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37 - Transitive and intransitive verbs/Verbos transitivos e intransitivos

from Part III

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2012

R. E. Batchelor
Affiliation:
University of Nottingham
Miguel Ángel San José
Affiliation:
Universidad de Valladolid, Spain
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Transitive verbs

Below is a humorous piece of Spanish illustrating the use of transitive verbs. The passage describes a housewife caught between divorce and murdering the dog.

Todos los días compro el periódico; eso no significa que lo lea porque debo trasportar a mis hijos al colegio, preparar la comida, tomar lecciones de francés, limpiar la vajilla (dishes), en fin, realizar mil y una tareas que a veces me abruman (overwhelm). Para aliviar la tensión que me produce la rutina, troto todos los días varios kilómetros, aunque a veces, mientras lo hago, me asaltan miedos absurdos, como que alguien me persigue. Cuando se lo cuento a mi marido, se burla de mí diciéndome ya no estoy para que me persiga nadie (no one would be interested enough in me to run after me).

Con este ambiente, no logro reducir mis preocupaciones, especialmente cuando al regresar a casa habré de realizar una tarea ingrata que me produce náuseas, ya que todos los días paseo a nuestro perrito Chuchi. Este animal es la mascota de mis hijos pero, aunque es de ellos, lo cuido yo. Es un chucho (mongrel) obeso, y el veterinario ha prescrito que debe andar cuatro kilómetros diarios que se niega a hacer, si no es conmigo. Ya no sé si asesinar al perro o divorciarme de mi familia.

A transitive verb has a subject – an actor who or which acts directly upon some person or thing – and an object – someone or something that suffers the action of the subject.

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Print publication year: 2010

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