Recipient / Beneficiary
Indirect object
Recipient
Benefactive
Dative
To whom or for whose benefit does it happen?
extended
intermediate
Scene core
معنا
The participant who receives something, gets a result, benefits from an action, or is the intended receiver.
چطور آن را تشخیص دهید
Ask who gets something or who the action is done for.
نمونهها
واژهها
me|you|the child|the customer
عبارتها
give me a book|buy food for Anna
جمله
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
نمای زبان
در زبان شما
Persian (Farsi, standard Iranian)
میزان حضور
strong
اهمیت
Recipients are usually marked with به, not by case endings.
به علی نامه دادم.
to Ali letter gave-I.
در زبان در حال یادگیری
Arabic (Modern Standard)
میزان حضور
strong
دشواری
Recipients are commonly marked with لِـ or expressed by attached pronouns with suitable verbs.
أعطيتُ الكتابَ للطالب.
I gave the book to the student.
چالش رایج زبانآموزان
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.