Ditransitive verbs have three arguments.
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Ditransitive
Synonyms for "ditransitive" (3 found)
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7 entriesTranslations
12 translations across 12 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- مُتَعَدٍّ إِلَى مَفْعُولَينَ adj (having both a direct and indirect object — see also ditransitive verb)
Breton
1 entries- daoudranzitivel adj (having both a direct and indirect object — see also ditransitive verb)
Finnish
1 entries- ditransitiivinen adj (having both a direct and indirect object — see also ditransitive verb)
French
1 entries- bitransitif adj (having both a direct and indirect object — see also ditransitive verb)
Georgian
1 entries- ორპირიანი adj (having both a direct and indirect object — see also ditransitive verb)
Greek
1 entries- δίπτωτος adj (having both a direct and indirect object — see also ditransitive verb)
Korean
1 entries- 이중 타동사 adj (having both a direct and indirect object — see also ditransitive verb)
Persian
1 entries- دوگذرا adj (having both a direct and indirect object — see also ditransitive verb)
Polish
1 entries- dwuprzechodni adj (having both a direct and indirect object — see also ditransitive verb)
Russian
1 entries- двуперехо́дный adj (having both a direct and indirect object — see also ditransitive verb)
Spanish
1 entries- ditransitivo adj (having both a direct and indirect object — see also ditransitive verb)
Swedish
1 entries- ditransitiv adj (having both a direct and indirect object — see also ditransitive verb)
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So far, we have considered only transitive Verbs which take a single NP Complement. However, there are a subset of transitive Verbs (known as ditransitive Verbs) which can take two NP Complements, as illustrated in (16) below (where the NP Complements are bracketed): (16) (a) John gave [Mary] [a present] (16) (b) The postman handed [me] [a parcel] (16) (c) He showed [her] [his credentials] (16) (d) He sent [his mother] [some flowers] (16) (e) Never promise [anyone] [anything] The relevant subcategorisation frame for Verbs used in this construction will be [— NP NP], indicating that they can take two NP Complements.
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