Recipient Link
Dative
Indirect object
Benefactive
To whom does it go or for whom is it intended?
extended
intermediate
Relations
معنا
The grammatical link that connects an event or object to a recipient, addressee, or beneficiary.
چطور آن را تشخیص دهید
Look for the person who receives, hears, gets, or benefits.
نمونهها
واژهها
to me|for you|her|the customer
عبارتها
give it to me|tell Anna|cook for us
جمله
I sent her a message.
Visual guide
Basic shape
EVENT + THING → RECIPIENT send + message → her "I sent her a message." Recipient gets/hears/benefits Ask: to whom? for whom?
Compare shape
Recipient shapes: Preposition: give it to me Bare object: tell Anna Dative case: Anna-DAT tell Benefactive: cook for us Same link: target person
نمای زبان
در زبان شما
Persian (Farsi, standard Iranian)
میزان حضور
strong
اهمیت
Recipient and beneficiary relations use به, برای and verb-specific patterns.
برای او غذا پختم.
for him/her food cooked-I.
در زبان در حال یادگیری
Arabic (Modern Standard)
میزان حضور
strong
دشواری
Recipient links are usually expressed with لــ or attached pronouns depending on the verb.
أرسلتُ رسالةً لصديقي.
I sent a message to my friend.
چالش رایج زبانآموزان
Learners may omit the recipient marker or confuse it with possession.
Same block, different coding
Both languages use this block strongly, but they signal it differently. Focus on form changes, not only meaning.