Lesson 33– الدَّرْسُ الثَّالِثُ وَالثَّلاثُونَ

Transitive and Intransitive Verbs – الفِعْلُ المُتَعَدِّي والْفِعْلُ اللازِمُ

Cases of transitive verbs – أَنْوَاعُ الْفِعْلِ الْمُتَعَدِّي

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• We have already learnt that the Arabic intransitive verb does not have a direct object. Here we will discuss in detail the cases of the Arabic transitive verbs, as follows:
1. Transitive verbs with one direct object.
2. Transitive verbs with two direct objects.
3. Transitive verbs with three direct objects.

• The examples above show that there are three cases of the transitive verb:

A.   Transitive verb with one direct object:

• For example the verb كَتَبَ must be accompanied by a doer who writes, a student for instance, and something that is writing, the homework for example, then the sentence will be: كَتَبَ الطَّالِبُ الدَّرْسَ. The same also applies to the example:  لَبِسَ مُحَمَّدٌ الثُّوْبَ. The verb لَبِسَ must have a doer who puts on the clothes, i.e. Muhammad, and something that is dressed, i.e. the clothes. This type of verb is very common in Arabic. View the following of examples on the transitive verb with one direct object:

B.   Transitive verbs with two objects:

•  The second case is that the transitive verb has two direct objects, as in the following example:

• In this example, the action of the verb “أَعْطَى” affects two objects, namely “Muhammad” and “a book” in this example.
• Study the following similar examples of transitive verbs with two objects:

C.   Transitive verbs with three objects:

•  The third case, which is rare in Arabic, is when a transitive verb has three objects. This verb is usually formed by prefixing the verbs that has two objects with a hamza. This rule can be summed up as follows:

• Examples:

• View the following examples: