Transitive Verb Definition

Every verb that accepts one or multiple

objects in a grammatical structure, more often than not a sentence, is called a transitive verb.

Like any other thing in nature or in grammar,
transitive verbs have their opposite mirror image,
the intransitive verbs.

These types of verbs have a long tradition.
They were first discovered and regularly used in ancient times.

The first grammarian or philosophical school that studied them and used them regularly were the Stoics of Ancient Rome and Athens.

Those are verbs that do have objects in their grammatical structures.

A basic example of a verb discussed above would be:
👉My mother took me to the ZOO last week

Based on the number of objects that they need, they can be separated into a few categories.

Types of Transitive Verbs

1️⃣Monotransitive Verbs
***only comes with two arguments, a subject, and a direct object
👉They are maintaining a romantic relationship

2️⃣Ditransitive Verbs
***come with two arguments, or two objects, one direct and one indirect are called ditransitive verbs
👉The bank granted him a massive loan.
👉He is baking Ronda something delicious.
👉I am mailing my girlfriend the romantic poetry I wrote for her.

This type of verb can also come in a lot of passive voice sentences.
👉The toys were given to us by the Red Cross

Another kind of ditransitive verb is the attributive ditransitive verb. These kinds of verbs attribute a single object to each other.
👉We will name her Sarah, after her late grandmother.

3️⃣Tritransitive Verbs
***have three objects in their grammatical structures
***this type of verb structure uses, an indirect, a direct and a prepositional phrase to form this type of structure.
👉I will trade you my share in the company for your share in the hotel business out west.
👉I bet that you that he will not accomplish the task at hand.