Recipient / Beneficiary
To whom or for whose benefit does it happen?
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
me|you|the child|the customer
give me a book|buy food for Anna
She gave the child a toy.
Visual guide
Transfer frame:
She gives a toy
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the child
the child gets/benefits
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 Muttersprache
Recipients are commonly marked by dative case.
Ich gebe dem Kind ein Buch.
I give the child a book.
In Deiner Lernsprache
Empfänger stehen im Englischen entweder in der Doppelobjekt-Reihenfolge, z. B. give her a book, oder werden mit Präpositionen wie to und for markiert.
I gave her a book.
her = Empfängerin
Lernende verwechseln oft give someone something mit give something to someone und mischen die beiden Muster.
Same block, different coding
Both languages use this block strongly, but they signal it differently. Focus on form changes, not only meaning.