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'Transitive' link verbs

B1Word Order · lesson 34 of 69

_Transitive link verb_ is not an official term. I only invented it to show the types of [complements](#/lesson/WordOrder.31) you can encounter in a Dutch sentence.

Apart from the link verbs above, we can distinguish transitive link verbs. Instead of linking a qualification (complement) to the subject, they connect the complement to the direct object. Or better, they let the subject connect a qualification to the direct object, e.g. "Ik vind haar mooi" (I find her pretty). "Mooi" does not say anything about the subject, but about the direct object. '

_Vinden_ (to find) and _noemen_ (to call) are probably the most common transitive link verbs.

Examples

[FF](#/lesson/WordOrder.04) | [DIROB'](#/lesson/WordOrder.07) | - | [LINK](#/lesson/WordOrder.32) | [OV](#/lesson/WordOrder.24)

Ik vind | haar | - | best aardig | --

I quite like her.

[FF](#/lesson/WordOrder.04) | [DIROB'](#/lesson/WordOrder.07) | - | [LINK](#/lesson/WordOrder.32) | [OV](#/lesson/WordOrder.24)

We noemen | haar | - | Loesje | --

We call her Loesje.

The link verb Place of the direct object
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