Editing Intransitive verb (section)

== Other languages ==
In [[Pingelapese language|Pingelapese]], a [[Micronesian language]], intransitive verb sentence structure is often used, with no object attached. There must be a stative or active verb to have an intransitive sentence. A stative verb has a person or an object that is directly influenced by a verb. An active verb has the direct action performed by the subject. The [[word order]] that is most commonly associated with intransitive sentences is [[subject-verb]]. However, [[verb-subject]] is used if the verb is unaccusative or by discourse pragmatics.<ref>{{Cite thesis |last=Hattori|first= Ryoko|publisher=University of Hawaii at Manoa|date=August 2012|degree=PhD in Linguistics |title=Preverbal particles in Pingelapese: A language of Micronesia|id = {{ProQuest|1267150306}}}}</ref>

In [[Tokelauan language|Tokelauan]], the noun phrases used with verbs are required when verbs are placed in groups. Verbs are divided into two major groups. Every verbal sentence must have that structure, which contains a singular noun phrase, without a preposition, called an unmarked noun phrase. Only if a ''ko''-phrase precedes the predicate, that rule may be ignored. The agent is what speakers of the language call the person who is performing the action of the verb. If a noun phrase that starts with the preposition ''e'' is able to express the agent, and the receiving person or thing that the agent is performing the action of the verb to is expressed by a singular noun phrase that lack a preposition, or unmarked noun phrase, the verb is then considered transitive. All other verbs are considered intransitive.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Simona|first1=Ropati|title=Tokelau Dictionary|date=1986|publisher=Office of Tokelau Affairs|location=New Zealand|page=Introduction}}</ref>