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Encyclopedia > Ditransitive

In grammar, a ditransitive verb is a verb which takes a subject and two objects (normally a direct object and an indirect object). Some examples involving ditransitive verbs include:

  • He gave Mary ten dollars
  • He passed Paul the ball
  • Jean read him the books
  • She is baking him a cake


These sentences can be written alternately with a preposition as:

  • He gave ten dollars to Mary
  • He passed the ball to Paul
  • Jean read the books to him
  • She is baking a cake for him


In some cases the first form sounds wrong or at least unusual:

  • He gave me it vs. He gave it to me
  • I reported you the problem vs. I reported the problem to you

And in some cases the second form sounds wrong:

  • Give me a chance vs. Give a chance to me
  • Let's catch us some fish vs. Let's catch some fish for us

Most of these rules are arbitrary and are learnt only with experience by native speakers.


Many ditransitive verbs have a passive voice form which can take a direct object. Contrast the active and two forms of the passive:

  • Jean gave the books to him
  • The books were given to him by Jean
  • He was given the books by Jean

See also transitive verb and intransitive verb.


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ditransitive - Search Results - MSN Encarta (151 words)
In grammar, a ditransitive verb is a verb which takes a subject and two objects.
Ditransitive Verbs - Definition of 'Ditransitive Verbs' from our glossary of English linguistic and...
A Ditransitive Verb is one that takes both a direct object and an indirect object
[Creolica] Articles publiés (3833 words)
By ditransitive constructions we mean constructions with verbs of transfer like 'give', 'send', 'show' which require two objects, a Recipient (or receiver) and a Theme (or patient), i.e.
Before we show examples with ditransitive constructions, we should mention the fact that in spontaneous texts – and this is not only the case in creoles – one has to look hard to find constructions with two overtly expressed objects.
We divide ditransitive constructions into three major types, depending on the similarities of the Recipient and Theme arguments with the Patient of the monotransitive clause.
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