Recipient / Beneficiary
Indirect object
Recipient
Benefactive
Dative
To whom or for whose benefit does it happen?
extended
intermediate
Scene core
Bedeutung
The participant who receives something, gets a result, benefits from an action, or is the intended receiver.
So erkennst Du es
Ask who gets something or who the action is done for.
Beispiele
Wörter
me|you|the child|the customer
Ausdrücke
give me a book|buy food for Anna
Satz
She gave the child a toy.
Visual guide
Basic shape
Transfer frame:
She gives a toy
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v
the child
the child gets/benefits
Compare shape
One role, several forms: She gave [the child] a toy. She gave a toy [to the child]. She bought food [for Anna]. [ ] = who gets/benefits Order/prep/case may mark it
Sprachansicht
In deiner Sprache
German (standard)
Ausprägung
strong
Bedeutung
Recipients are commonly marked by dative case.
Ich gebe dem Kind ein Buch.
I give the child a book.
In deiner Lernsprache
Arabic (Modern Standard)
Ausprägung
strong
Schwierigkeit
Recipients are commonly marked with لِـ or expressed by attached pronouns with suitable verbs.
أعطيتُ الكتابَ للطالب.
I gave the book to the student.
Typische Lernhürde
Learners may confuse direct objects with recipient phrases or overuse word order alone.
Same block, different coding
Both languages use this block strongly, but they signal it differently. Focus on form changes, not only meaning.