Recipient / Beneficiary
To whom or for whose benefit does it happen?
Signification
The participant who receives something, gets a result, benefits from an action, or is the intended receiver.
Comment le repérer
Ask who gets something or who the action is done for.
Exemples
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
Vue par langue
Dans votre langue maternelle
Recipients are often marked with à or by indirect object clitics such as lui and leur.
Elle donne un livre à Paul.
She gives a book to Paul.
Dans votre langue d’apprentissage
En anglais, le destinataire peut être marqué par l’ordre à double objet, comme give her a book, ou par des prépositions comme to et for.
I gave her a book.
her = la destinataire, celle qui reçoit le livre.
Les apprenants confondent souvent give someone something et give something to someone.
Same block, different coding
Both languages use this block strongly, but they signal it differently. Focus on form changes, not only meaning.