What is the transitivity of the verb
What is the transitivity of the verb
All verbs in Russian are characterized withpoint of view of such a lexical-grammatical category as transitivity. Transitivity / intransitivity characterizes the verbal action in relation to the object.
Transitive and intransitive verbs
Verbs in Russian can be divided into 2 large semantic types:
1) designating an action that changes to an object and changes it;
2) denoting an action that is self-contained and does not pass to an object.
The first type includes the verbs of creation, destruction, many verbs of speech and thought, for example: to build, grow, educate; break, smash, destroy; say, think, feel.
The second type combines verbs expressing a certain state. Examples: lying, sitting, sleeping, feeling.
Similar semantics of verbs is formed in the form region using the category of transitivity.
Verbs denoting an action passing to an object, and combined with a form of accusative without a preposition, are called transitive.
Verbs that are incapable of denoting an action that passes to an object, and which do not combine with the accusative case without a preposition, are intransitive.
Examples: Tatyana wrote Onegin a letter. The verb "wrote" is transitional.
He gloriously writes, translates. Verbs "write", "translate", denoting the ability to some action, are intransitive.
Transitivity is a lexico-grammatical category, therefore the category is defined strictly by formal features, and not by context.
To the central part of transitive verbs are verbs with negation, combined with the genitive case, for example: not to love literature.
Indirect-transitive verbs
Also indirectly transitive verbs are distinguished, which can be combined with the object not in the genitive or accusative cases, for example: administer the state.
The criterion for distinguishing transitive verbs is their ability to transform into passive participles. Examples: build a house - a built house, drink water - drenching the water.
