Note the prayer below:
Pedro likes chocolate.
If we interrupted the prayer in the verb, see how the meaning of the utterance would be compromised:
Peter likes...
This is because the type of verb contained in this sentence needs a complement to give it meaning. So, with this interruption, we are led to question the verb:
Peter likes of what?
See that the verb uses a preposition (in) to relate to its complement:
Peter likes inchocolate.
Verbs that need complements are called transitives. If these verbs establish the relationship with their complement through a preposition, they are called indirect transitive verbs and its complement is the indirect object. In this way, we can conceptualize:
Do not stop now... There's more after the advertising ;)
O indirect object is an integral term of the sentence that complements the meaning of a indirect transitive verb.
The indirect object can be expressed by:
The) Substantive or noun word:
Maria likes in song.
B) Pronoun (substantive):
The teachers dialogued with they.
ç) Numeral:
the ball belonged to the three.
d) Prayer:
you doubt of what I will be approved?
Attention! When the indirect object is expressed by oblique personal pronouns me, te, you, us, you, them and by the reflective if,he not will be prepositioned.
they askedme to prepare the meeting room.
By Mariana Rigonatto
Graduated in Letters
Would you like to reference this text in a school or academic work? Look:
RIGONATTO, Mariana. "What is an indirect object?"; Brazil School. Available in: https://brasilescola.uol.com.br/o-que-e/portugues/o-que-e-objeto-indireto.htm. Accessed on July 27, 2021.
