All prayeron It’s formed by subject and predicate, but in this second part in addition to the verb we can find different types of verb complements. Some may be mandatory while others will serve to add information, but they will not be essential. At the time of do a parsing, we will have to know them and know what role they play within the sentence, so at OneHowTo we want to make the task easier for you and we explain in detail what are the verbal complements.
Direct Plugin (CD)
The Transitive verbs are those that require a direct complement -also known as a direct object- to make sense, so this verbal complement will appear in numerous sentences. It can be headed by the preposition “a” if it refers to people and the pronouns that replace it are “lo / la / los / las”.
Likewise, to detect direct complements we can pass the phrase to passive and this will become the subject.
Examples of direct plugins:
- I was watching a movie when you called. -> The I was watching when you called.
- Luisa found herself a five euro bill. -> Luisa it he found.
- We wait your brother -> It we wait.
If you want to deepen on this topic, in a teacher you will find an explanation about the verb complements and its use in Spanish.
Indirect complement (CI)
The indirect complements -u indirect objects- specify who receives the verbal action, both with transitive and intransitive verbs. They are always introduced by the preposition “a” and the pronominal substitution is by “le / les”.
Examples of indirect complements:
- My mother gives money to my brother weekly. -> My mother you give money every week.
- I told the teacher how it had happened -> You I told how it happened.
Attribute plugin (Atr)
In the case of attribute pluginsThey can only appear in sentences with copulative verbs, that is, with “to be, to be and to seem”. And it is that this attribute specifies in the predicate qualities of the subject, agreeing on gender and number.
They are generally adjectives or adjectival phrases that should not be confused with other verbal complements such as circumstantial mode or direct complements. The pronoun with which the attributes are substituted is “lo”.
Examples of attribute plugins:
- Maria is German. -> Maria it it is.
- The dog is tired. -> The dog it is.
- Your parents seem angry. -> Your parents it they look like.
Predicative complement (Pred / Pvo)
Very similar to the previous one, the predicative complement It is also used to designate qualities of the subject but in this case with predicative verbs, those that are not copulative. For this reason, it also agrees in gender and number with the subject, unlike the circumstantial complement so that it may be similar but it will not agree.
Examples of predicative complements:
- They listened attentive what you explained to them.
- My sister came busy.
Verbal Regimen Complement (CRV)
Some verbs rule a preposition, that is, to make sense they need a verbal complement headed by a preposition: the verbal regime complement. In many cases, these are pronominal verbs, although they can also be other types of verb.
If we remove the preposition, we will see how the sentence will lose its meaning, even if we replace them with the corresponding tonic personal pronoun: “he / she / it”.
Examples of verbal regime complements:
- Remember from the books! -> Remember of it!
- I don’t get used to it not to see you. -> I don’t get used to it thereto.
- Story with Marta. -> Story with her.
Circumstantial complement (CC)
Among the verbal complements, the circumstantial ones also stand out, those that specify in what circumstances the verbal action takes place. There are many types of circumstantial complement: place, time, mode, instrument, company … so you can find them all explained in our article what are the circumstantial accessories.
Any circumstantial element can be eliminated from the sentence without losing its meaning, it is not a mandatory verbal complement but it is necessary to expand the information.
Examples of circumstantial complements:
- Mary will arrive at 10 pm.
- Leave the keys on the table.
- I’ll cut ham with the new knife.
Agent Complement (CAg)
The agent add-ons They are only found in passive sentences, since it is who develops the action. If we turn the sentence to active, the agent complement will become the subject of the sentence, that is why we can find them with transitive verbs and always introduced by the preposition “by”.
Examples of agent plugin:
- The text was corrected by the teacher -> The teacher corrected the text.
- My grandfather was known for all in the neighborhood -> Everybody they knew my grandfather in the neighborhood.
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