n \u2192\u00a0Fore more French grammar on the Transparent French Blog, read:<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" You are already familiar with transitive verbs, meaning verbs that require an object. Now meet the less known breed called “ditransitive verbs.” It may sound complicated at first, but once you know what it stands for, it suddenly becomes\u00a0tr\u00e8s facile:\u00a0As their name says, these are verbs which need one\u00a0direct object\u00a0and one additional object introduced by…<\/p>\n\n
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