Transitive vs. Intransitive verb pairs! J


Transitive verbs need an object

 (e.g. Set SOMETHING on the table).

Intransitive verbs cannot take an object.


As in Czech, sometimes the difference is only the interior vowel.


Intransitive : Lie (ležet) – lay – lain

Transitive: Lay (položit) – laid – laid

[Lie (lhat) – lied – lied]


Intransitive: Sit (sedět) – sat – sat

Transitive: Set (položit/umístit) – set – set


Intransitive: Rise (zvýšit se) – rose - risen

Transitive: Raise (zvýšit/zvedat) – raised – raised


Intransitive: Fall (padat) – fell - fallen

Transitive: Fell (kácet-) – felled – felled

[Feel (citit) – felt – felt]