Gender Agreement in Object-Complement Sentences

A “complement” is a noun or adjective that goes with the object of a verb. Consider the following example:

The object is उसे and the complement is अकेली. There are two important notes about gender here:

1. The verb in this example is masculine because it agrees with उसे. Any object marked with को is considered masculine with respect to verb agreement.
2. However, the complement is feminine, because it agrees with the object, which is feminine, regardless of को.