Object Complements: The Hidden Structure After Direct Objects
Object complements सीखें — make, call, find, consider, elect जैसे verbs direct object के बाद noun/adjective complement कैसे लेते हैं।
कुछ verbs सिर्फ direct object नहीं लेते; वे object के बाद एक और word/phrase लेते हैं जो object को describe या rename करता है। इसे object complement कहते हैं।
They elected him president. (president = “him” को rename करता है)
The news made me sad. (sad = “me” को describe करता है)
We consider him honest. (honest = object complement)
Object complement sentence की hidden लेकिन important structure है। Exam grammar में यह खासकर adjective/adverb और unnecessary as errors में दिखती है।
Rule box: Object complement direct object के बाद आता है और direct object को describe या rename करता है। Common verbs: make, call, find, consider, elect, name, appoint, declare, keep, paint, dye.
Pattern:
Subject + Verb + Object + Object Complement
Example:
The news made me sad.
यहाँ me object है और sad object complement है, क्योंकि sad “me” की condition बताता है।
Object complement noun भी हो सकता है। यह object को rename करता है।
They elected him president.
She named the baby Arya.
They appointed her manager.
The committee declared him the winner.
We crowned her queen.
इन examples में complement object की new identity या role बताता है।
Object complement adjective भी हो सकता है। यह object की quality/state बताता है।
The news made me sad.
She painted the wall blue.
We found the task difficult.
He kept the room clean.
I consider him honest.
ध्यान दें: adjective object को describe करता है, action को नहीं। इसलिए adverb नहीं आएगा।
❌ The news made me sadly.
✅ The news made me sad.
| Verb | Example |
|---|---|
| make | It made me happy. |
| call | They called him a hero. |
| find | I found it interesting. |
| consider | We consider her talented. |
| elect | They elected her president. |
| name | They named the ship Titanic. |
| appoint | He was appointed captain. |
| declare | The judge declared him innocent. |
| keep | Keep the room clean. |
| paint | She painted the door red. |
| dye | She dyed her hair black. |
Direct object verb का receiver होता है। Object complement direct object के बारे में extra information देता है।
They elected him president.
- him = direct object
- president = object complement
She painted the wall blue.
- the wall = direct object
- blue = object complement
अगर complement हटाएँ तो sentence grammatical हो सकता है, लेकिन meaning incomplete या different हो सकता है:
They elected him. (किस position पर? unclear)
They elected him president. (complete meaning)
| Wrong | Right | Why |
|---|---|---|
| They elected him as president. | They elected him president. | Elect के साथ usually “as” नहीं। |
| The news made me sadly. | The news made me sad. | Object complement adjective है। |
| We consider him as honest. | We consider him honest. | Consider के साथ “as” unnecessary। |
| She painted the door redly. | She painted the door red. | Door को describe करना है। |
❌ I found the book interestingly.
✅ I found the book interesting.
Here interesting book को describe करता है, finding action को नहीं।
कुछ verbs के बाद English में सीधे complement आता है:
✅ They elected her captain.
❌ They elected her as captain.
✅ We consider him honest.
❌ We consider him as honest.
Note: कुछ contexts में regard as correct है:
We regard him as honest.
लेकिन consider और elect के साथ exam grammar में usually direct complement prefer होता है।
Passive में भी complement रह सकता है:
They appointed her manager.
She was appointed manager.
The judge declared him innocent.
He was declared innocent.
Correct option चुनें।
- They elected him ___. (president/as president)
- The news made me ___. (sad/sadly)
- We consider him ___. (honest/as honest)
- Error spotting: They elected him as president.
- Error spotting: The news made me sadly.
- Fill in: She painted the wall ___. (blue/bluely)
- Fill in: They named the baby ___. (Arya/as Arya)
- Rewrite correctly: We consider her as intelligent.
- Choose: I found the book ___. (interesting/interestingly)
- Choose: He kept the room ___. (clean/cleanly)
- president — no “as”।
- sad — adjective object complement।
- honest — no “as”।
- They elected him president.
- The news made me sad.
- blue — adjective।
- Arya — no “as”।
- We consider her intelligent.
- interesting — book को describe करता है।
- clean — room को describe करता है।
Rule: Object complements direct object को describe या rename करते हैं। Object complement adjective या noun हो सकता है। Adjective use करें, adverb नहीं। Elect, consider, name, appoint जैसे verbs के साथ unnecessary as से बचें।
Memory trick: Object complements describe the object. Adjective, not adverb. No ‘as’ with elect and consider.
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